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5 Year Old Referred for Hospitalization (Mental Health)
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 617342" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Just a word on wetting the bed at night at older ages. We were told that this is usually a medical issue, an immature bladder, and that it is more common than you think. Nobody talks about their teenager who still wets the bed, but it happens. It can also be a psychological issue if the child has been sexually abused. We fostered a child who wet the bed every night at age seven and later found out his foster mother before us had sexually abused him all the time.The psychologist we took him to told us that bedwetting can be a sign of a child who has been sexually abused. But sometimes it's just biology.</p><p></p><p>It is not useful to ever shame a child for wetting the bed. We were told just to have our son put his sheets in the laundry which is what we did. He did stop somewhere around age thirteen.</p><p></p><p>To everyone who has a young child who is running you ragged: Please do take advantage of respite so that you can have some down time. If your child has gone through a chaotic life in the first three years, have him/her assessed by somebody who understands attachment disorders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 617342, member: 1550"] Just a word on wetting the bed at night at older ages. We were told that this is usually a medical issue, an immature bladder, and that it is more common than you think. Nobody talks about their teenager who still wets the bed, but it happens. It can also be a psychological issue if the child has been sexually abused. We fostered a child who wet the bed every night at age seven and later found out his foster mother before us had sexually abused him all the time.The psychologist we took him to told us that bedwetting can be a sign of a child who has been sexually abused. But sometimes it's just biology. It is not useful to ever shame a child for wetting the bed. We were told just to have our son put his sheets in the laundry which is what we did. He did stop somewhere around age thirteen. To everyone who has a young child who is running you ragged: Please do take advantage of respite so that you can have some down time. If your child has gone through a chaotic life in the first three years, have him/her assessed by somebody who understands attachment disorders. [/QUOTE]
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