Research has shown that children who snore are more likely to wet their bed than their peers. So what is the link?

There isn't one clear solution offered by the medical community. There are suggestions that the disrupted sleep causes the child to become over tired and they eventually fall into a deep sleep, too tired to wake. It has also been suggested the disordered breathing puts excess pressure on the bladder or maybe even leads to increased urine production.

A Parent's Solution
My son wet is bed until he was nearly eight. He was a normal healthy sports orientated kid. We didn’t overly worry about the problem, thinking he would probably grow out of it. We tried many different things. Making sure he didn’t stay up late and that he emptied his bladder before going to bed seemed to reduce the problem but they were no guarantee he still wouldn't wet the bed. We also noticed the problem was worse in the winter. When he was younger we thought he may have been too lazy to get out of bed or that he felt it was too cold to get up. But as he grew older we became a little more concerned.

Just before he turned eight he caught a bad flu. He was all clogged up in the nose and developed a bad cough in the night. I came across a site for asthmatics. As far as I know my son isn’t asthmatic but the symptoms described, the blocked nose, heavy breathing, occasional snoring, bad cough and BED WETTING were very similar to those of my son. I downloaded the free breathing exercise program. Since starting the program I think he has wet the bed only once.

There is plenty of information on the site, why and how it works, but if you're looking for a bed wetting solution for a child who snores , even if they’re not asthmatic, this may help!

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