Help on bed wetting for a sleep deprived mum, who is losing patients and faith!

[Stephaniedavies700]

Anyone with any advice on bed wetting would be greatly received!!!! My boy is 7 this week and is still wetting the bed, and absolutely swamps himself and leaks out of a nappy.
He drinks 1.5l of water a day, doesn’t drink fizzy drinks, or squash. We have tried getting him out of bed before we go to bed, incentives etc etc. Our latest attempt is the bed wetting alarm, well shit! He sleeps right through the bloody thing, it’s like a frigging fire alarm and he’s snoring away, swamped to the core 😊. On average we are changing him and the sheets twice a night and it’s like having a newborn. We also have a 4 year old who gets woken up by the alarm.
He has been referred by the GP to a bladder and bowel clinic, however in the current COVID-19 situation everything is on hold.
Any tricks other people have tried, as this sleep deprivation is doing nothing for my home schooling technique 😬.
Hit me up with ideas fellow mums.

Many thanks

A desperate mum.

DD went through it on and off until about 12/13!! It wasn’t every night thankfully and eased off from 7 ish but I strongly suspected it was to do with her being a deep sleeper. The alarm worked a bit but more so when she was older. I bought brolly sheets online. They are soft, fabric and absorbable but washable oversheets that you can whip off and on in the night without changing the whole bed.I noticed that she didn’t do it when away from home so wasn’t too worried it was medical. All of a sudden it just stopped and I was glad I hadn’t put her through clinics etc. Trust your instinct and good luck.

I know what you are talking about, few words about a simple thing cannot describe all the additional work, sleep deprivation and stress. If there is not a physical cause for the bedwetting and it's just a natural part of growing up there's nothing you can do to stop it, damn it! We used the alarm several times and it did nothing, except waking up all the family, I think it works only when the body is ready and you need just to train the mind to wake up... if the body is not ready, nope.
To manage all the mess, the only solution I found was switching to adult nappies, the regular one with adhesive side tabs and eventually adding a booster pad inside that (specific pads without waterproof layer). They are named "adult" nappies but are available in extra small and small sizes too (XS can be even too small for your son). I found them looking on amazon for alternatives to drynites, I think you can look there for "youth nappies", considering the reviews it's not so uncommon problem. There are adult pull-ups too, but they are expensive and leak the same very often, so the regular ones are still much better, much more absorbent than drynites, not even comparable, but also bigger and less fashionable. We never had leaks with those so, less dicreet but it's totally worth it.

You have my sympathies too, op! It feels like it'll never end when you're in it. So stressful. I found the ERIC phone helpline very useful and reassuring - definitely worth giving them a call if you haven't already. My DS was very resistant to us seeking help but eventually changed his mind and he got desmomelts from the enuresis clinic. Was only on them 4-5 months and they must have kickstarted his own production of the hormone. Other than 2 wet nights he's been dry since Feb. Hang in there!

PS Brolly sheets are v good!