Would You Punish a 3-Year-Old for Wetting the Bed?

Absolutely not!!! It’s very developmentally appropriate for a 3 year old to wet the bed!! Please don’t punish

I couldn't help wetting the bed until after 4 or 5 years old, when my parents discovered I needed a bladder extension surgery, so most definitely not.

I assume that means yall don’t do diapers at night? We still do diapers at night we’ll pull ups for my 4.5 year old because he doesn’t wake at night and still pees. When this happens if they aren’t in a diaper then I’d just be like uh oh we had an oopsie. It’s okay. We just need to make sure we wake up and go potty at night so we don’t wet the bed. And leave it at that. Idk if yall normally do no diapers or if this was with a diaper and just leaked. But maybe you could start waking them up at night to help with the peeing in the middle of the night

No. It’s an accident.

You’re not advocating for her if you allow it to happen still.

Its considered within the range of normal until like 12. Then they start looking at other issues. My mom dealt with this with my brother and now my sister. Day training is one thing, night is a whole other. Its literally hormonal and keeps happening until something clicks in their brains.

I used to run a nighttime wetting clinic. Night time wetting is common for children, it’s called nocturnal enuresis and there is 3 main reasons why a child can wet the bed, which is out of her control. You can have a look at the ERIC website which explains it all for parents, gives you bladder training exercises and tips on how to support your child. Bed wetting should never be punished. You can buy conti sheets too or a mattress protector to help with the clean up. If it’s occasional only, it could genuinely just be an accident.

Absolutely not and by punishing her you’ll probably see more accidents as a result. At this age even during the day they can still have accidents. What did annoy me is them having an accident and they were still awake just too lazy to get out of bed.

Please don’t discipline her for a mistake. It happens and it’s part of the process. I know it’s a difficult situation but you don’t want her to become afraid of making mistakes because she will many times in life and you want her to feel safe. If it helps you can get bed mats that helps absorb this or what I do is put a nappy on my daughter over her panties in case she does have an accident but she has the panty feeling so automatically she knows not to pee in there.

You’re doing great mama keep going 🩷

I would not punish her. She could be having issues controlling her bladder.
I wet the bed until I was 10/11 and, lemme tell ya, that was certainly not intentional.

What you can do is: keep the plastic on a new mattress or put bed pads down under the fitted sheets.
You could also have her sleep in a pull up.

Let her know it is okay and normal to wet the bed sometimes and, maybe, stop telling your parents about it?

I have an overactive bladder as a kid. My mom and dad actually also had overactive bladders as kids.
I still have to get up in the middle of the night to go and pee a lot 😅
THANK GOD I CAN WAKE UP NOW!

It’s totally out of her conscious control and punishment can set her further back.

I wouldn’t discipline her. But if I did, I certainly wouldn’t spank her. Depending on where in the world you are, it’s illegal. Christ, what a suggestion.

No way we still have my 4 year old in pull ups...

No absolutely don’t punish! How is that going to help, it will just make the child more nervous and probably cause more bad wetting and also make them feel ashamed. Coming from someone who used to wet the bed occasionally as a child.