The Bedwetting Blog

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.

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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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.

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?

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?

Some parents notice that their child pays lots of visits to the bathroom during the day and wonder if this may be why they wet the bed at night. Most children would be expected to toilet 4-7 times a day, so anything more than this may be a cause for concern.

“His attitude to the wetting and process has been great. He understood that it was not his fault and he wasn’t alone but I can only imagine this would get more difficult to deal with as a child enters puberty, so it’s great to have got it done."

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