Skip to content   Ask the Doctor About Bedwetting  If your
pediatrician doesn't ask you about your bedwetting child, ask
your pediatrician. Some doctors think parents will bring it up,
says Howard Bennett, MD, clinical professor of pediatrics at
George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.,
practicing pediatrician, and author of Waking Up Dry. Some
parents don't think it's a medical problem, or their child
doesn't want them to bring it up. As a result, he says, "parents
and doctors are not always talking about this."  But if you do,
your pediatrician will tell you that bedwetting is very common
and declines with age. While 20% of 5-year-olds are bedwetters,
10% of 6-year-olds are and just 3% of 12-year-olds, according to
the American Academy of Pediatrics. Bedwetting tends to run in
families. If both parents wet the bed as kids, their child has
an 80% chance of wetting the bed.  Your pediatrician may also
tell you that you have a range of strategies to resolve
bedwetting:  From letting natu