Question:

I have a 4-year-old son (he’ll be 5 in 2 weeks) who is having a great deal of trouble staying dry at night. After he was first potty trained at around 3 1/2 he stayed dry at night and would get up by himself and go to the bathroom. About 6 months ago he started to wet the bed.He seems to go through intermittent spells of this. He may stay dry for several nights in a row and then wet the bed every night for a week. Lately the dry spells seem to be getting shorter and shorter. My husband and I try very hard not to make a big deal of this, but my son is very upset about it and it does make it hard for all of us to get a good nights sleep! What’s our next step? Should we take him to a urologist? Could anxiety be causing this?

Thank you for your help,