You said that you were concerned that your child wets his pants during the day or the bed at night. You said that this only happens once in a while. A lot of children your child's age have wetting accidents from time to time. 25% of 5-year-olds still have wetting problems at night.
Your child may be wetting for one of the following reasons:
Your child may:
Warning signs that things are getting worse:
If you think these things have gotten worse talk to your child's doctor, even if you have talked about it before.
Adapted in part from the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Primary Care
(DSM-PC) (1996)