My daughter will be 10 in March next year. She was dry until she was about 4 years old. Then her grandmother died and she's been wetting the bed every night ever since. We moved to New Zealand about 3 year ago. She hasn't changed schools since we moved here. She has been seeing a Pediatrician every few months for the last two years and they have done all the investigative test. Everything seems fine. She's using pull-ups at night. She's a very deep sleeper and just don't wake up at night. We've tried alarms, but she doesn't wake up. She's not really worried about her problem and understands that it will take time to sort itself. My sister used to wet the bed on and off until she was about 16. Do you have ANY suggestions?
Hi Liezle – the frustrating and challenging part of bedwetting is that we often do not know what is causing it to occur – this also presents a number of challenges in terms of finding the right treatment. We do know there is a strong genetic component, with bedwetting running in families. When this is a contributing factor we typically find children outgrow their bedwetting around the same age as their relative. In terms of treatment, the conditioning alarm generally experiences the best outcomes. These do not always work at first and may take up to 6 months of constant use. When used with a particularly deep sleeper, parents need to help wake their child, as they will typically sleep through the alarm at first. Some models vibrate when they go off – this benefits some children who are more likely to wake up if they feel a vibration at the same time that the alarm starts to buzz. After weeks of hearing the alarm, children learn to pay attention to their bladder signals and wake up before wetting the bed. While conditioning alarms do continue to experience the best outcomes, some of the more alternative methods have also met with different degrees of success. Hypnotherapy has been successfully used to help individuals either hold their urine overnight or wake up and go to the toilet. This can be used on its own or in combination with the conditioning alarm. Your best point of contact for hypnotherapy is the New Zealand Association of Professional Hypnotherapists www.nzaph.co.nz. Good Luck!
Regards,
Dr Cathrine
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