Lighter Moments Ask a Question Manbir Mail Bed Wetting Bed wetting or Enuresis is a psychosomatic disorder. Its an emotional disturbance causing dysfunction of organs controlled by autonomic nervous system. Many children with this disorder also have behavioural disorders. Such children are usually timid and nervous. By age 5, one in five still wets the bed and at age 6, the numbers drop to one in 10.
Boys are more likely than girls to wet their beds.
At 6 months - the child usually wakes up before wetting. Between 12 and 18 months the child urinated when placed on the pot. After 2 years the child is capable of retaining urine even when the bladder is full. At 3 years - the the child goes to the toilet, takes off this clothes and passes urine. At 5 years - the child can empty the bladder even when its not full.