Bedwetting alarm - one week in.

[MrsSpoon]

My DS1, almost 8, has been given one of these.

Just wondered if anyone had any advice/tales (hopefully positive ones) to get us through the next few weeks?

Starting to feel like we have a baby in the house again, having to get up through the night. It seems to be going off a bit with sweat which is a pain, we have put a second sheet on the bed which seems to have helped but it went off twice last night with sweat too, DS1 unwell, think he must have had a bit of a fever.

succes story here

began using the alarm at the begining of the school hols...july...it used to go off with sweat too BUT DS didn't wake up if it went off cos of sweat but if he'd started to wee he would wake up!

we had to have 21 dry nights in a row before it was deemed a success ..it took us til Sept!! but we had many periods where he got up to 15+ nights then would be wet, then we would have to start at 0 again!

this was just this summer --we have given the alarm back and mostly DS is dry, but does wet about once a month

good luck.

PS i rememeber someone on here saying that everyone in their houes slept throught the alarm and they ended up sitting it in tin to make it louder

LOL fussymummy it was my DH who wet the bed until he was 12, I didn't know him then! Doesn't sound like his parents dealt with it very well TBH and he was made to wash his sheets by hand (despite them having a washing machine) in an attempt to make him stop.

auntyquated that sounds fantastic. Once a month isn't too bad.

We already have the alarm in a tin but it's not helping much. However we have had four dry nights in a row (although this is not at all unusual for DS1) and one of the nights he was unplugging the alarm in his sleep, the alarm was not going off he was just unplugging it so we have moved the alarm so it is more awkward for him to reach.

Sorry Mrsspoon!!!!

Hope hubby is all grown out of it now!!!!!

We all get dry at some point, just takes some longer than others.

My son would never hear the alarm.

It used to drive me nuts, it was always going off.

I used to switch it off so i could get some sleep!!

I also have a 5 year old who still wears dry nites pyjama pants.

Two of the little angels to contend with.

I spend £10 a week on bed nappies!!!!

That's £520 a year and that really gets to me.

I keep telling them that every night they're dry i'll save the nappy money for a holiday or extra days out, in the hope that it encourages them!!!!

LOL saving for a holiday is good idea, the cost of the pj pants is ridiculous. DS2 is starting with them now as his Tots Bots cloth nappies are no longer coping. It would be nice to only have one in them, only time will tell I suppose.

fussy mummy... why not buying some moterh ease bedwetters?

as they are only wet they can just go in with the normal washing.... and you will save a fortune and the planet as well!

Please tell me where i can get these?????

I'd be so grateful.

here 3rd one down they are pricey but will pay for themselves in a couiple of weeks!

so glad to find this thread
my DS is 5 in april but still wears dry-nites
his are absolutely soaked in the morning
hes not lazy - he just wets them

his sister is 2 1/2 & is dry most nights

just dont know what to do
he is not bothered but people do judge you

even ex H is making comments but I just dont know what to do
if I lift him, it makes no difference
if I give him no drinks 2 hours b4 bed, makes no difference.....

dont know whether to worry or just leave it for a while....

or here

Thanks NannyL they look good, but they're not big enough for my son!!!

Mistletoemiggins, if you want help from the NHS they won't offer it until your DS is 7. Eric is a useful website for advice.

Know what you mean about the reaction of others. Recently had an 'argument' with another Mum about whether you could force them to be dry or not, think she thought my parenting was lacking because my almost 8 year old wets the bed.

On the otherhand however I was speaking to one of the other Mums who has a DS is my DS1's class, explaining to her privately about it and it turns out her DS still wets too.

fussymummy, have you looked at the bedwetter pants at the bottom of NannyL's second link. They go right up to age 12.

Think I might try them for my DS2 (hopefully DS1 will be dry), having a break from cloth just now as I am bit sick of it all.

Six dry nights in a row, still nothing unusual.

Thought I would update this thread a little. DS1 hasn't had a wet bed since 1st December. However the alarm still going off quite a bit with sweat, generally he gets up and goes for a wee at that time. Got another appointment with the clinic in a couple of weeks (he should have had an appointment at the end of December but they were closed due to x-mas/new year) so it will be good to talk to someone about it. Haven't yet had the scenario where he started to wet, the alarm goes off, etc. When he wet the bed on 1st December nobody heard the alarm and he unplugged it and went back to sleep.

"generally he gets up and goes for a wee at that time" - hmmm, not quite true, generally we have to wake him, he still doesn't wake to the alarm.

Think DS1 might have cracked this at long last. Got an appointment tomorrow so will see what the HV has to say. Here's hoping!

DS2, age 4, has now started flooding his pull-up and bed on a regular basis! Arrrgh!

wahoo
thats great news!

Haven't read all the messages yet but just wanted to ask how you all got on with the alarm apart from not hearing it. Is it very alarming (pardon the pun) just that my ds may be frightened. Have started the ball rolling regarding bed wetting as my ds is now 7.5 and still in nappies. He has autism, fairly mild but is developmentally delayed in that area. Problem is he got a scare with a toilet in the doctors surgery a few months ago and pulled the alarm by accident. He totally freaked out and wouldn't go to the toilet on his own for ages (not even at home). I just think that hearing an alarm for him may make the situation worse. Any thoughts?