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WTH is a bedwetting alarm? What, does it wake up the whole house with sirens and flashing red lights whenever Little Man wees into his mattress? Put the kid in Pull-Ups or better yet put him on laundry duty. A few rounds of washing and drying and folding should help immensely, I'd think.
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Please tell me this is a joke and that stuff like this doesn't exist. I think those alarms would make it worse. And why not do both?Quote
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Hi,
I am in need of a bedwetting alarm for my son...I can't afford to buy
one right now because I am not working...we have tried just about
everything else...If you can help please let me know....
Thank you, (X)
WTH is a bedwetting alarm? What, does it wake up the whole house with sirens and flashing red lights whenever Little Man wees into his mattress? Put the kid in Pull-Ups or better yet put him on laundry duty. A few rounds of washing and drying and folding should help immensely, I'd think.
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from http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa_alarms_hhg.htm
What instructions should I give my child?
When you buy an alarm, give your child the following instructions:
1. This is your alarm. It can help you cure your bed-wetting if you use it correctly. Remember that the main purpose of the alarm is to help you get up during the night and use the toilet. The alarm won't work unless you listen for it carefully and get up as soon as you hear it. Better yet, get up before the alarm goes off.
2. Hook up the alarm system by yourself. Trigger the buzzer a few times by touching the moisture sensor with a wet finger and practice going to the bathroom as you will do if it goes off during the night.
3. Have a night-light or flashlight near your bed so it will be easy to see what you are doing when the alarm sounds. Turn on the night-light when you go to bed.
4. Give yourself a pep talk at bedtime. :smn Remind yourself that you want to try to "beat the buzzer." You want to wake up when your bladder feels full but before any urine leaks out. If the buzzer does go off, you are going to try to wake up and stop urinating as soon as you think you hear the alarm, even if you think you are hearing it in a dream.
5. As soon as you hear the alarm when you are sleeping, wake yourself up and close the valve to your bladder to stop urinating. Then jump out of bed and run to the bathroom.
6. In the bathroom empty your bladder to see how much urine you were able to hold back. Then work on turning off the buzzer by removing the sensor from the wet underwear.
7. Put on dry underwear and pajamas and reconnect the alarm. Put a dry towel over the wet spot on your bed. Remind yourself to get up before the alarm buzzes next time.
8. In the morning, write on your calendar for that day DRY (no alarm), WET SPOT (you got up after the alarm went off), or WET (you didn't get up).
9. Use the alarm every night until you go 3 or 4 weeks without wetting the bed. It usually takes 2 to 3 months before you can go 3 or 4 weeks without wetting, so keep working at it.
An alarm may be covered by health insurance if your physician writes an order for it.
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I think a bedwetting alarm is just another medical device, like a blood sugar monitor or pacemaker. If you need it you need it. What if an elderly person needed the device? No normal kid will purposely piss itself. If I had the choice as a kid to try the alarm, I would have. What's worse to have the alarm or just go the rest of your life wetting the bed? Its a problem that has to be fixed, nothing more.