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Positively Addressing Bedwetting And Autism 5 Tips You Can Try Today
By Rachel Evans
Knowing how to effectively communicate with an autistic visual thinker
is not the only challenge parents of autistic children face. Enuresis, commonly known
as bedwetting, is another issue that may occur and needs to be dealt with in a patient
and positive manner.
Why do some autistic kids have trouble when it comes to toilet
training? There are different reasons, some of which include:
• Imitation difficulties
• Hypnotic condition – A lack of muscle control and failing to react or recognize
the urge to urinate.
• Not being aware of feeling wet can also complicate and delay
toilet training.
• Damaged cerebellum and basal ganglia – These are areas of the
brain that are not formed correctly in autistic children, and are responsible for
functions related to learning, motivation, cognition and movement control.
Get More Information on Natural Remedies for Autism and other PDDs
There are different methods to help your child overcome enuresis. However, the treatment
that will work best depends on the child’s individual needs. In addition, you need
to make sure your child can efficiently use the toilet during the day before working
on controlling bedwetting.
The following are 5 tips you can try to help eliminate
bedwetting:
1.Diet adjustment – Diet intervention may help autistic children with
bedwetting because many autistics are prone to allergies and have sensitivities to
certain foods, because they have a damaged immune system.
Common food allergies that
can lead to bedwetting include grain (IE wheat, oats, barley), dairy products, strawberries
and citrus fruits. Aside from bedwetting, other symptoms caused by these foods may
be stomachaches, nausea, whining, crying, hyperactivity, aggression, insomnia, and
in rare cases, a seizure.
In order to find out if your child has an allergy, you
will need to remove the food from their regular diet for about two weeks and then
give it to them on an empty stomach. If allergic, they will have a reaction 15 minutes
to an hour from the time they ingested the food. If a reaction occurs, then you know
what food to eliminate. Note: consult your doctor before trying this treatment method.
2. Reduce fluids -
3. Night-
4. Dry protection
– Absorbent underpants, a protector sheet and placing a protector pad between the
sheets and mattress are all great ways to help a child feel dry at night while they
are still learning how to develop control.
Disposable, absorbent underpants help your child and you cope with bedwetting, by
preventing pajamas and sheets from having to be washed when there is an accident.
Furthermore, when using such protection, talk to your child about what the urge to
urinate feels like.
5. Moisture Alarm – This is a special alarm that clips on to
the outside of bed sheets and activates as soon as the child begins to wet the bed.
The idea is the alarm will wake the child who will then finish their business in
the washroom before returning to sleep. Note: talk to your doctor about moisture
alarms.
It takes time to stop your autistic child from bedwetting, but you need to
stay persistent, patient and understanding even well after it appears the child has
ceased enuresis as it is not uncommon for relapses to occur.
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