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Your Child Wets the Bed - Why Welcome to the club! It's probably not a club you ever dreamt of joining, but you're in it anyway. The good news is that chances are, your membership will be short-term. Most kids start staying dry before starting school. Each year after that, the percentage of bedwetter decreases even more. There are not very many kids who go off to college needing diapers - it does happen, but it's really pretty nice. So what's up with bedwetting? What's the cause? In other words, why you? Why Your Child? First of all, there are two types of bedwetting. The first is Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (PNE). This describes children who have never stayed dry at night, or the least, never on a regular basis. The second type is Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis. This describes kids who used to stay dry, but who have recently started wetting the bed. The causes of each type are different, and so are the remedies and treatments. Primary Nocturnal Enuresis Generally, pri...

If your family has to do with a bed wetter than 3 or 4 years, then you know how frustrating, intrusive and embarrassing this problem can be. At our house we have lost many hours of sleep nightly dealing with incidents. Cover all your bases My first bit of wisdom is to be prepared. Use a rubber sheet on a bed that your child can sleep in. There is also both girl and boy pull ups push-ups in larger sizes can get all through the night with a minimal loss of sleep. Of course you should take your child's feelings into consideration. If your 8-year-old feels that a pull-up diaper is just for babies, you really need to get on. Make sure he or she understands that bedwetting is usually hereditary, and the result of sleeping very sensible. Your child should not think that is something he or she did wrong. Actually pull up diapers can sometimes cause a great solution to the whole issue of bedwetting. My son is sleeping like a stone to this day. So he packs a subtle pull-up diaper when he goe...

You've been around the block a few times with enuresis whole thing, if your child has been at it for a couple of years. You have the drill down cold - taking care of laundry, protecting your baby's skin, protects your mattress, steering this sleepy child on the bathroom for one last pee. That is, you drill down cold ... home. So what if you had to take this show on the road? The very thought can strike fear in your heart. You might be tempted to stay home until your child either outgrows this challenge - or leaves home and take care of it without you. You can do it, but your family would really miss some incredible memories - some time together it is impossible to replace if you let it slip past you. With a few handy tips, you can take this show on the road - and not leaving a trail of destruction pee in your wake. It just takes some advanced planning, some advice from someone who traveled the road before you. Fasten your seatbelts and let's go! ** Plan ahead! If you live i...

When your child has a bedwetting problem, as a parent, try almost anything if it looks like it could help. Indeed, it will try most things a few times! We tried a bedwetting alarm for a few years back, but it went kaput before it had any effect (goes to show you get what you pay for). Now that he's older and we are able to get a better quality alarm, we are up to the challenge again. Overall, we believe that there is a lot of potential. We have heard from other mothers who have had great success with different models. Some have more bells and whistles than others (literally!), But all have the same basic idea - when it gets wet, it awakens bedwetter up so they can run to the bathroom. Funny side note: when they have reported the happy outcome to their pediatricians have some docs said it was just a coincidence - that the kid's bladder was simply matured at the time. The alarm worked great for a couple nights - a couple was actually dry, and a second was almost dry. Then we went...