Bed Wetting Alarm

I used the bed wetting alarm when I was younger. It worked. I think it took several times before I was "trained" to wake up and go before I wet the bed. Buy it now and she could be trained in two weeks! Good luck!

J. - I would check with a local pediatric chiropractor. Some bed wetting can actually be corrected with chiropratic adjustments. If you live in the Twin Cities, south metro area, I have a couple of doctors I would recommend.

Enjoy your vacation

D.

The alarm works great! Do a search on it though, after I spent over $2,000 on a program I found a Christian one for $500! Yikes!
However, it will not work in 2 weeks. So, get the underpants and do your research before you invest.
Out of my 7 kids, one was not a bed wetter, and one we don't know yet. I've been through this 5 times, but only used the alarm once. They grow out of it.
One of the things that the counselor required in the alarm training was for the child to sleep naked, that way they feel the urine earlier. Not sure if that worked or not, lol, but my son certainly developed a love for his nighttime freedom!

Good luck!

Hi, a friend and I we just discussing this yesterday. She has a 6 year old who still sometimes doesn't wake to go potty at night and I have a 4 year old. They both are very hard sleepers and sleep even harder after super outdoor fun in summer and during growth spurts. Neither of us are going to do the alarm....which still only goes off when the deed has started and teaches the child to be scared to pee. (has had a very negative affect on children of a few friends). We both chose to go the Underjams route....bedwetting is a lot more common that you know....most people are just embarrassed to share it with you. Most children grow out of this phase before ages 8-10 and some just have the occasional incidents like when going thru a growth spurt and they are sleeping more soundly. You may also try setting your alarm for sometime midway through her sleep cycle (like 1am if bedtime is 8 or 9) and assist her to the potty and help her return to bed and then both of you go back to sleep. This may relieve the wet bed in the morning issue. My friends have had some success with this. I chose not to go this route either because my child has some special needs (sensory processing disorder) and did not sleep until she was three and still has about a 3 hour wind down time at night ....so I am not about to wake her in the middle of the night with an alarm that will cause her more need for wind-down time or by waking her myself to set a trend of waking every night at a certain time. She has been so sleep deprived these past few years and now with getting her sleep she is catching up in mental development so I am just willing to deal with it. I know this problem can be distressing but it is a stage of development for your daughter and as with other stages she has been through, it too shall pass. Just be supportive and help her know that this is not a fault and she will get there. Hope this helps. All our kids really need is our love and support. Have a great summmer.

Personally, I would go with the underwear. What they have today is very discreet. The alarm thing doesn't sound like it would work if she sleeps hard enough to not wake up when she wets. My son slept right through it. What ever you do, try not to get frustrated with her or the situation. Don't shame her! Lots of kids have this issue and it is not a form of rebellion (no one whats to lay in wet sheets.) It is a developmental milestone. I assume that you are already limiting her drinking at night and all that. Just encourage her that she will grow out of this and until she does there are tools to make it easier.

One thing to consider, sometimes kids that would otherwise be trained are afraid of the dark or don't like the cold feeling of getting up to go to the bathroom. Most kids her age, most of the time don't need to get up at night if they took care of it before bed. If she just started this after being dry before, it might be worth looking into other causes. (Bladder infection, etc.)

Wow what a lot of different reponses. I don't know about the one with 7 kids with the $500 christain alarm.....and they have to sleep naked??? Sounds weird.....Not at all like the alarm we used. Both of my kids have continually wet the bed since they were potty trained. I started using the bedwetting alarm with them when they were 6 years old. If they are hard sleepers then yes they may not hear it at first. But the instuctions state that that can happen (and it did for us) but that is why the parents are there to help them out in the beginning....eventually after only a week or two they do start waking up to it and taking care of it on their own and wetting less and less at night until eventually not at all. This has worked well and within 4-6 weeks for both of my children. It did not "scare them" or make the problem worse etc....

Also, to help with the problem what we also do which was recommended by the alarm company was to have them go to the bathroom half hour before bed and then again right before they get in bed. This step alone makes a huge difference. If you don't want to buy an alarm right now I would try this step at least and see what happens. And if you decide to get an alarm check out the bedwetting store...you can do a google search for it. You can get a nice alarm for around $100-well worth it for us! We went from being soaked and I do mean soaked at night to being dry in less than 6 weeks. As far as your trip goes I would invest in goodnights or pullups since the alarm does take more than 2 weeks to completly stop the wetting. Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

My daughter wet the bed until she hit puberty. I would use the Goodnights while on vacation because the alarm still may cause some wetness in the bed. You don't want to deal with it on vacation. Also, you NEVER sleep right on vacation and it could be very tiring for your daughter with the alarm. The alarms work pretty good. We used one and have several friends that have used them too.

I wet the bed when I was little and my parents bought the alarm. It did not work at all. When it goes of you are already peeing and it just scares you so you pee more. I would do the underpants and have faith that she will grow out of this stage.

Hi there-
Just wanted to see if you have talked to the doctor about this. Since she was dry before and this just started she chould have some issues, especially since she has been waking up very soaked. Has she been extra hungry or thirsty constantly? If so, you might consider having her blood sugar tested as these symptoms can be a sign of diabetes. Don't want to scare you, but it can happen. Good luck!

My daughter is 6 and did the same when she was about 5, she did eventually grow out of it, but I used the goodnights and soon she stopped wetting the bed within a couple of months

Her recent onset of bed-wetting is probably a blood sugar issue J.. Has anything in her diet changed? Read on...

I went through this with my daughter until she was 7. After testing her for everything, including diabetes, I finally went to see a Naturepath. What she told me worked immediately to stop the problem...

The Problem: The brain tells the bladder to release when blood sugar drops. Keeping blood sugar levels up is the key to kids sleeping through the night without peeing.

The Solution: Making sure your child is eating a high fat, high protein diet, low sugar diet throughout the day and giving a large high fat/low sugar snack before bed. Water should be given liberally throughout the day and before bed also because dehydration releases the bladder as well (the brain thinks it is starving and blood sugar drops when dehydration sets in).

Bedtime snacks: Cheese with bread or crackers (or just cheese), peanut butter or nut butter with bread or crackers, bean and cheese burrito, fish ~ tuna on toast... what ever you child will eat that is high in fat/protein and low in sugar (make sure your peanut butter is not sweetened).

Water, water, water ~ the more water your child can drink the better.

You won't believe how well this works. Start today and she will be all over the bed-wetting accidents practically overnight.

It is not uncommon for children to have blood sugar irregularities as they grow up. A new summer program that serves mostly filler foods could be a culprit... or your own family's desire to 'eat less fat' for health reasons. Kids need fat and don't need filler foods. Focus on her health and her bed-wetting will disappear.