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(Bedwetting)
Enuresis (Bedwetting)
"Enuresis (Bedwetting)
can be a challenge, especially if your child was fully trained for several
years and then the condition presents itself. For a brief second, some parents
want to think the child knows better, but then realize there must be
something triggering it..."
Some children
respond to a 30 dry night reward program, for others a more diligent
approach is needed...parents patience and understanding is the ultimate
key.
- Talk
to your child and reassure them you are going to help them get
through it,
- Limit
drinks before bedtime,
- Have
them use the bathroom right before bed,
- Keep
a soft flashlight near the bed to use in the middle of the night,
- Wake
them up at least once during the night and have them go again,
- Protect
their mattress with a waterproof cover and padding,
- Put
a thick beach towel in the center of their bed to make midnight
clean up's easier,
- Keep
extra clean linens/blankets nearby
My grandson immediately responded to
the
DryNite alarm system (in conjunction with an incentive program). The
system has two clips; one side is just a clip that goes onto their
underwear with a wire to the other side which is the battery and alarm
that clips onto their shirt. I found it best to run the wire inside his
shirt. If the lower clips gets wet an audible alarm goes off to wake them
up.
Before the
DryNite alarm system he was having 3-4 wet nights a week. After the
system he had one wet night the first week and has been dry ever since.
American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/bedwet.htm
Bedwetting
Ferring
www.bedwetting.ferring.ca/
Enuresis
(Bed Wetting)
www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/enuresis.htm
National
Kidney Foundation
http://www.kidney.org/patients/bw/index.cfm
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