My son and daughter were both trained within weeks of turning 2 years old. They are now 5 and 3. My 3-year-old daughter wets three to four nights a week while my 5-year-old son has wet just about every night of his life. Does this mean that his case is more severe than hers or that she will grow out of it at an earlier age? (Their dad wet the bed until he was 13.)
Answer
Unfortunately, it remains impossible to predict at what age a child will outgrow bedwetting. There often is a strong correlation with the age that their parents outgrew wetting. In your children's case they are both wetting frequently enough that I'm not sure I'd say your son's case is more severe; however, he is older and wetting more frequently.
Christopher Cooper
Director of Pediatric Urology Children's Hospital of Iowa
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