Children should never be punished for wetting the bed. Up to age 5, no real treatment is necessary for bedwetting. Limiting fluid intake will not prevent bedwetting. At age 5 or so, many children will appreciate help in learning how not to wet the bed. The treatment options include the bedwetting alarm, and medications, including pills and nasal sprays.
Medications have two disadvantages.
They can have significant side effects, and children frequently resume bedwetting when they stop taking their medication. These devices sound an alarm when the child starts to urinate in his sleep. The alarms are very effective as long as the child has been coached to listen for the alarm in his sleep and to get up when the alarm rings to walk to the bathroom to urinate. Reinforce dry nights by giving your child a star on a calendar chart. Children with daytime wetting, painful urination, blood in the urine, weight loss, or very frequent urination in the day and night need to have further medical evaluation to determine the cause of the problem.