| Enuresis alarms can help provide effective treatment | | | | alarm is closer to the child's ear and more likely to |
| for the problem of bedwetting in children. While the | | | | wake them quickly after bedwetting starts. This type |
| actual causes of bedwetting vary, the solution to the | | | | of alarm may also be easier to use while away from |
| problem is the same in most cases - the child needs | | | | home - there is no need for a table or outlet near |
| to learn to wake up enough to visit the bathroom | | | | the child's bed, and no pad to install under the |
| when their bladder becomes full. Enuresis alarms are | | | | bedding.Some clothing mounted enuresis alarms have |
| designed to wake the child AND a parent as soon as | | | | an added feature for waking the child - a vibrating |
| possible after wetting starts. If the child is | | | | alarm. They use a device similar to what is used in cell |
| encouraged to get out of bed at this time and go to | | | | phones which vibrates to signal an incoming call. This |
| the bathroom, over time this response will become | | | | vibration can be used in combination with the audible |
| natural and the alarm will no longer be needed.All | | | | alarm to help wake an especially deep-sleeping |
| enuresis alarms consist of two main parts - a sensor | | | | child.While the clothing mounted type of enuresis |
| to detect the moisture from bedwetting, and an | | | | alarm is definitely newer and offers some |
| alarm unit which sounds an alarm to wake the child | | | | advantages, the older bedside types are still available. |
| and a parent. There are basically two types of alarms | | | | They may in fact be preferable in some cases, for |
| available, bedside and clothing-mounted. The bedside | | | | example when the child sleeps very restlessly and |
| type uses a pad-like moisture sensor, which is placed | | | | the sensor and/or the alarm unit will not stay |
| under the top layer of bedding in the child's bed. This | | | | attached to the child's clothing. They also do not |
| is then connected to the alarm unit, which is usually | | | | have to be "installed" every night before |
| placed on a bedside table near to the bed. These | | | | bedtime.Enuresis alarms provide an effective method |
| units can be either battery or line-powered.As the | | | | of treatment for bedwetting. You should consult with |
| name implies, clothing-mounted enuresis alarms are | | | | your child's pediatrician for a specific treatment plan |
| attached to the child's clothing. There are several | | | | for your child. The doctor may recommend a |
| advantages to this type of alarm. The sensors used | | | | prescription medicine, several of which are available, in |
| are much smaller and can be attached to the child's | | | | addition to the use of an enuresis alarm. Be patient |
| undergarments - thus sensing the moisture sooner | | | | and remember - the little bit of sleep you lose while |
| than the pad-type. The alarm unit is attached to the | | | | doing this can translate into a much happier childhood |
| child's clothing in the shoulder area, which means the | | | | for your child. |