Bedwetting Alarms

[DesertBlossom]

In another thread the mention of Malem Bedwetting Alarms got me googling. Years ago I bought a Wet-Stop. DS(10) has made a couple attempts to use it over the years, never with any success because he hasn't been consistent. He says he "doesn't like waking up in the night."  A couple months ago he tried it again. It was waking him up initially, but I didn't usually hear it down the hall. He eventually got to the point he would just pull out the cord to turn the sound off and go back to sleep, without really waking up enough to realize what he'd done. He'd have no memory of it in the morning. One time when I did hear the alarm, I tried to get him out of bed. He was half asleep and tried to argue with me that he was just sweaty and that the thing wasn't working right. I had to physically pull him out of bed so he would wake up all the way.  I do think it may be malfunctioning a little bit. If he wakes up wet, changes his underwear, and tries to clip the sensor to fresh underwear it goes off, like the sensor is still damp. I tried fresh batteries, but that didn't help. So I might need a new one anyway.

 

Anyway... I am now considering throwing down $120 for this new Malam thing. It says it has a variety of sounds so kids don't learn to sleep through the noise.  I need it for DS10 and then for DS7, who recently admitted that if he does wake up and needs to pee, he just uses his underjams.   :banghead:

 

Tell me why this one is so much better and what I can do to make sure my boys are successful with it.

 

 

[HSmomof2]

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Edited September 30, 2017 by Bethany Grace

[EmseB]

We have had a Sleep Dry alarm work with two kiddos so far and it isn't that expensive.

 

Honestly, using the alarm worked, but it felt like I had a newborn because I was getting up so often, especially at first, and it took 3-4 weeks each time. Consistency, and stick to it. Get up when it goes off and make sure he is up. Honestly, DH took care of a lot of the wake ups this last time because I was nursing a baby and didn't want any more sleep interruptions.

[DesertBlossom]

So DS hadn't been to the doctor in forever but he got pretty sick a while back. We saw a PA that we'd never seen before and I mentioned the bedwetting. Her advice was to have him to go the bathroom before he goes to bed. Hmm, who would have thought?

 

I felt like this time around he was doing better, having occasional dry nights. He just learned to turn it off in his sleep. One review suggested having the child sleep in the parents' room so the parents wake up, which might help if it didn't wake up my 4mo.

[Scarlett]

My step son is 15 and still struggling with bed wetting. We finally got him to a pediatric urologist at age 13. Meds have been very effective. He has gone from wet 100% to wet 10% of the time. And the wet nights for a 13 year old were very very bad.

 

If I had a 10 year old still wetting at night...after trying all the normal things ....going pee before bed, waking him up at midnight

, limiting liquids before bed.......I would,have the child in to the specialist pronto.

[Okra]

Well, I don't know.  I also had a bed wetter until age 12.  We never used a bed alarm, so I don't' know.  We also used Desmopressin when needed, places like Grandma's house, hotel rooms, summer camp.  We did not usually use it at home.  I just thought child how to do the laundry.

 

But, I just wanted to give you hope.  Plenty of kids wet the bed for a long time, and eventually get the hang of staying dry.

[DawnM]

It never worked for our son.  We tried for a long time.   The only thing the alarm did was wake US up, so that we could go wake him up, and it was always too late.

 

He wet his bed until over age 10.  But he has Asperger's so that may be a large part of it.

[prairiewindmomma]

A Malem worked for us in a similar situation. DDAVP would have been our next step had the alarm failed.

[EmseB]

It never worked for our son. We tried for a long time. The only thing the alarm did was wake US up, so that we could go wake him up, and it was always too late.

 

Just for the record, that is how they are supposed to work.

[Hypatia.]

The Malem worked here. It took the full 12 weeks mentioned in the packaging, but it did work. Those were some tiring nights, but it was worth it. I had washable bed pads on the bed (between two fitted sheets) to make middle of the night sheet changes quicker.

[rizkhanjr]

Bedwetting alarms use behavior modification to treat and stop bedwetting. They signal an alert to the child to wake up on detecting urine and over time, the child gets conditioned to wake up faster and faster till they stop wetting the bed.

You can check out bedwetting alarms at https://onestopbedwetting.com

I got mine there. They have alarms starting at $50 upwards.

Good luck!ac

Edited April 9, 2016 by rizkhanjr

[Sandragood1]

Years ago we used one. It worked but I helped it along. I slept in dc's bed. I'd respond to the alarm before dc did at first. I'd wake dc up all the way and get them to the bathroom to finish peeing. I'd pull off that layer of sheets and wayerproof pad and we'd go back to bed. I kept everything very positive.

 

After two weeks dc was waking on their own to the alarm most of the time. We did the full 12 week program and it worked. I moved back to my own room once the alarm reliably woke dc but I'd still help with removing wet sheets and things.

Edited April 10, 2016 by Sandragood1