Bedwetting alarm brand recommendation?

[#2ontheway]

We are ready to try a bedwetting alarm and would love to hear your brand recommendations. There are a lot of options out there.

I think we want something that goes inside the underwear (not just a pad) because sometimes DC soaks the bed and sometimes it's just a smaller amount so underwear is wet but the bed is fine. I think we want wireless? Open to wired if not uncomfortable, though DC flops around a lot so wonder if it would be cumbersome. I also think we'd like to be able to adjust sound volume (and do some units have the option to just vibrate? maybe that wouldn't be enough anyway).

This is for a tween who wasn't reliably dry until age 8, and I haven't kept close track but would say periodic bedwetting started up again in the last year. We go through cycles where it's happening frequently, and then we'll have a few months dry. As best we can tell it's connected to deep sleep. It happens most frequently when the sleeping schedule is off kilter (due to a couple late nights or traveling, say).

We do have a ped appointment coming up to rule out medical issues. I'm pretty confident we aren't dealing with constipation but will discuss with the ped. And prefer to try the alarm before medication.

Thank you!

[essnce629]

If you have a ped appt coming up ask them to test for celiac disease. It's a simple blood test. DS1 wet the bed regularly until he was 13 (I've posted about it on here) and I read that it could be a sign of celiac disease in kids. My FIL has celiac disease so there's a family history. DS1's test was negative but after keeping a food journal for months there was a clear link to him eating gluten and then wetting the bed 2 nights in a row. We ended up cutting out gluten and the bedwetting stopped within 48 hours. Going gluten free and taking pumpkin seed extract daily kept him accident free.

The alarms never worked for DS1. He slept through them all and there was so much pee he actually rusted them out.

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[MSWR0319]

If you have a ped appt coming up ask them to test for celiac disease. It's a simple blood test. DS1 wet the bed regularly until he was 13 (I've posted about it on here) and I read that it could be a sign of celiac disease in kids. My FIL has celiac disease so there's a family history. DS1's test was negative but after keeping a food journal for months there was a clear link to him eating gluten and then wetting the bed 2 nights in a row. We ended up cutting out gluten and the bedwetting stopped within 48 hours. Going gluten free and taking pumpkin seed extract daily kept him accident free.

The alarms never worked for DS1. He slept through them all and there was so much pee he actually rusted them out.

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Another thing to discuss would be possible sleep apnea. DS wet the bed for a long time and it didn't stop fully until he got a CPAP. I had to fight to get a sleep study because he isn't your typical apnea kid (thin, active, healthy, etc) but it made a world of difference. I didn't connect the two until I realized, and then found articles about it. DS did outgrow his apnea, as it was a structural issue and as his jaw expanded it solved the problem.

[wendibird22]

It's been over a decade, but back in the day we used the Malem brand alarm and it worked extremely well. It was wired (no wireless option back then) and clipped to the crotch of the underwear and the alarm pack attached to the waistband. Best $$$ I ever spent.

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It's been over a decade, but back in the day we used the Malem brand alarm and it worked extremely well. It was wired (no wireless option back then) and clipped to the crotch of the underwear and the alarm pack attached to the waistband. Best $$$ I ever spent.

Yes to this - our experience as well.

[liz]

The Malem alarm also worked really well for us.

[WatchingThemGrow]

Malem fans here!

[petesgirl]

If you have a ped appt coming up ask them to test for celiac disease. It's a simple blood test. DS1 wet the bed regularly until he was 13 (I've posted about it on here) and I read that it could be a sign of celiac disease in kids. My FIL has celiac disease so there's a family history. DS1's test was negative but after keeping a food journal for months there was a clear link to him eating gluten and then wetting the bed 2 nights in a row. We ended up cutting out gluten and the bedwetting stopped within 48 hours. Going gluten free and taking pumpkin seed extract daily kept him accident free.

The alarms never worked for DS1. He slept through them all and there was so much pee he actually rusted them out.

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Not to hijack--but is he still gluten free? What does he eat, especially for lunch? My 11 yr old still has wet nights about 50% of the time but I don't know what he would take for lunch if we went GF! I could probably work around for breakfast and dinner.

[essnce629]

Not to hijack--but is he still gluten free? What does he eat, especially for lunch? My 11 yr old still has wet nights about 50% of the time but I don't know what he would take for lunch if we went GF! I could probably work around for breakfast and dinner.

No, he was very strict gluten free for several years but with the pumpkin seed extract we didn't have to worry about cross contamination anymore and he was slowly able to reintroduce gluten without issue. He mainly ate gluten when with friends as being a teenager on a strict diet is hard. At home he was gluten free 99% of the time as all the meals I made were gluten free. He's a protein lover and basically all the lunches he took to school consisted of sausages, chicken breasts, chicken wings, or chicken skewers plus sliced cheese and fruit! He put on so much muscle during high school! Even now at 19 whenever he's hungry he just eats a bunch of meat. He doesn't really like bread, grains, rice, or pasta.

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[petesgirl]

No, he was very strict gluten free for several years but with the pumpkin seed extract we didn't have to worry about cross contamination anymore and he was slowly able to reintroduce gluten without issue. He mainly ate gluten when with friends as being a teenager on a strict diet is hard. At home he was gluten free 99% of the time as all the meals I made were gluten free. He's a protein lover and basically all the lunches he took to school consisted of sausages, chicken breasts, chicken wings, or chicken skewers plus sliced cheese and fruit! He put on so much muscle during high school! Even now at 19 whenever he's hungry he just eats a bunch of meat. He doesn't really like bread, grains, rice, or pasta.

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Ugh. Neither or my kids are meat lovers.
I did try the pumpkin seed extract with DS and thought it helped so I should order more of that!