Bed wetting alarm

[Willbedry]

My DS is 8.4years old and we have just started using a bedwetting alarm. He’s been daytime toilet trained since age 2 but never managed to stay dry at night.
We tried desmomelt tablets in lower and higher dose but they didn’t have any effect.
DS is now bothered about the wetting so the alarm seemed like the best next step.
We also have the added issue of him not drinking much in the way of fluids in the day. I have therefore increased his fluid intake to 1200ml and have been encouraging regular wees at home. We have been doing it a week now. He wakes with alarm every time so no issue there. We started off having 3 alarm calls a night and then on night 5 and 6 we only had 1 alarm call and he managed to stop mid-flow and finish off wee on toilet. I thought OMG it’s working. Then last night we were back to three alarm calls, soaked pjs and sheets and very little wee left in him to finish on the toilet. I am hoping it will improve again as I am up to my DD at least once a night too so feeling a little knackered and gave work next week after half term break. Anyone had similar experience and their child cracked it? How long did it take? Thanks

My sister had to have this alarm when she was little so been around a long time. It worked for her, she was 8. It took about 2 weeks. I shared bedroom with her and we'll remember how loud it is.

My DS was similar. The alarm worked (possibly in combination with tablets, I can't be sure) but it did take a few weeks. He's reliably dry now, aged 9.5 and has been for just over a year. Hang in there!

Ah thank you, that gives me hope. Just hard when you make progress and then he goes back to being soaked again. We didn’t do anything differently and he woke with each alarm but had already emptied his bladder by the time I rushed into his room. Going to keep at it but really hope it’s a matter of weeks rather than months.

So since last posting we have had 2 dry nights. One last Saturday and the other on Wednesday night in fact Wednesday night he woke at 5.50 shouting to me. Not because the alarm went off but because he woke naturally for a wee. The night before he slept until 5:50am and then wet so was so close to going through night dry. Then last night he wet lots at 1am,3.40am and again at 7:30am. Through sheets and towels. I just don’t get how the it can go so wrong after being so good. Is that what’s happened with some of your children?

We used one, borrowed off a friend and I got so disheartened when it got worse in the second week. Friend said to hang on, and sure enough in week 3 it improved again and we were without by week 4. Hang on a bit longer.

Remember progress isn't linear. It's never a straight line. And in a way it makes sense that a bad night is a very bad night - as if once the process is disrupted it just doesn't fall back into place easily yet.

Two steps forward one step back is a saying for a reason!

It sounds like he's doing really well x

Hang in there. We had to have several goes upto age 9 and then he finally got it last year. We used a under the sheet alarm that the doctor recommended for last attempt, it seemed much more effective than the clip on ones. I can find out which one if you are interested.

Thank you for your reply and yes I am sure it will get easier. He is just getting a little down that he’s waking up wet a couple of times a night and it’s hard for me to encourage him more than I am. He is doing really well and waking all through night when alarm does go off so hopefully soon enough it will just click

@OnceUponARainbow thank you and yes please. I just sometimes find that the sensor doesn’t always pick up wetness until it’s too late to stop mid flow. If his willy is pointing one way and wee all goes down one side the sensor in middle of pants doesn’t detect it until the wee has seeped through clothing towards middle of pants.

We used an alarm with our ds when he was 7 - he’d never had a dry night in his life. I’m sure I read that it took as many weeks as they were years old (if that makes sense) and I think we were about right for that - it probably did take 6 or 7 weeks for him to be reliably dry. Since then we’ve had no wet beds at all (must be 14months now I think). Hang on in there OP and good luck

Hi, we used an alarm and it took around 4 weeks to be be completely dry at night , it did feel like having a new baby again at first the amount of times we were getting up to the alarm. I also brought the dry nights sheets that saved the bottom sheet so was just the top sheet that need washing.

@Willbedry sorry I missed this before, this is what we used, would def recommend. Good luck!
Dry-Bed Bedwetting Alarm by Astric amazon.co.uk/dp/B002SQN02E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_5BN379F3JSVXBZDFFCNC]]