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Breastfeeding and Enuresis

Can Nursing Prevent Childhood Bedwetting?

By Teri Brown

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Though nocturnal enuresis in children can be affected by many different things, the possibility that breastfeeding may decrease childhood nocturnal enuresis is just one more positive to add to a growing list of reasons to breastfeed.

The Fine Print
  • The study itself was a pilot study, designed to see if further investigation is warranted.
  • The study had a small number of participants (55 in the case study and 117 in the control group).
  • The authors did not control for family history of bedwetting, although they did note that some cases of bedwetting tend to run in families.
  • The study is retrospective, relying on parental memory of length of time for breastfeeding, formula introduction, etc.
  • The study concluded that breastfeeding longer than three months may protect against bedwetting during childhood. (Breast milk supplemented with formula did not make a difference in the rate of enuresis.)
  • The authors of the study are waiting funding to investigate the issue further.


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