Health Tip: If Your Child Wets the Bed

(HealthDay News) -- While some cases of bed-wetting are triggered by a medical condition, most often the problem occurs as a child learns bladder control.

Here are suggestions for parents to help prevent their child from bed-wetting, courtesy of the University of Florida:

Wake your child at regular intervals to use the bathroom. Progressively stretch out these intervals until the child makes it through the night without wetting the bed.Don't let your child drink too much at night, especially beverages with caffeine. Make sure your child gets enough to drink during the day, however, to prevent dehydration.Try a moisture alarm, which reacts to moisture and will wake the child to use the bathroom.Have the child try bladder exercises, such as stopping and holding a stream of urine.For bed-wetting problems that cannot be resolved with time and training, medication and psychotherapy may be in order.