8 yo wetting the bed again

[nomadwantshome]

We finally tried the alarm around 4 months ago and it worked a dream. Even after we stopped using it, she would be getting up in the night to go for a wee if she needed to. She was dry for a few months and then had around a week of wetting then it stopped. Now she's wetting again every night. She's not waking up like she used to but waking up once shes completely emptied her bladder.

I've left it and not made an issue but it seems like its going to continue. I was hoping it was just a phase. It started around the end of the term so maybe that has affected her? She's not drinking anything that is different. I'm going to try and get hold of the school nurse again, I wonder if trying the alarm again would work?

My sister took her 15 yo DS (chronic bed wetter) to a hypnotherapist. DM was taught self hypnosis by her Obstetrician when expecting DS, which legitimised it within our family. It worked. He stopped bed wetting. Turns out he was just going into a verrry deep sleep. So deep he was not aware of bodily functions.

I wonder if your DD is able to sleep a bit more deeply when on holiday from school? Just a thought.

Go back & chat to GP. From what I've read, the alarm either works well or not at all. I guess you could give it another try, but don't persist with it if doesn't work.

See that's the thing. It worked brilliantly from the second night and for months she was dry. Now wetting again. She's so disappointed bless her.

Interesting take on hypnotherapy. I've tried this for other stuff, I think it's fantastic.

We used an alarm for oldest DS. It worked well but he had a relapse a cou[ple of months later. We went back to the alarm for six or seven weeks and now wet beds are no more than once in a blue moon. We were advised he should keep on wearing the alarm for some weeks after he had stopped needing it. I don't know if that would help nomad's DD too.

ask gp, could be uti or physical cause

We had the alarm for some time so she had stopped wetting the bed whilst using it. I think we will try it again.

Thanks lljk. I know she hasn't got a uti or anything physical as we are under the paed for repeat uti s since she was little. Touch wood she seems to have been ok for past 6 months in that respect. She has had all manner of tests on her waterworks bless her!

do you think that subconsciously your daughter might have lost her confidence about staying dry all night?

My daughter is 18 now and long past this, but she struggled with it later than most and we found that by lifting her before we went to bed (yes it was a struggle), after a few nights of no wet bed she sorted herself out. We never made a big deal out of it, we just used to get her out and stagger off to the loo with her, then help her back to bed. she would have been a similar age to your daughter. All the more upsetting for her as her younger sister was dry at night from a very early age.