If you have been co-sleeping with your baby, at some point or the other you may decide to shift your baby to a crib. However, since your baby will already be accustomed to sleeping in your bed, this may not be easy. Here are ways in which you can help to ease this transition for your baby: Let your baby sleep separately during the day: Start by introducing your baby to … [Read more...] about How You Can Ease the Transition from Your Bed to a Crib – Without Traumatizing Your Baby
Archives for October 2007
Bedwetting treatments: Combining methods
The traditional treatments for correcting bedwetting can be discouraging for many parents. The success rate from any single treatment option ranges from 10-75 percent. Children with significant bedwetting problems may require implementing broad approaches that address many of the different possible causes. For these reasons, many pediatric urologists believe that a combination … [Read more...] about Bedwetting treatments: Combining methods
Bedwetting treatments: Counseling
Counseling can be extremely helpful for children and parents faced with significant bedwetting problems. Children with learning disabilities, developmental delay, and attention deficit disorders are more likely to wet at night. Professionals that are very knowledgeable about the diagnoses and treatments of these problems can provide significant insight and help parents … [Read more...] about Bedwetting treatments: Counseling
Bedwetting treatments: Diet
Diet influences many medical conditions and certain foods and drinks may also affect bedwetting. It is very difficult to determine if any particular diet or foods significantly influence the likelihood of a child to wet at night. Many foods and drinks have been named as contributing to bedwetting. Children with bedwetting and abnormal daytime potty habits should … [Read more...] about Bedwetting treatments: Diet
Bedwetting treatments: Constipation
Constipation, in and of itself, is more of a medical concern than bedwetting. A child who is constipated may have belly pain, poop accidents (encopresis), and other medical problems that warrant attention. Constipation is associated with bedwetting, and needs to be treated along with other potty habit problems. You should work on daytime potty habits and address … [Read more...] about Bedwetting treatments: Constipation