Drinking And Wetting Were To Draw The Line

The time of day your child drinks liquid fluids and how much she drinks can be a factor in your child's bedwetting problems. However, drawing the line can get a bit tricky. Children must have adequate fluid intake for proper health. Particular in warmer climates and during summer months, the danger of dehydration is severe. Not getting enough fluids can, in hot climates, contribute to heat exhaustion and a host of serious medical problems.

Also extreme restriction of fluids in most cases appears to offer little or no benefit in the treatment toward bedwetting. In fact restricting fluid make your child's stool hard and dry and there by cause constipation. Parents must use their judgement and common sense to make sure their child get enough fluids, but at the same time they need to help their child to get dry by making sure that she drinks in moderation.

The way the body regulates how much urine the kidneys produce is, medically, very complex, in regards to wetting problems, however, we can keep our discussion simple. Daytime urine output basically reflects how much we drink. In turns three factors influences how much fluid we void:


1-The Air Temperature
In hot environments, we sweat. The resulting water loss signals the body to produce less urine.

2-How Much Salt We Eat
The more salt we eat, the more water we need to excrete. Also, when we eat salty or spicy foods, we usually drink more, and so excrete more urine.

3-The Amount Of Naturally Occurring Diuretic We Consume
Some foods and beverages, such as colas and melons, are diuretic, which naturally increased the flow of urine.


For most of us, when we drink a lot of fluids, we expect that we will have to urinate within the next few hours. For some children who bed wet, they do just that. But for others children who bed wet, no matter what amount they drink during the day, their bodies seems to delay the urine excretion until nighttime. Observation and recording how your child's body handles fluids is an important step in selecting the right treatment for your child.

So how do you draw the line with out causing any damage to your child's health. Most children seem to drink a lot all day long, very often soft drinks, but also juices, milk and water. On one hand we say parents should not withhold liquids from a child, but in the other hand children should not make beverages their constant companions. Such recreational drinkers may take in more liquid than they need or their bladder can handle.

If your child seem to take a lot of fluids, you should mention your concern to your family doctor. Your doctor can decide if urine or blood test should be done to look for diabetes mellitus or if the drinking is just a habit.

If your child has made a habit out of drinking, their bodies have to become habituated to excreting the excess liquid as urine, ether during the day or night. In the day time most kid can handle the extra need of their bladder. At night, thought, as they sleep deeply, they do not sense their impending bladder contractions. An with extra liquid to void, there are even more contraction than usual. The result they wet large amounts and more frequently during sleep.

So keep in mind that although you should not with hold all liquids from your child, because of the danger of dehydration and other serious medical risk, you should not allow him to drink anything he wants all day long, either.