s/o bedwetting alarm
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Anonymous
| My DS stopped wetting the bed at age 6. We didn't have to use an alarm as he just stopped (took a month, but he stopped). My DD is 5 1/2. She soaks her underjam (and/or goodnite) nightly. About 2x a week it soaks through to the sheets. I'm wondering if she will just magically stop like DS at age 6 or whether it will go on longer? If you have multiple kids, did they stop wetting the bed around the same age? Our ped recommends the alarm starting at age 8. However, I'm wondering about using a bedwetting alarm when she turns six. She is a deep sleeper and it's very difficult to wake her up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom (and she rarely ever wakes up on her own then). |
Anonymous
| Your daughter sounds just like my son with the heavy sleeping. We attempted to grab the bull by the horns when he was 5 by strictly limiting fluids in the evening and "waking him up" (ie carrying him to the toilet) in the middle of the night, but at his 6 year checkup his ped said we were fighting an uphill battle. So he stayed in pull ups until he was 7. We were planning to try out a wetting alarm when he suddenly was consistently dry at night. It coincided with him not sleeping quite as heavily as he did before. My daughter potty trained just before she turned 3, and she was dry at night as well at that time. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't start that at 6. I think that's too young. My dd is 7, and I am going to try a bedwetting alarm this summer if our initial potty training efforts don't pan out. |
Anonymous
| We did an alarm at 8..worked very well. |
Anonymous
| We started between 6 and 7. In first grade, kids were already doing sleepovers and camp-outs and bed-wettting made that impossible. |
Anonymous
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6 is not too young. Kids shouldn't be wetting the bed past the time that they are 1. potty trained and 2. able to walk to the toilet. 8 years is just too old to be dealing with bedwetting if there isn't a medical condition. Once my kids turned 6 if they wet the bed, they need to clean it and themselves up without waking up mom or dad.
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Anonymous
| Not true PP..all kids are different. Some kids go frequently and some are heavy sleeper. When the two traits combine, kids are bed wetters until something changes. My ped said it is only a problem at 8 if it is a problem for the child socially. |
Anonymous
Yes, so then why would you wait until age 8 to change this. Kids won't potty train until "something changes". Should we just wait till 8 for that too? No. because no one has time to change an 8 year old, whether it be during the day or in the middle of the night unless they have some medical need. Waiting to correct a bad habit is not a medical need. It's a handicap. |
Anonymous
| Have you checked with a pediatrician about constipation? Even if a kid has some bowel movements, there can be a back up. Too much fecal matter can make it hard for kids to control their bladder. It's more common than you might imagine. |
Anonymous
OP here. Dd is taking miralax for the last 8 months. It has made little to no difference. |
Anonymous
| We used an alarm at age 7. Worked a charm. |
Anonymous
| We used the malem alarm at age 6 1/2 and it worked very quickly. Our son was really happy to be out of diapers. |
Anonymous
| We've had good results with the Malem too. We got ours at the Bedwetting Store: http://bedwettingstore.com/malem-ultimate-bedwetting-alarm.html DD was 6 at the time, she's now 8! |
Anonymous
| Is there a bricks and mortar store where I can take a look at these? |
Anonymous
| ^ i don't believe they're sold in regular stores. only online. you might be able to get them at a doctor's office? |