Alarm Bedwetting
Son and alarm..HELP!!?
my 11 year old son is currently using a Bedwetting Alarm, in an attempt to reduce his nightime wetness. He has a hard time waking up, and he told me today he wants to stop using it and go back to wearing Goodnites to bed. I think he is too old and he needs to keep using it. What should i do?He really is just being lazy, he would rather soak a pullup than wake up and toilet
Absolutely do NOT punnish him or use the “you’re to old for this” line. You son does not want to be wetting the bed, but he’s probably getting frustrated with his lack of progress. Even with alarms, some children (espescially during puberty) are just not ready to be dry.
Also, most bedwetting alarms only work if the parent is willing to get up with the child when The Alarm goes off. Since most bedwetters are heavy sleepers, they don’t wake up to the alarm until it’s already too late to teach their body anything. If you REALLY want your son to be committed to getting dry using the alarm, you need to get one that is loud enough (or has a second receiver) that it wakes you up too, and you need to get up with him EVERY time.
If you’re not willing to have your sleep interupted every time he has a night accident, then maybe he’s right, and it’s time to go back to goodnights for a while. You can always try the alarm again in another couple of years. I know you’re frustrated, alot of kids and parents are, but it’s not your son’s fault. Have you ever thought of how humiliating it is for him to wake up soaked, or to have an alarm go off ever time he’s wet? He probably wants to go back to goodnites because they offer more privacy and less headache for him, espescially given your frustration. You really have to be supportive of him.
There are alot of support groups out there for bedwetters and their families. Yahoo Groups has several, and there is an old information site called at www.wetbusters.com. Also the goodnites site has good information, as do several continence alliances. Please, be patient with your son. He’ll probably grow out of it soon!
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Bedwetting Alarms – How Bed Wetting Alarms Help Your Child to Get Dry
Bed wetting alarms are one of the best methods of stopping bedwetters. The success rate is above seventy percent. The simple idea of waking a child (or adult) up when the bed gets wet teaches the brain in a positive way.
Bedwetting is normal until the child becomes five or six years old. Until then the child should have learned already how it works. If not, there is a mental problem. Physical problems are rare. The child may have a little bladder and the sleep during the night might be too deep to wake up. In most cases bedwetting is just a matter of learning a habit.
A bedweeting alarm can do this simple job without harming the child physically or mentally. The purpose of the alarm is to wake the child up. At one time the child will wake up from alone before the bed gets wet. The alarm helps to learn the habit of getting up in the night to go to the toilet.
Motivate the child to ‘beat’ the alarm. Make a positive experience of it. Make it easy for the child to wake up, switch on the light and get to the toilet. Use this technique for at least 3 to 4 weeks. It can take three months until the problem is solved.
The first time train the situation with your child. Trigger the alarm and tell the child what is going on and what it has to do. Lie on the bed with closed eyes, trigger the alarm, get up as fast as possible and get to the toilet. Train this a few times to make sure your child knows what to do in the night when it wakes up from a deep sleep.
About the Author
Highly Recommended Reading:
Venessa Borenstein is an expert author on bedwetting. Her articles have been published on numerous web sites, forums, blogs and ezines all over the Internet.
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