Hi Natasha, this must be incredibly frustrating for you all. Nasal sprays are generally seen as a form of management, not a cure. If you’re looking for a permanent solution to your daughter’s bedwetting, then this is probably not the way to go. Sometimes using medication in conjunction with a bedwetting alarm helps do the trick. Conditioning or bedwetting alarms tend to experience the best outcomes. Treatment can take between 3 and 6 months and it is not uncommon for children to experience one or two relapses before achieving permanent continence, when this happens it is important to reintroduce the alarm following the same procedures as you did before. If your daughter is a particularly sound sleeper you will need to help her to wake at first. While conditioning alarms do not work for all children, I find the success rate increases the more guidance and support you receive so it is important that you discuss this with your GP. Given the amount your daughter wets overnight it may be worth checking there is no underlying physical cause to her wetting, you would want to rule this out before introducing the alarm. Her concern about attending sleepovers is completely understandable. One way you could get around this is by holding the sleepover at your house. You can help her to feel more confident about the situation by practicing getting ready for bed and finding ways to disguise her DryNites. On sleepover nights you could also take her to the toilet just before you go to sleep so as to avoid any leakage. You can also try and minimise the amount she wets by making sure she doesn’t drink or eat anything high in caffeine and avoids dairy or citrus as this has been known to increase urine production.

Regards,
Dr Cathrine

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