Avoid caffeine 3. Make sure child can get to toilet at night 3. It's not entirely clear why it occurs since sufferers are physically normal and do not have specific medical problems causing them to wet the bed. Many people used to believe that it was a deliberate act to attract attention but this isn't the case. The problem runs in families and often one or both parents used to wet the bed too.
Boys are more likely to suffer than girls are.
Wetting the bed makes people feel dirty, ashamed, and guilty. Parents often feel that it's their fault, that they haven't raised their child well enough. This isn't true. Family tension is common. Sufferers are punished and parents feel guilty for doing this, marriages break up under the pressure of disturbed nights, and the continual excess laundry that needs to be done is estimated to cost a family over 1000 a year.