Son 15/3/02 - 6 1/2 years old. Has never had more then 3 dry nights in a row. most nights are wet. He is currently wearing drynights. I have had him in jocks and washing his bed every day for about 6 months but this didn't phase him. I have tried the alarm but it would wake everyone else in the house but never him (he must be a very deep sleeper). I consulted my local doctor who said there is nothing he can do and one day he will grow out of it before pushing my out the door!. I feel very alone and not sure what to do next. I would love to speak to a doctor who has some compassion and that may have dealt with bed wetting in the past. My son was easily day trained at 2. Nor my husband or I wet the bed frequently although I do recall once when I was about 10 we had just moved house and i took the path of our old house to the toliet, but once i started peeing i woke and found myself on a dining room chair. Also since I have had the children I find that I can sometimes be in a really deep sleep and only awake just in time. Do I have right to worry or do I just have a lack of support? My son is not worried about it he would gladly tell all his mates he wears drynites, i don't think he has understood how nasty primary school kids can be so I have tried to keep it in the family.
Even though it is the child who wets the bed, I often find it’s the parents who need the most support. Coping with bedwetting can be overwhelming for many parents and justifiably so – you need to cope with the additional demands of wet sheets, the fear that your child will be found out and socially ostracized and probably the most frustrating of all, being unaware of when this will all come to an end. Firstly, let me reassure you that it will end. What we need to think about is how to best manage his bedwetting while it is happening. I would continue using DryNites – these neither prolong nor shorten the process and will definitely help in reducing your laundry. While it is true that many children do outgrow bedwetting on their own – if it becomes a concern for either you or your child then it is time to seek treatment. While conditioning alarms have a very good success rate – the outcome is largely dependent on how motivated children are to remain dry – if his bedwetting does not seem to bother him it is unlikely to work. The fact that he did not wake is not particularly unusual as many children who wet the bed are deep sleepers – parents typically have to wake their child initially and make them turn off the alarm. If your GP is unable to help ask to be referred to someone who can – alternatively you could contact the National Continence Helpline (1800 33 00 66) and speak with one of their continence advisors. In the meantime you might like to read some of the stories posted onto the DryNites website by other parents – sometimes it’s helpful just to know that there are other mothers out there experiencing similar things to yourself.
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