Bed Wetting Alarm

[dippydaydream]

DS is 6 and still not dry at night. Never made a big thing of it but now sister of 3 is dry at night it is starting to bother him. We bought a bed wetting alarm from Amazon but I was disappointed when we got it as the wire that runs from the alarm worries me that it could get wrapped around his neck while he sleeps. Can anyone recommend a good make - is it worth paying for a wireless one. I haven't bothered to contact the doctors because it would be nice to get him dry with minimum fuss.

We were in a very similar situation, with a DD 4 years younger who was dry at night earlier. I would honestly encourage you to go to see your GP (you could possibly ask for a phone appointment, or go anyway without your DS?) Our area had a clinic especially to deal with this. The alarm worked well for our DS.. it wasn't wired in a way that would have been of any danger, just went in his underpants, and we got it from the clinic.... not sure whether your area offers such a service, but you could ask?

Our ds has been seen in eneuresis clinic.

In our area they won't refer until the child is 7.

Ds didn't want to have any medication for his night time wetting, the alarm seems to be something that is tried when all other avenues have been tried.

They advised really increasing his daytime fluid intake, restricting fluids for the last couple of hours before bed and making sure that the last thing he did at night was have a wee. Also make sure that he opens his bowels regularly.

We did this for about 7 months and he is now dry. It may be that he would always have become dry at 7.9 - who knows?!

Please ask for a referral to the enuresis clinic. There are many approaches to bed wetting depending on many different things. The nurses will gather all the information they need and come up with a strategy. Alarms are just one tool and need to be used carefully. If your child is simply a heavy sleeper it may work however it could cause more harm than good if there is a different reason for the night time wetting. At 6 he really isn't at an age where it is considered unusual to not be dry. If you Google enuresis there is lots of information including certain drinks that irritate the bladder (cordial being amongst the worst) plans to stretch the bladder to increase capacity and so on.

Try a Chummie bedwetting alarm. They have good reviews.
I am not certain about wireless as all devices radiate and are not necessarily safe.