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Bedwetting Alarms
Enuresis alarms
If your child is a deep sleeper, and simply sleeps through his or her body’s cues that they need to go to the
washroom, an alarm may help them to train their bodies to wake up in response to the cues. Alarms are one of the
main treatment methods for enuresis.
You can buy special alarms for bedwetting on the internet, or at parenting stores. You may wish to ask advice of
your pediatrician or, if your child has one, your child’s therapist. These alarms should only be used for children
over the age of 6, as it is not necessary for children under the age of 6. They are appropriate for children who
wet the bed because they are deep sleepers, and thus might not work as well for children who wet the bed due to
stressful situations, as they will disrupt the child’s sleep patterns even more.
There are two types of alarms:
• Moisture based alarms. These attach to the pyjamas and an alarm goes off if any moisture is
detected. This alarm is expected to train the child to wake up when they need to go to the bathroom, in the same
way that some adults wake up a few seconds before their alarm goes off. This method requires the entire family to
be working together, as the alarm may wake everyone up.
• PC based alarms. These alarms run through a computer, playing soothing music
during the night, and setting off an alarm at a time which you program that the child is expected to need to
go to the toilet. This is expected to train the child to wake themselves up at regular intervals to go to the
washroom, and help them sleep well the rest of the time.
These alarms need to be used for several weeks or months in order to be effective. They will also only work if your
child actually wants them to work, which is another reason that they should only be used on 6 – 8 year olds.
You as the alarm
A method which you may wish to use with your toddler, and which some people have had success with, is to determine
(through trial and error) at about what time the bed wetting occurs, and set your own alarm for that time. You then
wake yourself and your toddler up, and walk your toddler to the toilet or potty. Some doctors have said this method
may not work, as the toddler will still be mostly asleep and not really realizing what they are doing, but some
parents have had success with this. It can also make life easier for your toddler if they are embarrassed about
wetting the bed, as it will decrease the number of accidents until they grow out of wetting the bed.
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