Podcast: Bedwetting

This is a 17 minute listen.

ERIC's Head of Family Services Sarah answers your questions and offers information on how to support children who experience bedwetting.

Tips for managing bedwetting

Ahead of World Bedwetting Day on 31st May, we're dedicating an episode of our ERIC Helpline Podcast to this very common issue. If your child is struggling with bedwetting, please remember that you're not alone. Bedwetting is more common than many people realise, and is nobody’s fault.

Here are some facts you may not know about bedwetting:

• In the UK approximately half a million children aged between 5 and 16 wet the bed
• Children who still wet the bed between the ages of 4 – 9 are 23 times more likely to still be doing it at 14 years old.
• Nearly half of parents do not seek help for children who wet the bed over the age of 5. As a result it can take 1 – 3 years for a child to see a healthcare professional about their bedwetting problem.

Visit our Bedwetting page for more advice on how to manage bedwetting.

This episode is kindly sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals.