Bed wetting - the Stats for kids

Thousands of Children in Europe wake in the morning to a wet bed. 

• 1 in 12 young people the UK regularly wet the bed
• 20% of 4 year old
• 10% of 8 year old
• 2.5% of teenagers (or 1 in 40)

 
Bedwetting is extremetly common in children under 6 and is considered a natural part of development and most children eventually grow out of it.

Your child is likely to have 2 -3 other children in his or her class who also wets the bed

Bedwetting occurs slightly more in boys than girls and some children wet their pants during the day.

Bedwetting is not considered to be a problem until children are about 7 years of age. That is a good time to introduce treatment programmes if the child wants to do something about it.

Almost all children grow out of bedwetting.