Trying to find bed wetting alarm and Huggies Pyjama pants

Forgot another thing to add..had to do school run so didn't have much time to re-read what I'd written ;) But we didn't take up my son before I went to bed, as we had the alarm....that went off with the first drip. The reason I said to you to wake him when you go to bed is you don't have the alarm etc. See if you can find a pattern time wise...is the bed wet in the first hour after he goes to bed, or is later....if you can somehow determine when he needs to pee, how much time after he goes to sleep, then you can take him up around that time. You said you are off to the Netherlands for a wedding....I'm Dutch, had the alarm for my son when we were still in the Netherlands. I'll try googling which one I had, maybe you can get one when you're there....it makes it a little easier to train your DS, as you'll take him to the toilet when he actually needs to :)

My sister had a really bad bed wetting issue with one of her boys. He was seen by a top specialist in the UK who told her that the problem was that his bladder was very small. He had to up his intake of fluids during the day hugely to try to stretch the bladder so that it would be able to hold more liquid to get him through the night with no bedwetting. He had to have a bottle of water on his desk at school and drink and drink and drink. It was quite a few years ago now but I remember the phone call from my sister about 4 months after he had been drinking and drinking loads of water - he had his first dry night and has not had another problem since. So....it might be a similar thing and by limiting the fluids might not be helping...... Hope this helps.

OMG mushypeas...think i'll pass on that then!!!! Im currently doing lots of resaerch on bedwetting to try and help my son and came across this. Id rather get up every hour of the night then have my child suffer from all of that ! Do some resaerch on it. My mother in law did tell me that my DH stopped bedwetting at the age of 9 ! I did read that its heriditary as well so ive probably got another 2 years of this ! i joke about it to my husband.. saying.. I blame the father :)

The huggies pants are because he is staying with a friend for 4 nights while i go to a wedding in Holland and thought they would spare him some embarresment :) awww bless !

I was offered desmopressin for my son but the side effects are sinus congestion, runny nose, flushing, and stomach cramps ! There was another stronger one and one of the side effects on that was loss of appetite ! :\: Rotetho - Great tips ... Im going to try that !

Forgot to add...don't use the Huggies pants, as that will not help the underlying problem of him not waking up for a pee as he can pee in the Huggies without noticing it while sleeping...

Animee, try not too worry about it too much. For some boys it just takes longer for them to stay dry at night. My eldest DS didn't have any problems from age 4 onwards, my second DS kept wetting his bed at night up till 7. I got him an alarm with the special underpants that would set off the alarm, and it came with a complete training programme. I'm not sure where to get that here, as I did it when we were still back home. The problem lies in the fact that they do not properly wake up when their bladder sends the signal "full, need to pee". It takes a lot of training. I can't remember all the exact details anymore, but a few important things: - do not take them up at night, as that will only worsen it; they are not awake when they pee, so they will still do it unconsciously, same as they do when bed wetting. - it shouldn't really matter if they have a drink before bed or not: their brain just doesn't get the bladder-full signal when they are asleep - do not get angry with them when they wetted their bed... - start training them to wake up before they need to pee....before they go to sleep, agree on 5 code words which are easy to remember for them. It could be names of friends, favourite animals etc. Change these code words every week. Make sure they remember the code words before they go to sleep. Wake them up before you go to bed, ask for the code words so he is much more awake...then take him to to the toilet and tell him he is at the toilet and he needs to pee. If they make a mistake at night and wet their bed, make them help clean it up but don't be angry or say anything about it being wrong. It will take a lot of time, a lot of effort and unfortunately sometimes a lot of frustration, but don't let your little boy see the frustration, as it is not on purpose. Make a reward chart...for every 5 dry nights get him a little something (sticker or whatever is an appropriate reward for you), wet nights are just to be ignored. Eventually (but it can take months!) you'll see longer periods of dry nights. I think we even had a grading reward chart; completely dry was 2 stickers, small drips 1 sticker...as they don't start off being completely dry nights.. The goal is also not really staying dry, but being able to wake up when they need to pee. It is also really helpful if they are not too tired before going to bed, as that will make it harder for them to wake up. Make sure you have the same routine, same bedtime every night as it helps to have set times for this. I remember my DS blissfully sleeping through the alarm, which made such a noise it woke everyone else in the house but him...as he was such a deep sleeper. Good luck and praise your little one as much as you can when he manages to stay a bit drier than before :)

My son still does it and he is 7 ! I was having this conversation with my husband last night. He has no drinks after 6.00 pm... a wee before he goes to bed and then I take him to the toilet and he does another wee before I go to bed ( around 11ish ) he does actually do a wee whenever I take him at 11. If I fail to do that, he is guaranteed to wet the bed by 4.00 am in the morning. I also tried the alarm and he sleeps through it, doesn’t work, I took him to a peads doctor and then said there is nothing wrong with him and he will grow out of it. He can’t have a sleepover at his friend’s house because of this. He gets upset but he can’t wake himself up ! im just hoping that he will also grow out of it as ive tried everything !

Do not worry... my son did it on and off until he was 10!! The only way I really made a difference in the last year or so that he did it was to limit his fluid intake in the evening... Like I said he eventually grew out of it aged 10. If you read up on it, unfortunately it is common for boys up until this age. Sorry I can't help... only to tell you that it is not abnormal at all. Consulting a Dr in my eyes could distress your son more by him thinking there is something wrong..

Have you considered consulting a Dr. I am not sure if it is normal for 6yrs old to wet himself at nigth, could be a medical issue. and i am afraid this can effect his self confidence. I have seen Huggies Pants in big supermarkets...