The Bedwetting Alarm Blog

Many parents have been told their child wets the bed because they're a deep sleeper. Find out why this advice isn't right, and get tricks and tips to help your heavy sleeping child learn to have dry nights.

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There are many different types of experts who can help children deal with persistent bedwetting. To learn more about these modalities, DRI Sleeper has asked Liz Crisp, a Physiotherapist based in Melbourne, Australia, to write this guest blog on how a Paediatric Continence Physio approaches bedwetting in children.

Bedwetting alarms are the only proven method to cure bedwetting in up to 75% of children who suffer primary nocturnal enuresis.

But before you rush online to purchase an alarm what should you check first to ensure that your child will be successful too?

It is normal for children to still have the occasional accident after completing night toilet training successfully. If your child starts bedwetting regularly again after being dry for more than 14 days, here’s what to try...

Night toilet training with a bedwetting alarm involves disruption to usual night-time routines, so is it a good thing to embark upon during a pandemic lockdown, when family stress levels may be higher than normal?

Enuresis alarms use 'Learning by Association' to teach a child to respond to their bladder signals. The feeling of a full bladder becomes associated with the sound of an alarm which wakes the child up. Once the association is learned, the feeling of a full bladder will be enough to wake the child without the alarm.

Around 3,000,000,000 pull-ups are used per year in the USA. From 5 to 10 years there will be approximately 18,000,000,000 pull-ups used. At around $1.00 each, the cost is $365.00 per year or $2,190.00 during the usual period of bedwetting. 

From the age of 5, bedwetting is considered a medical condition in the UK and statistics show that only 15% of bedwetters will stop un-aided every year form this age on. This means that by the age of 9, over half of all those children who wet the bed at 5, will still be wetting the bed! 

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Young boys are naturally into all sorts of things, and as a parent, keeping tabs on everything your young boy is up to might seem like a daunting task. With their bouncy, naturally curious nature and uncanny interest in many worldly things, boys are a challenge with much reward. 

Back in the day I couldn’t wait for the school holidays to arrive. My friends and I would be planning sleepovers and midnight feasts well in advance and there were school camps we would go on or, sometimes, a family holiday to visit relatives or family friends. In short school holidays were the highlight of the year.

What is your biggest concern about purchasing a bedwetting alarm? We have found many parents ask similar questions and share the same concerns. Here some answers.

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Constipation can be the cause of, or contribute to, bedwetting. A distended bowel can put pressure on the bladder, shrinking its capacity, so the child cannot hold as much urine during the night. How can I tell if my child is constipated?