CFHockeyMom
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Accidents and noturnal enuresis are totally different. Nocturnal enuresis is not a behavioral issue. It can be due to food allergies/sensitivities, lack of bladder maturity, sugar/insulin levels, sleep patterns, and heredity.
Many kids will "regress" and begin to have accidents during the day. This occurs for a variety of reasons most of which have been brought up here (stress, attention, etc.). Disciplining this type of behavior may work but if the child is doing it for attention, the negative attention you give in response is giving the child what they want even if it is negative. If you choose to go the reward route, be careful. This method often works to teach a certain behavior not remedy a regression of an already learned behavior and you could find yourself in and out of the reward cycle.
Most behavior specialist agree that the best approach, in either case (accident or nocturnal enuresis), is to make the child responsible for themselves and the clean up. Establish "clean up" rules and simply tell your child the next time there is an issue that you expect them to clean up after themselves.
Neil had one accident when he was a toddler and I simply told him he had to clean himself up. I made no fuss what so ever and left him to it. He never had another accident.
Nocturnal enuresis runs in both my husbands and my family so we've fought a losing battle with that. Both boys have spent countless hours with the enurologist and we've tried alarms and meds to no avail. It frustrates my husband to no end but literally we've tried everything. We've been assured that it will work itself out eventually.
Many kids will "regress" and begin to have accidents during the day. This occurs for a variety of reasons most of which have been brought up here (stress, attention, etc.). Disciplining this type of behavior may work but if the child is doing it for attention, the negative attention you give in response is giving the child what they want even if it is negative. If you choose to go the reward route, be careful. This method often works to teach a certain behavior not remedy a regression of an already learned behavior and you could find yourself in and out of the reward cycle.
Most behavior specialist agree that the best approach, in either case (accident or nocturnal enuresis), is to make the child responsible for themselves and the clean up. Establish "clean up" rules and simply tell your child the next time there is an issue that you expect them to clean up after themselves.
Neil had one accident when he was a toddler and I simply told him he had to clean himself up. I made no fuss what so ever and left him to it. He never had another accident.
Nocturnal enuresis runs in both my husbands and my family so we've fought a losing battle with that. Both boys have spent countless hours with the enurologist and we've tried alarms and meds to no avail. It frustrates my husband to no end but literally we've tried everything. We've been assured that it will work itself out eventually.