Bedwetting 7 year old - help!!!

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My DS is now 7 and most nights his bed is soaking when he wakes up in he morning. We have tried all sorts over the years, lifting, waking him up to go to the toilet, sticker/reward charts - all with very little success.

Have recently spoken to doctor who suggested bed wetting alarms (the ones that wake them up as they start to wee) but really don't like the idea of it.Also have been told that there is only a 50% chance that it will work!

He is such a heavy sleeper that he never wakes independently to go to the toilet. I do ask him to help me change his sheets in the morning but I don't tell him off - should I?Do I just need to accept that this is going to take a long while or is there anything else I can do?

Any advice, ideas, experiences greatly appreciated.

My DD is 7 too and was wet every night that we tried to train her not just every now and then. She is not a particularly heavy sleeper. We got an alarm from the school nurse this summer through sheer frustration, nothing else had worked. It was fantastic. She hated, hated, hated it going off (it is really loud) and something just seemed to click with her. Within 2 weeks of night-time disturbances (it would probably wake other kids if you have them) she had cracked it. Her main problem seems to be that she has a small bladder (goes to the loo frequently during the day) and the nurse said this was because she wasn't drinking enough. So we have also monitored her fluids and now reward her for finishing her drinks (the idea being her bladder will get bigger over time as it gets used to more fluid). So at the moment she does need to get up most nights and have a wee but at least she is recognising the sign that her bladder needs emptying. It seems counter-intuitive to give them more to drink I know but it is something else you might want to consider. I would not tell him off, he's not doing it on purpose. He will get there in the end.