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Imagine the despair felt by a parent who goes into a child’s bedroom nearly every morning, only to find that everything around the child is soaking wet-the child wet the bed. Again. The fact is, thousands of parents recognize this as their reality. The good news, though, is that a bedwetting alarm can make this a distant memory.

No one involved is particularly happy about having soaked mattresses, sheets, and blankets. Mornings spent bathing and laundering are loathsome for all involved, and the tendency is to think that there is something wrong with a child who is otherwise potty-trained. You should know that children do not do this purposely; rather, there is certainly an underlying cause, and a bedwetting alarm can help to curb these experiences.

A bedwetting alarm works by way of a sensor placed inside the pajamas, and a connected speaker that attaches to the shoulder, near the ear, of the night clothes. When liquid comes in contact with the sensor, an alarm sounds through the speaker. Ostensibly, the alarm causes a signal to the brain that stops the muscles from allowing urine out of the bladder.

Now, the alarm probably won’t wake the child from a deep slumber, which is how most chronic bedwetters sleep. Instead, the signal to stop urinating occurs subconsciously, while the alarm will probably wake the parents, who can then rouse the sleeper and lead him or her to the bathroom to finish up. With continued use, the child will eventually connect the signals with being woken, and will then start to wake up on their own, with out parental intervention.

These hard-to-wake children are susceptible to bedwetting because they simply do not recognize the brain signals from their bladders. A bedwetting alarm fixes this, usually within a few short months. Of course, the fact that their bladders are at capacity during the nighttime is not normal, either.

Anyone who consumes soda, tea, or any other food or drink containing caffeine are causing their bodies to respond by pulling excess water to the bladder; this is why coffee makes adults need more bathroom trips than normal. You see, caffeine works as a diuretic, and it is especially true for children. Eliminating caffeine from a child’s diet can lessen the amount of fluid built up in the bladder. So, too, can limiting the fluid intake in the hours leading to bedtime.

Nevertheless, some children are still going to need a bedwetting alarm to train themselves to constrict the urination muscles until they can wake and make it to a toilet. These devices are widely available and at a variety of price points. A bedwetting alarm can make the difference between embarrassed and exasperated parents and children, and a happily sodden-free family.

Molten Marketing member Sue LaPointe helps parents of bedwetting children. Bedwetting Help For Moms

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