You’ve probably heard that waking your child up during the night can help with bedwetting. “Night lifting” is the name for this technique. Night lifting is effective for children who wet the bed because they’re heavy sleepers. They’re so conked out that they’re body doesn’t send the “wake up our bladder is full” signal. Night lifting is simple. You wake up your child, walk them to the bathroom, and then help them back into bed after they’ve urinated.
It’s called lifting, but no actual lifting need be involved.
A very young child might need to be carried, but there’s no need to strain your back lifting your six-year-old out of bed. Most children wet the bed at about the same time every night. This tends to especially be true of children who follow a daily routine. If you know what time the accidents tend to occur, you can set your alarm to wake your child up before this time. I suppose you can figure this time out in one of two ways: set up a bed-side reconnaissance mission or simply experiment with different wake-up times until you’ve hit on the one that seems right. For instance, after a few days, you might realize that your child is dry before 11pm but wet after 1am. In time, you can effectively alter their nighttime “routine.” Their bodies will eventually set their own little internal alarm clocks.
Night lifting is a free alternative to bedwetting alarms.
The outcome of the two techniques is the same: your child’s body becomes programmed to wake up at night when their bladder is full. Enuresis alarms can cost upwards of $100, so I say give the freebie method a go before you lay out the cash.
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