Bedwetting child 3 years old
It is common for a 3-year-old child to still wet the bed. If children still wet the bed at this age, this is usually the age when parents realize that it might be a little more difficult for their child to become potty-trained at night and start looking for more information on the Internet. During this search, the bedwetting alarm for 3-year-olds quickly comes up. The bedwetting alarm is one of the methods to deal with nighttime accidents. Moreover, it is a very effective one; 93% of children who use a bedwetting alarm are potty-trained within 6 to 8 weeks.
Bedwetting child 3 years
Some children already stop bedwetting when they are potty-trained during the day, in others it takes a little longer, sometimes years longer. We speak of bedwetting when a child aged 3 years or older wets the bed one or more times a week for an extended period of time. Most children no longer have accidents at night by the age of five. But there are also a lot of children who do not yet have their bladder under control at that age.
Did you know that 15 to 20 percent of children still wet the bed at night at the age of 3? So absolutely don't worry if this is the case with your child as well. Every child has their own pace. Some children simply learn to recognize the signal of a full bladder later. They don't notice at night that they have to pee, they haven't learned this yet. The bedwetting alarm for 3-year-olds can teach your child to recognize the signal of a full bladder.
Methods to remedy bedwetting for a 3-year-old child
There are several methods you can try for a child's bedwetting around this age:
Recording
This involves waking your child up every night to go pee. This is for children up to age 6.
The calendar method.
Every time your child has a dry night he or she may draw a sun or put a sticker by that day on the calendar. This is for children up to 8 years old.
Motivation Method
First, your child gets a small reward each time they have tried not to wet the bed. Later, your child gets a reward only if the bed actually stayed dry. This is for children up to 12 years old.
Bedwetting alarm method
This involves your child wearing a pair of underwear connected to a bedwetting alarm. When the pants get wet, the bedwetting alarm for 3-year-olds goes off. Your child wakes up and can go to the bathroom to continue peeing.
The wake-up training
This method combines the bedwetting alarm method and the calendar method. The bedwetting alarm wakes your child. If you manage to go to the toilet on time, you mark it on the calendar and reward your child for it. This is for children 8 years and older.
Bedwetting alarm child 3 years
This method is most often recommended by family doctors and specialists because of its long-term effect. The bedwetting alarm is the most effective way to tackle bedwetting for your 3-year-old child. Of all children who use a bedwetting alarm, as many as 93% are potty trained at night within 6-8 weeks. Usually, bedwetting does not stop from day one. With the bedwetting alarm, communication between the brain and the bladder is trained. The bladder thus learns to recognize the signal of a full bladder. The bedwetting alarm is a lasting method. On average, the training takes two to max three months.
Dryly bedwetting alarm
Bedwetting is very annoying for a child. This is why we have designed a unique bedwetting alarm for children as young as 3 years old that is different from other bedwetting alarms. Actually, we combine the bedwetting alarm method with the calendar method. The Dryly bedwetting alarm works in conjunction with the Dryly app on the parent(s)' phone. Built into that app is a reward system. Every time your child has tried not to wet the bed and is dry, your child gets points. With these points, your child can dress up a virtual panda bear, Wizzu. Thus, when using the Dryly bedwetting alarm you automatically do the wake-up training.
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