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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What happened to my body to make it so that I peed the bed less frequently as I got older?
gpt
It has everything to do with kidney development and brain development. In infants, the process is not under conscious control. Infants also have an entirely liquid diet for the first 4-6 months. The bladder is small and the urine is very dilute, so these babies pee 10-14 times per day or more. As the kidneys develop over the years, the urine can become more concentrated. The bladder grows in size, and so does the brain! As the brain develops, the child can eventually gain conscious control of elimination. This typically happens in the second and third years of life. It takes practice, so the skill is not perfected until the fifth or sixth year. Some children may still have underdeveloped kidneys in their preschool and early school years--if the kidneys are not concentrating urine, they will be more prone to accidents and bed wetting. Don't punish your children for these accidents, have their kidney function tested. Flair:  advance practice nurse, nurse researcher, doctoral student in nursing.