| Any parent who has experienced it first hand knows | | | | A bedwetting alarms will normally have some type of |
| very well that having a child in the family who wets the | | | | moisture detecting sensor, this might be attached to a |
| bed can feel as though you're in a living nightmare; and | | | | mattress cover or the underwear of the bed wetter. |
| I don't think that's too much of an exaggeration. No one | | | | Theoretically what happens is that at the first sign drop |
| in the family is getting anything like good nights sleep so | | | | of urine the sensor triggers an alarm. |
| no one is ever feeling fully rested. What is already a | | | | The alarm may also be attached to the child's night |
| disturbing situation can be made much worse if | | | | wear so as to wake them immediately so that they |
| brothers or sisters share a room. Apart from the fact | | | | can then go to the bathroom instead of wetting the |
| they all lose sleep the ones who are not the cause of | | | | bed. |
| the problem can be resentful of the upset it causes | | | | Some alarms have a long range transmitter which |
| them and also be tempted to taunt the sufferer who is | | | | means that it enables you to have the receiver in your |
| usually very stressed and upset anyway at the fuss | | | | room so that when the alarm goes off it wakes you |
| they cause and also the embarrassment of wetting | | | | and you can go to the child's room and make sure |
| the bed. | | | | they are out of bed and going to the bathroom. If the |
| On top of all the family being extremely tired which | | | | alarm doesn't have a long range transmitter or the |
| can not surprisingly lead to being short tempered and | | | | alarm is attached to the child's sleep wear some |
| snapping at each other, there is the added burden of | | | | parents use a baby monitor, so that they can hear the |
| all the extra bedding, underwear, pajamas and night | | | | alarm. |
| shirts which needs to be washed and dried. This can | | | | Bedwetting alarms may differ in how they wake the |
| be particularly difficult if the child wets the bed two or | | | | child, some alarms have a loud piercing tone which |
| three times every single night. | | | | sounds to wake the child; others may have a choice |
| Often the first thing a parent does in these | | | | of either a tone or vibration. With some alarms you |
| circumstances is to visit the doctor. Unfortunately this | | | | may be able to set the alarm to sound the tone and |
| may not be much help, while some doctors will take | | | | vibrate at the same time. Vibration is essential if the |
| the problem very seriously and try their best to help | | | | child is deaf or hard of hearing. Some alarms |
| deal with the problem, there are still those who can be | | | | automatically change tone each time they go off |
| quite dismissive and offer pretty useless advice along | | | | swapping between a range of different tones and |
| the lines of "they will grow out of it". | | | | varying the sequence so that the child won't get used |
| So can a bedwetting alarm help with the problem? | | | | to one particular tone and sleep through it. |
| They can not only help but they can in fact stop | | | | Some types of bedwetting alarm use special |
| bedwetting for good. | | | | underwear with built in sensors to detect the urine and |
| There are a number of different types of bedwetting | | | | set off the alarm. Other types have a sensor which |
| alarm on the market these days, it's really a case of | | | | attaches to the child's normal underwear. You'll have to |
| doing your research to find out what's available and | | | | decide which is going to be best for your particular |
| then choosing the type of alarm which seems best | | | | circumstances. Some times it will depend on which kind |
| suited to helping solve your problem. | | | | of sleep wear the child prefers. |