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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you tried a bed wetting alarm? We had great success with the Malem with our son. You clip it to the underwear and go to him immediately when it goes off. You put his feet on the floor and get him to the bathroom. The alarm is loud and jarring. The point is to train him to “hear” the body signal to wake up. He’s in such a deep sleep. 
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[b]I thought about getting something like this but he is such a deep sleeper, and once he wakes up he has a hard time getting back to sleep. Also I don’t think I could wake up in the middle of the night constantly to check on it.[/b] [/quote]

So you’re just expecting this to go away on its own? Come on, OP. You’ve got to try it. Yes, it isn’t easy. But if you invest in the effort to get him up and to the bathroom, he will learn. It took us about a month. Stop making excuses. This can be resolved. [/quote]

He’s not doing it on purpose. It has nothing to do with a lack of trying. Some kids literally cannot help it. It takes time for their body to mature. Don’t be so judgmental.[/quote]

OP here, that’s what the pediatrician said. That his sleep signals are much stronger than his wake up and go pee signals still. That’s exactly what she told us to do - nothing. She said he’ll eventually grow out of it. I was just posting on here to see if others had kids who were similarly bedwetting at this age and grew out of it, or if there could be a medical or structural issue somehow. I’m up for trying something (and trust me if you knew me I’m extremely proactive about stuff)  but have heard the alarms can be a mixed bag.[/quote]

My kids are heavy sleepers. They are now 5 and 7 and still have an accident almost every night. We tried the nighttime pull-ups and then switched to Pampers diapers after the pull-ups leaked several times. I don’t know how big your DS is but if you are having an issue with leaks you can try an insert to help with absorbency or possibly a youth diaper.[/quote]

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