Bedwetting Alarms: Night Fourby Nicki Bradley | More from this Blogger 06 Mar 2006 10:38 AM Last we left off, our six year old test subject "beat the alarm" two nights in a row by not wetting at all for the first time nights in his entire life but the alarm didn't even go off despite multiple bedwetting on night three. Our test subject then took the weekend off to spend with his biological Mother and our testing went on hold. Last night we resumed our little experiment. Bedtime was 8pm and we woke the child up at approximately 10pm to use the bathroom. This is much earlier than usual, for us. He was deeply asleep, totally incoherent, even after going potty. I am pretty sure he doesn't remember getting up at all! He was still dry at this point. I admit I slept lightly. This night of our experiment we tried to attach the monitor to his underwear and did not put pull-ups on over the top. We hoped this would help set the alarm off. At some point in the night, probably around 2am, I awoke when our baby monitored made a noise - sounded like it cut in and out. I was already sleeping lightly and then was SURE I heard the alarm going off. I woke up my husband who reluctantly went to investigate. I was wrong (read: paranoid!) and we went back to bed. This morning, our test subject woke himself up uncharacteristically early (around 7:00am) and took himself to the bathroom. He had remained dry all night! This time bad health wasn't the excuse but since we have yet to successfully set off the alarm, we obviously can't assume that the alarm has trained him. However, we will take any dry night that we can! He is sure happy to get back to his "gold stars". Yay for gold stars! I still have to believe that the psychology behind the alarm must be helping. It can't be just a coincidence that, after being such a heavy bed wetter all his life, he managed to stay completely accident-free on three of the four nights. Score to date: Alarm: 3 - Wet Sheets: 1 Learn more about Nicki Bradley  I live in the suburbs of Detroit and I'm happily re-married with six children (3 his, 2 mine, 1 ours) ranging in age from 3.5 to 12. Relevantparenting tags User Comments Enuresis Treatment Center (20) 22 May 2007 11:54 AMWe read your article and would like to help. Studies indicate that deep sleepers rarely hear smoke detectors and can sleep through fire/burglar alarms. Alarms alone are ineffective as the key component for ending bedwetting. At the Enuresis Treatment Center we do not use alarms to treat bedwetting. Instead, we use a custom moisture sensor to gather necessary data to teach parents how to intervene and interrupt the deep sleep. We have developed a free online guide to help parents access which treatment method is necessary for their child. To get a copy go to www.freebedwettingguide.com.  Julie Gentry (5915) 22 May 2007 12:40 PMMy stepbrother had an alarm as a child. He still resents it. Community Tags alarm, bedwetting, eneursis, parenting Discuss this article
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