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Anonymous wrote:I'm not understanding the recommendation for a behaviorist. If the issue is drinking before bedtime, dont you just stop the kid from drinking before bedtime? What would a bahaviorist do??

Asssumption of our behaviorist is that there is some conscious control, even in sleep. So rewards for making it through the night without bedwetting. In our case, we also had issues during the daytime, so there were rewards for daytime too. Seemed to help day and night, but kids do grow out of it anyway, so maybe it was a coincidence. Still, despite what some doctors tell you, there is a small percentage of adults who still wet their beds, so I would not just ignore it.

Another place to try is the Johns Hopkins Voiding Improvement Program. I've never been there, but they check for physical problems, and if there are none, look at pyschological approaches. I think Children's Hospital has a similar program.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/what-we-treat/specialties/urology/pediatric-voiding-improvement-program.html

Anonymous wrote:I'm not understanding the recommendation for a behaviorist. If the issue is drinking before bedtime, dont you just stop the kid from drinking before bedtime? What would a bahaviorist do??

Anonymous wrote:Yes, more common. Behavioralist can’t help with things that happen while a child is asleep. (If the issue is that child breaks rules re drinks after dinner and using bathroom before bed, behavioralist can help.). But mine doesn’t drink after dinner and uses bathroom between 10 or 11, but still can’t hold it 8 hours while sleeping. ADHD is sbout the brain processing signals and some kids brains won’t processs the pee signal while sleeping.

If it matters, try the overnight alarms. [/quote

Helped wih my kid, but part of the issue was mot going tonthe bathroom right before bed.