| Finding bed wetting solutions is something that | | | | so that parents will wake up when it goes off, if |
| parents spend a lot of time looking for when they | | | | this is the situation. They also need to be reset, |
| have an older child with a bedwetting problem. | | | | so children have to learn to do this or the parents |
| There are many products on the market that | | | | will have to be awake so that they can reset the |
| offer relief in keeping the child dry at night, but | | | | alarm. These bed wetting solutions usually take |
| these are not really solutions that will cure the | | | | about 4 to 6 weeks before the child becomes |
| bed wetting forever. When a child continues | | | | adjusted to being awakened by the sound of the |
| wetting the bed or redevelops bedwetting past | | | | alarm. They also need to be snug so that they |
| the age of 5, a thorough investigation needs to be | | | | won't come off in the night and they need to be |
| carried out by a health care provider. Usually | | | | comfortable. If these factors are not taken into |
| bedwetting stops as the child's bladder develops | | | | consideration, then the alarms will not be effective |
| and he/she learns to recognize the signs of a full | | | | bedwetting solutions. |
| bladder during the night. There are several bed | | | | Studies with the use of bed wetting alarms have |
| wetting solutions available for parents to use. | | | | shown that they are the most effective bed |
| One of the most common bed wetting solutions | | | | wetting solutions. After 12 to 14 weeks of |
| is to use one of the many bed wetting alarms | | | | continuous use, the child learns bladder control and |
| that are on the market. Many different | | | | will wake up when he/she needs to use the |
| manufacturers make these alarms and they are | | | | bathroom. Although there are medications that |
| not all alike or equally effective. It may take a bit | | | | are also effective bedwetting solutions, they do |
| of experimenting to find the one that is right for | | | | have side effects that can make the child sick. In |
| your child. These alarms are devices with | | | | addition, when you use medication as a solution |
| moisture detection systems. As soon as moisture | | | | for bed wetting, as soon as the child stops taking |
| is detected, an alarm sounds to wake the child so | | | | the medication, bedwetting will resume. |
| that he/she will go to the bathroom instead of | | | | Some of the other bed wetting solutions include |
| wetting the bed. You still need to use urine | | | | hypnosis, chiropractic therapy and exercises to |
| collection products such as liners or pull ups along | | | | improve the muscles of the bladder. Of all of |
| with these bedwetting solutions because they do | | | | these, however, the bed wetting alarms have |
| take time to change the sleep/waking behavior. | | | | proven to be the most effective of all. This is |
| Even with using bed wetting alarms as a solution, | | | | because they use behavior modification as the |
| in the case of children who are deep sleepers, | | | | method of bed wetting solution, which is the one |
| they may still need to be awakened by parents. | | | | that will last. |
| The sound of the alarm will need to be adjusted | | | | |