The recommendations listed below may help you and your child to cope better with bedwetting.
- Make sure that your child has easy access to the toilet at night. For example, if they have a bunk bed they should sleep on the bottom. You could also leave a light on in the bathroom and put a child’s seat on the toilet.
- Use waterproof covers on your child’s mattress and duvet and absorbent, quilted sheets. After a bedwetting, use cold water or mild bleach to rinse your child’s bedding and nightclothes; then wash them as usual.
- Following a bedwetting, older children may want to change their bedding at night to minimise disruption and embarrassment. If so, have clean bedding and nightclothes available for them.
- After your child has wet the bed, wash them thoroughly (including their hair) before re-dressing them. Use a simple emollient (moisturiser) on your child’s skin to help prevent chapping (red and irritated skin). If necessary, spray the room with a deodoriser after a bedwetting.
