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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 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 →