Finally dry at night at age 8 - how would you mark this for an older child?
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Anonymous
| DC is a very deep sleeper and we've tried everything over the years to try to curtail the bedwetting. Finally found a program and an alarm that worked and DC has now been dry for over two months. It feels like we are truly done. Would you do anything special to mark this with your child, or just let it pass and breathe a sigh of relief? |
Anonymous
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My oldest stopped wetting the bed at age 10 and my youngest at age 7. Both were soaking through pullups and wetting every single night. We also found a bedwetting alarm did the trick for both of them.
We didn't do anything special to mark the occasion. Just a sigh of relief! |
Anonymous
| I'm not sure I'd want to mark it as a special occasion. If he slips up, might make him more self-conscious that you made a big deal about it. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Nothing special to mark this achievement...but if he's interested in inviting a friend over for a sleepover, do it. but don't say, "now that you don't wet the bed." Just come up with something (some sort of privledge) to help him feel like you recognize that he's growing up. |
Anonymous
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Congratulations! Not sure if I would do anything special.
My almost 10 year old is still having accidents. She's also a deep sleeper. We have tried, an alarm, but says it's uncomfortable. PP's Which alarm did you use? |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't. I wet the bed for a very long time, and it would have been mortifying plus putting a lot of pressure on me, to celebrate this in some way. |
Anonymous
| I would not make it into a cause for celebration so that he still vividly recalls at 50 that he still wet the bed at 8. Let it fade into the past without letting him know that it is a huge deal to you. Even though it understandably is. |
Anonymous
| I'd celebrate by buying myself some new shoes with all the money you now get to save not buying diapers. |
Anonymous
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This is OP. Thanks for your feedback. That was my instinct, too, but it's been such a long time coming I wasn't sure.
I highly recommend the alarm we used. It's really small and comfortable and we could still use it with a pullup. We had tried others but this one was the best: http://bedwettingstore.com/dri-eclipse-wireless-bedwetting-alarm.html |
Anonymous
I wouldn't mark it. Mine was dry for 6 months at that age it continued off and on until 13. He has no control so it is hard to celebrate because he didn't achieve something. |
Anonymous
| Yay, DC just came out, went to the bathroom, went back to bed. Basically sleepwalking. Only those of us who have been through this can understand how joyful this is! |
Anonymous
| Don't mention this again to him. Put it in the past. But quietly celebrate on your own! |
Anonymous
| Celebrate with your husband. |
Anonymous
| Dont do anything! |