Ds7 still wet at night

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Looking for advice please. Ds 7 still wet at night, every night. He wants to be dry. I've looked Eric website but after some real life advice. He's a heavy sleeper ,i think drinks enough. He's in pull ups. Should I try no pull up? See Dr. ? Try alarm? What worked for you?

You don't lose anything by trying the alarm sooner. I went from a child who was soaking wet every morning and like yours a really deep sleeper to one who was dry in a few weeks. It can be hormonal but it can also be the body has just learnt it's fine to urinate overnight. If it doesn't work that's fine but it's definitely worth a try. There are some very expensive options but we used one off Amazon that was about £50.

OK I think I'll try an alarm. Thanks

My DS is 11 and has always been wet at night. We went to GP who referred to bladder nurse. DS was advised to drink more during the day, we also tried desmopressin which didn't work, then oxybutunin, which didn't work. Finally an alarm combined with bribery (50p per dry night) and this appears to be working. he is now more or less reliably dry. We had tried an alarm a few years ago but it didn't work, I think he wasn't motivated enough but now he has the motivation of his Y6 camp coming up, plus just being that much older helps. If you do go down the route of an alarm I would recommend a wireless instead of a bodyworn, and put the base unit somewhere wher they have to get up to switch it off. With the bodyworn we tried first he would just pull the wire out and go back to sleep. DH and I also took turns to sleep in his room with him to assist.

We used an alarm at this age with brilliant success.

We used a Wet Stop 3 alarm which attaches to underwear and goes off if wetness is detected. I actually attached it to the pull up because I didn't want to be changing wet bed sheets all the time. It worked well.

It took about 2 - 3 weeks in all and they never wet at night again.

The first time we used it they didn't wake when the alarm went off - despite it being quite loud. I had to go and wake them.

They then would wake for the alarm and run to the toilet.

They then learnt to wake themselves up if they needed the toilet. The need to ho to the toilet became much less frequent.

Another one here who had success with an alarm - DS was 6.5. He’d never had a dry night and for him it was just that his brain was conditioned to wee when asleep. I was amazed how quickly the alarm worked - I think we had our first dry night on about night 3, then a few more hit and miss, and within a fortnight he was completely dry.

the key with an alarm is that they must wake up. With heavy sleepers the alarm doesn’t always wake them and so you the parent have to go in and wake them up to go. It will be too late at first and they’ll already be wet. It was well worth a week of disturbed nights for us though! I know it doesn’t work for everyone but worth a try.

Please try an alarm. Worked a treat for my ds at around the same age and only took about 2 weeks for him to sleep thru the night completely dry.
Having previously late wees before bed, waking him again to go., Limiting drinks, not limiting drinks. All of that.

Used an alarm and as soon as it went off I would wake him. Tell him he needed the toilet, physically take him to the toilet, then back to bed.
Yes it was tiring for all of us due to
broken sleep. But it worked. It worked quickly and he never had a wet night after that.

He's 24 now. Good luck xx

I'm another going to chip in and recommend the alarm. We used this one:
https://www.healthandcare.co.uk/bed-wetting/dri-sleeper-eclipse-wireless-bedwetting-alarm.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwi46iBhDyARIsAE3nVra0qdRAsdOnyzWUJK_-hkrC_LZrXjczgKKbsbOwBGxKr7GViSek-OoaAoubEALw_wcB

We tried when my son was 6, and I've got to admit I was dubious as he was such a heavy sleeper (sleeping through fire alarms for example). But it worked within weeks. I was very impressed. It was admittedly unpleasant for a few nights as he was Not Happy being woken up, but it did work.

We also got a battery powered lamp for him to pick up and take into the bathroom with him in the middle of the night.