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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
Bedwetting
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
Bedwetting
by Michelle LaForest, Dec 12, 1999 12:00AM
My son will be 6 soon. He wets the bed almost every night. I have tried the going to the bathroom before bed and no drinks thing and no success. He is getting very frustrated. He says he cant help it, he just cant wake up. He occasionally talks and walks in his sleep too. I heard about a drug called ditopan? Do you have any information on this. I dont like resorting to medication, so I am open to suggestions. Thank you.
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Dec 14, 1999 12:00AM
, Dec 14, 1999 12:00AM
Dear Ms. LaForest,
You are referring to Ditropan (Oxybutynin Chloride). This medication is an antispasmodic agent, and it tends to increase bladder capacity while it reduces incidence of spontaneous contraction of a bladder muscle. A frequent dosage for a child of your son's age would be 5 mg. twice daily.
I think it is best to be patient and see how your son develops over the next one-two years. About ten percent or so of children his age are enuretic at night, and a good number of these children attain dryness at night by the end of their eighth year.
You might try a simple incentive system, whereby you reward him for any dry nights. By all means, do not punsih him for wetting his bed and try to handle the situation with equanimity, so he's not perceiving any lack of approval or acceptance on your part.
You are referring to Ditropan (Oxybutynin Chloride). This medication is an antispasmodic agent, and it tends to increase bladder capacity while it reduces incidence of spontaneous contraction of a bladder muscle. A frequent dosage for a child of your son's age would be 5 mg. twice daily.
I think it is best to be patient and see how your son develops over the next one-two years. About ten percent or so of children his age are enuretic at night, and a good number of these children attain dryness at night by the end of their eighth year.
You might try a simple incentive system, whereby you reward him for any dry nights. By all means, do not punsih him for wetting his bed and try to handle the situation with equanimity, so he's not perceiving any lack of approval or acceptance on your part.
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