I want to get them alarms for christmas so they can work out their issues with it.
2007-12-02 17:11:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I'm tired of buying diapers!!!
2007-12-02 17:17:50 · update #1
According to this medical website (and they're not selling a product neither) , it works with three-fourths of children. So it is more effective than anything else to stop bedwetting.
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53857&page=3
If you go about 2/3 of the way down the page then you'll be able to read about the bedwetting alarms. Actually the majority of the page (page 3) mentions bedwetting alarms soon after you read the work "Parker" printed in red. It's a 5 page article on the subject of children and bedwetting. Dr. Steven Parker is a pediatrician who is being interviewed on the subject of children and bedwetting. He doesn't talk like it's a disease neither.
Do your kids really want to stop bedwetting or are they indifferent about the whole thing? I also don't think you should present it as a Christmas present neither. Just start using it when they are ready to try. There's no guarantee that they'll wake up. Kids have been known to sleep straight through the alarm. Some kids took months before the alarm actually woke them up. You should really read the whole article. It should be interesting to you. Let us know how it works if and when you decide to use it with your kids. Good Luck.
2007-12-03 04:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend who was a bed-wetter, and his parents tried the alarm treatment with him. It caused him so much trauma that he was still talking about it 20 years later. Aren't there less traumatic treatments available yet?
I like the suggestion given in another response - try some kind of bed pad. He/she might be suggesting what they call a "chuck." It's a disposable, absorbent pad that goes under the butt.
2007-12-03 02:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by anna13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Quite honestly, I was a bed wetter until I was about eleven years old. My mother and I tried EVERYTHING but nothing worked. Eventually, I just grew out of it. There are pads that you can place on the bed instead of using diapers. Just let them grow out of it. You probably have done this already, but take them to a urologist, since this is a problem that both of them have, it may be physical instead of psychological. Good luck to you and your boys.
2007-12-03 01:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by linguini 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've never heard of a bed wetting alarm. My mom always just got up with me and changed my sheets. (I had bladder problems until I was 7). I would try some more traditional methods than alarms, but I guess that's what you think you need.
2007-12-03 01:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by alikat 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I hope you are kidding about wanting to buy them for Christmas.
That would Embarrass the hell out of them.
I would sit down one on one and talk to them about it and then privately get them and set them up w/ each boy.
Can you imagine going back to school, what you get for Christmas "a cool bike" and you "a bed wetting alarm" !
come on. Don't be cruel.
2007-12-03 04:15:31 · answer #5 · answered by S.T. 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
have you talked with their pediatrician...
what kind of christmas gifts are bed wetting alarms?
there has to be underlying reasons they are wetting their beds, and alarms are not going to get to the root of the problem.
2007-12-03 02:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by letterstoheather 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they dont work,your boys will get attached to those things and thats not good.you are gona have to tough it out until they outgrow it.talk to them about it in a way that does not hurt their feelings.let them know that you want to help them and that they will also help you.talk to them right before bedtime so that it will fresh be in their minds.dont remind them during the day because they might have something else in their mind or it will give them time to make excuses to themselves and selfjustification will enter their minds.just do your part nightly and dont let it stress you out,you are more than able to it.encourage them by letting them know they can do it.affirm them,let them know they are your heros.love on them just like the day they were born.yall will be okay!
2007-12-03 01:33:00 · answer #7 · answered by omarparra_gman 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To be honest.. I don't think that's a great idea. You'll make them think bed-wetting is, well, an issue. They might think they have a 'problem' because they wet the bed. Wetting the bed is completely normal for children.
Alarms for bed-wetting... do people think it's a disease or something?
Don't get me wrong, I know bed-wetting is a pain in the butt, but it's normal and it will go away on its own.
2007-12-03 01:15:57 · answer #8 · answered by TZ 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋