7 1/2 and still wets the bed at night

My son is 6, and still wets at night, so we long ago decided to just take the reassuring stance that nothing is wrong and someday he'll stay dry.  We've used Goodnites for forever.  Pampers Pullups used to leak. 

I hope he'll outgrow it in a couple of years but boys accomplish this later, and some just don't get there until they're 8 or 9.  Anytime my son brings it up, I just say some kids still wet during the night.  No big deal.

Hi everyone:

I've been where you all are.  My son had bedwetting problems until about age 8 1/2 (6 months ago).  We found an AWESOME alarm and I can't begin to tell you all what a difference it has made in his life and his self-esteem.  He, too, is a very sound sleeper, and would even leak out of the goodnites sometimes.  We tried rewards, we tried cutting off fluids in the evening, two different medications - none of it worked.

After using the alarm and it going off four or five nights in a row -- he only had one accident after that.  When I think of the money and hassle spent on goodnites, medications, washing sheets all of the time -- I WISH I had tried this sooner.

The alarm is only $ 55.00 and has a one-year warranty and satisfaction guarantee.  Return it for your money back if it doesn't do the job.  We tried another kind of alarm that didn't work.  This one if from Star/Child Labs.  Their phone number is 1.800.346.7283.  The lady (a real person !) who answered the phone answered all of my questions and was very helpful.  It arrived in about 5 days and it worked awesome.  It clips onto the underwear and detects the slightest wetness.  If the alarm doesn't wake your child, it will wake you to wake your child.  I think this is much better than the "pad" type alarm -- this way you only have to change the underwear if they're wet -- not the whole bed.

He is so happy to wear underwear to bed at night -- and be able to go on sleepovers, and not be embarassed anymore.  (My youngest son stopped all wetting at age 3 -- so my oldest has always had trouble with his "problem".)  I'm happy to be saving so much money and not have the stress and hassle of bed changes, etc.

If anyone wants more info, please let me know.  I'm happy to answer any questions that anyone has if you're interested. 

:o)  cosake

PS - Even though I might sound like a walking advertisement for this alarm, I am only a VERY satisfied customer -- not associated with this company at all.