Night training DS - help.

[Phteven]

I'm just the person you need
I got a referral to a continence physio for my Mr6.
The first things we did was bladder training.
So.... for 2 weeks. 3 small glasses of liquid (about 200ml or more) before school. 2 poppers for school (if they have a no sweet drinks policy contact the school to explain that the popper is so that he will drink it all). After school another 3 glasses of liquid before dinner (1 glass with dinner can be included in those 3). After dinner no more liquid.
Also a teaspoon of benefibre every morning because lots of bedwetters have constipation and getting rid of that can make more room for the bladder.

Keep it up for 2 weeks and keep a chart. Every day that they drink all that liquid they get a small reward (we did a jellybean but it could be anything they want - negotiate it). At the end of a week if they manage all 7 days they get a reward (mathcbox car, leggo whatever you negotiate). During this time the aim is just to increase the liquid so their bladder has a larger capacity. Don't bother with the getting them up to pee. Just use a nappy.

For a lot of children that will stretch their bladder and they will reduce the bedwetting.

If they are heavy sleepers which my boy is then you get the alarm. The brand we got is the malam alarm. The alarm goes off if it gets wet. DS is in charge of the alarm. He tests it each night by putting a wet finger on it. Only he is allowed to turn it off. The alarm goes between a pair of undies and his nappy. When the alarm goes off he has to turn it off and go to the loo (even if there is nothing left he has to go to the loo so his brain makes the connection between loo and alarm). Often parents have to wake the children because they sleep through the alarm. After going to the loo he puts on dry undies and nappy and goes back to sleep.
We've been using it since last Thursday and on Sunday he stayed dry on his own for the second time ever. The first night he peed 3 times, last night he peed once and he already stops the pee and holds it for the loo when the alarm starts. He's come a long way in a short time.
The pysio says that the alarm works in 3 weeks for most children when it is used properly. Then after they stay dry for 21 nights in a row you pack it away and if there is a relapse you pull it out again.
You do need to be positive about it because if the child doesn't want it to work and the parents aren't encouraging it takes longer.

We saw our GP for the referral but our physio does take self-referral clients.

Just leaving it is an option but DS wants to be dry overnight because he wants to do sleepovers.