Bladder & Bowels

Daytime wetting means a healthy child who wets their underwear one or more times a day at an age when they are expected to be dry. Allowing a child to use a nappy (daiper) may extend the time required for …

Soiling means a healthy child aged more than four years repeatedly defecating into their underwear because they don’t manage to poo in the toilet. Holding back results in the pressure in their bowel mounting until poo is spontaneously excreted. Sometimes …

The term ‘bedwetting’ is used when a child who aged four or more years has a continence problem and wets the bed at night. A standard recommendation for helping such children is to avoid talking about bedwetting and focus instead …