At what age should a child be able to stay dry throughout
the night?
Answer
More than 80 percent of children will be dry by age 5. Of the remaining children, about 15 percent a year will spontaneously outgrow bedwetting. I routinely don't recommend beginning treatment for bedwetting until age 6, but others will begin at age 5.
Christopher Cooper
Director of Pediatric Urology Children's Hospital of Iowa
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