Teaching Children Bladder Control

Teaching Children Bladder Control With a Bedwetting Alarm

It is always a parent’s nightmare when a child gets past the toddler years and is still unable to control their bladder. It is not uncommon for a child up to ten years of age to still wet his bed at night because they are unable to feel that they are about to urinate while asleep.

This is because children are heavy sleepers. Sleep is essential for their growth that is why they need to have lots of it uninterrupted. Unlike adults, children cannot tell or feel when they are asleep the warnings that their bladders are full.

Fortunately, in these times of technological advances, science and businessmen have come up with a suitable answer to this problem: a bedwetting alarm.

What Is a Bedwetting Alarm?

Simply put, it is an electronic unit that functions the same way as a fire alarm and automatic water sprinkler system does.

The concept is very simple. Once a child starts to urinate, the urine triggers a moisture detector which in turn is linked to the alarm unit. Once moisture is detected, the unit starts screaming loudly in order to wake the child up.

It is similar to an alarm clock: you have to get up and turn the siren off. In this case, you turn the siren off and go to the toilet.

Types of Bedwetting Alarms

There are three types of bedwetting alarms:

· Wearable alarms
This unit has to be worn by the child before he goes to sleep. The sensor is attached to the child’s underwear, while the alarm is worn near the child’s ear.

· Wireless alarms
This type of bedwetting alarm is similar to the wearable alarms. The child wears the sensor, which also acts as a remote transmitter. However, unlike the wearable alarm, the alarm unit is attached to a location far from the child’s bed but within the child’s room.

· Bell-and-pad alarms
This type of alarm uses a pad that is placed directly underneath the mattress of the child’s bed. Unlike the first two, this bedwetting alarm requires a bit more moisture in order to be triggered.

Avoid Constant Wet Beds With the Nite Train’r DVC Bedwetting Alarm

Here’s a very familiar scenario all of you would really know. You go about cleaning and changing your child’s sheet one morning, and you notice one big wet spot right in the middle of it. The next day, you see the same thing.

This happens when your child keeps wetting his bed. This is a natural yet annoying occurrence as it is not possible for children up to a certain age to be unable to wake up when they are about to urinate, and ends up urinating right on the bed. However, a child still needs to learn about the sensation of a full bladder even when asleep and that is where a bed-wetting alarm comes in.

What Is a Bed-Wetting Alarm?

A bedwetting alarm is an alarm device that is triggered by the slight emission of urine from your child. It is very sensitive, and requires only little moisture in order to be triggered. When this happens, the alarm will wake your child up so he’d realize that he’s about to urinate and run off to the toilet.

There are many different bed-wetting alarms made for children of all ages or for specific ages.

The Nite Train’r DVC Bedwetting Alarm

The Nite Train’r is made specifically for children that is 8 years and older. DVC has made two versions of this bedwetting alarm, each of them intended for a specific gender.

The Nite Train’r comes with a 6-inch sensor pad for boys, and wider pad for girls, a size which may be uncomfortable for older children. The pad is non-absorbent so you can use it again and again for your child. The pad is placed right over your child’s genital and underneath the underwear. It can also be cleaned, but only with lukewarm water and not soap.

The pad is connected to an alarm unit, which is made to have adjustment controls for the loudness of the alarm. You can choose from high or low volume settings.

So, if your child still has not gotten over his nocturnal bladder problems, give the DVC Nite Train’r a try. You’ll be surprised at what it could do for you!