Bedtime wetting

[Emsarah]

Hi my little girl is 6 and she has just been prescribed Desmomelt for bedtime wetting. Our options were nighttime personal alarm or the Desmomelt so I went for the latter and put her name on waiting list for the alarm if the meds don't work. Plus I thought that the alarm might be easier to try in summer hols due to the sleep disruptions for both of us! Has anyone had experiences with either? Thanks

[Chocolate-chicken]

We have both but haven't attempted the alarm yet as we also thought it might be easier in the summer... We haven't got on with desmo really. We started on the low dose but was then switched to the higher dose, but still no luck..... We've now been told to stop it as it's clearly not helping, so we'll be giving the alarm a go in the summer... Good luck!!

[Emsarah in reply to Chocolate-chicken]

Hi thanks for your reply! Sorry to hear it's not working for your little one. Keep you posted how it works for mine. Hope you have more luck with the alarm x

[2822]

My 7 year old boy has been soaked at nights and not even completely dry during the day. About 6 weeks ago we were with the enuresis nurse and she said about his bladder capacity which is very small. So we started using the buzzer pants during the day after school and also increasing his fluids to at least 1500mls per day. This resulted in every day accidents at home. But we kept going wiv the buzzer during the day and after about 2 weeks he has become used to the extra fluids. I had my mind set on tackling night time over the Easter holidays and have to admit I was very apprehensive as we have tried and failed so many times before. However this time, I cut fluids an hour and a half before bedtime and just went with it, thankfully he wakes for the alarm and initially just wet the pants slightly and released the full wee in the toilet. Now after 10 nights I’m delighted to say he has been dry the past two nights and is getting up himself during the night for a wee. Also daytime has dramatically improved also. His bladder capacity is still very small but I’m hopefully this will increase over time.

I know that we aren’t totally there yet but for us this is brilliant & hopefully is reassuring for you also.

The best of luck wiv the alarm 😊

[Emsarah in reply to 2822]

Thanks for your reply. We also had an issue with daytime wetting but this has improved massively we used wobl watch as a reminder to go the toilet. The alarm that u are using at nighttime...does that set alarm off when he wees or is a reminder to go the toilet? Thanks

[2822 in reply to Emsarah]

The alarm we are using us the Rodger one and it goes off as soon as he wets the pants. As he has been used to wearing them during he day, it has been having the effect of stopping any more than a couple of drops, waking him and him getting up to go to the toilet.

The watch sounds like a good job too

[Evala]

What are buzzer pants?

[2822 in reply to Evala]

bedwettingalarm.co.uk/about...

These are the ones we are using and I just bought them myself

[AliStan in reply to 2822]

And can I just check, do you find you can use these during the day but presumably just at home? I'm really struggling with my daughter not being able to tell if she's damp until I smell it, these sound like they could really help..... Never heard before of sensor ones that you could use in daytime only the night alarms so these feel like a revelation!

[2822 in reply to AliStan]

That’s exactly the same as our son, he doesn’t seem to realise or feel when he’s wet. We just used the buzzer pants at home, and they have really helped.

[AliStan in reply to 2822]

Brilliant thank you. Have just chatted to her about them and she's agreed we'll give it a go! Fingers crossed.

[2822 in reply to AliStan]

Brilliant, really hope they help

[Evala]

And 2822, how do you get your son to drink during the day at school? I've tried squash that teachers disapprove of, new bottles, reward charts etc, but basically my son only drinks if I put in his hand at home! If he did drink at school he would have even more wee accidents there!

[2822 in reply to Evala]

I send a 500ml bottle of water to school with my son and he 90% of the time comes home with that drunk. He’s home at 2 and then he’s allowed 700ml of squash plus water to bring him up to the 1500mls. I am hoping to increase the size of this bottle in school but I’m worried if I do accidents may happen again in school.

We have a house rule here that they have to bring water to school and this has to be drunk every day before they get anything else & this is also done by my older 2 kids so easier for the youngest to just follow suit