2nd dry night for ds 7.4. Is this it?!

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Ds has had very few dry nights in his life, and even fewer of these have been in a row.

At 5 he had his HUGE (surgeon said biggest he'd seen) tonsils and adenoids removed due to sleep apnea.
Dr had mentioned that his brain was so concerned about keeping him breathing, it didn't care if he wee'd but that this would likely resolve itself after surgery.
It did, for 3 nights.

Fast forward a couple of years solid of brick-heavy pants every morning (and occasional wet beds too despite pants), we are on our second morning in a row of bone dry pants.

I don't want to be too outwardly excited at home in front of ds as he can't control it, so I want to be excited here please!

Could this be it, or just a lucky streak?

Sleepwhenidle - my DS is an unfeasibly heavy sleeper, but the alarm seems to have helped him, even though it never woke him. Over three weeks we felt as though we hadn't even left first base, but it clearly reprogrammed his urges/ brain connections somehow or other. Bought it on Amazon; called Wet Stop.

Thanks everyone, I have just ordered the wet stop alarm to try - I will keep you updated!

I have to be honest and say I was very frustrated for a long time but have become much more relaxed about it and DD will deal with it in her own time.

We use Aldi pants as they recently started doing size 6 and they hold a lot, I had tried pull-ups but she soaked through them every night. I'm not sure how much longer they will fit so might have to start looking at something else.

Did you have to pay for your own alarm? DD has been seeing a nurse for over a year and they were mentioned as a possiblity once she got past 7 so I might take her back.

Look forward to updates, Sleep! It is a bit like listening out for a newborn again at first, but for us it has been worth it.

Wet but light pants again.

This may sound like a stupid (and lazy!) question, but would the alarm clipped on drynites pants work or would the liquid be absorbed too quickly to trigger the sensor ...I know the idea is the child changes sheets etc when they are woken but ds1 sleeps in a double bed and can't manage that!

You could clip it to normal pants worn under pull ups maybe?

It was fine for us, provided it was right at the bottom of the pull-up, right where the wee comes out.

It went off on Wednesday when DS was a bit sweaty, so it's very sensitive indeed. Goes off even if DS hasn't dried his hands fully when setting it up.

Yay for your DS, Egg might some of your slightly-dampness be down to sweat, too? DS is a clammy little thing at the best of times, and Drynites aren't exactly breathable...

We too looked at the "changing their own sheets" bit and decided it looked a little -err- punitive. As long as they wake/ are woken, switch it off themselves, and go to the loo, and then change their pants - I think that's ok. And quite enough for all of us on a school/ work night. It does disrupt your sleep, particularly at first, as you're constantly listening out for it, and have to go and take them through the routine.

Day eight in the dry pants hoose.

We're going to go commando tonight, with a Drynites mat and the alarm. Gulp!

No it's definitely wee.
But we don't care, light pants are great!

That alarm looks good though, will probably be our next port of call if things go backwards here.

Your ds is doing amazingly well

Another dry night here!

lemon how did your ds get on??

Yay!!!! Well done to your DS.

All dry here, too. I had a rotten night of sleep, waking up each time I thought he was going to the loo, and not really settling until he did.

But, for the first time since he was born, he slept without a nappy or pull-up, and is chuffed to bits with himself.

Amazing!

I'm so pleased for you both and your DS's, it's such a big achievement. Here's hoping we can be the same in the next few months.

We'll be hanging on in there for updates, August.

Hey, Egg - maybe you should ask for the thread to be moved to behaviour/ development, as it's evolved into more of an advice/ support thread, and it would be a shame were it to disappear, as it will if it stays in Chat.

Great idea, I've just asked.

Really pleased it has brought some comfort to people to know it isn't just them

Not sure if you've ever been to the docs to see if there is anything they could give you to help, but my daughter who is 8 wets the bed. We do have the odd dry night but mainly wet. We were prescribed Desmomelt, a small tablet that melts in the mouth. When she takes one of these she is dry, we have been advised to try to cut them down so only give her one every second night. Last week we had 4 dry nights without tablets and 1 wet night!! The wet nights are so disheartening, but as she can't help it, I don't get onto her! Just brush it off as a little bump along the road. We are also still seeing a paediatrician, but personally feel he's as much good as no good at all.

I had heard that drs don't really think it's an issue until they're 7, so dp and I decided that if ds became sad about it after his seventh birthday, then we would take him.

This dry spell has happened before he got upset

My DS has had two nights where he was dry this week. Not two nights together though and he stated after the first that he could stop wearing his night pants now. I told him he would have to be dry for a week or so before we could try that.

He is 7 1/2.

Brilliant mamma!
Well done to your ds

Brilliant!
7 is apparently the age when the alarms become most effective, and by that point I guess some help is welcome, as it can start to be distressing for them.

Dd turned 7 this week
She's in pants, pampers ones as the huggies give her a dreadful rash.
She has had desmotabs under a peadetrician but they wore off after about 3-5 days. Ie she was dry but then would build resistance and be wet again.

I'm waiting for appointment at enuresis clinic to come through.

I hate paying for nappies but otherwise don't make a big deal at all. She only just got bothered about it very recently.

Her little brother was dry at 3. And wakes in night for a wee.
She is a very heavy sleeper.

Do you know if it's common to build up a resistance like that all?