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Nocturnal Enuresis: Bed Wetting

“I’m sorry, I wet the bed again”. We became familiar with this phrase soon after the boys moved in. Even more frequently, there would be no declaration of an accident, simply wet sheets and pajamas, discovered after the boys left for school. During our first visit with Randy’s psychiatrist, I discussed his bedwetting issues with her and asked for suggestions. This was my first experience with the problem and I had no idea how to deal with it. Randy had gone through a medical exam to rule out a physical problem. His doctor told me in her opinion his problem … Continue reading →

Bedwetting Alarms: Night Five

Night One Night Two Night Three Night Four Last night was night five of our on-going experiment with “curing” the nighttime bedwetting our six year old has had every night of his life. I admit the results, so far, are curious. This is not the first time we’ve tried the “mind over matter” approach to nighttime bedwetting. We’ve tried every motivator in the book – stickers, goals, encouragement, and positive self-talk – the whole she-bang. Nothing ever worked. Our older son who still occasionally wets the bed is 12 and the only thing that ever worked with him was a … Continue reading →

Bedwetting Alarms: Night Four

Night One Night Two Night Three Last we left off, our six year old test subject “beat the alarm” two nights in a row by not wetting at all for the first time nights in his entire life but the alarm didn’t even go off despite multiple bedwetting on night three. Our test subject then took the weekend off to spend with his biological Mother and our testing went on hold. Last night we resumed our little experiment. Bedtime was 8pm and we woke the child up at approximately 10pm to use the bathroom. This is much earlier than usual, … Continue reading →

Bedwetting Alarms: Night Three

Night One Night Two Last night was night three of our on-going experiment with a bedwetting alarm. Our six-year-old guinea pig was getting a pretty big head about his two day run without accidents! I had a feeling, though, that the run was about to end and it sure did. So, last night we woke him up at 11:30 pm, later than usual. He had not yet wet – great sign! So we escorted him to the potty and back to bed. We had hopes that, since he slept through without wetting from midnight on the previous night, he might … Continue reading →

Bedwetting Alarms: Night Two

(Read Night One) Well, there’s good news and bad news as it pertains to Night Two of our on-going experiment with bedwetting alarms. The good news is that we are on night two of NO WET BED. I’m pretty sure this is an all-time record for efficacy of the product! Our six year old guinea pig is excited, very, very proud and pretty sure he no longer needs the alarm. He is very motivated by the “gold stars” he gets for dry nights. Two nights = two gold stars. We post the chart on the refrigerator so the whole family … Continue reading →

Bedwetting Alarms: Night One

A little history: My husband’s children from a previous marriage are all genetically predisposed to nighttime bedwetting, known technically as nocturnal enuresis. Both of their parents wet the bed throughout childhood and eventually outgrew it during adolescence. It wasn’t a big surprise that two of my husband’s three children wet the bed past the preschool years. Failed Attempts: During our oldest son’s childhood, we tried a variety of different things to help him stay dry at night. We had a full physical done, tested him for juvenile diabetes, took him to a urologist and multiple other doctors for second opinions. … Continue reading →