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Breastfeeding could prevent bedwetting6 July 2006 Breastfeeding in infancy could play a major role in preventing children from wetting their beds in later years, according to new medical research published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This finding is drawn from a study by scientists at Robin Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. They monitored 55 children between the ages of 5 and 13 who were experiencing bedwetting problems, as well as 117 who were not (the control group). The researchers found that only 45 percent of the children who wet their beds had been breastfed as babies, compared with 81 percent of the control group children (who did not wet their beds). And on average, the children who were continent at night had been breastfed for three months longer than those with bedwetting problems. The team admitted that other social and psychological factors might be significant. For example, more bedwetting children came from large or low-income families compared to the control group. However, they argued that once these differences had been taken into account, breastfed children were "significantly less likely" to suffer from bedwetting at night. According to Michael Georgieff, professor of paediatrics and child development at the University of Minnesota, breastfeeding has other benefits. Past studies have found almost 200 compounds in breast milk that can that fight infection, boost the immune system, assist with digestion and support brain development. More information
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