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My 5 and a half year old son wets his bed a few times a week. We found out a few months ago that he had chronic constipation and were hoping that the night wetting would clear up as the constipation did. However that doesn't seem to be the case. He is ver
Parental responses to bedwetting can either help diffuse a potentially stressful situation, or make a bad situation even worse. Keep reassuring him...
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do the drynights hold runny number 2 and a hevy flow of number 1
DryNites work in much the same way as a nappy, and can hold both fecal matter and urine. Parents of older children with significant developmental d...
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Can I reuse or wash drynights, because my daughter doesn't alway wet the bed?
Hi James, DryNites are not suitable for washing and for hygiene purposes it is not recommended that they be re-used. If costs are a concern you ma...
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I am attempting to get our 4 yo daughter night dry and have experienced no success. We currently have her in Drynites and I am getting her up twice a night to the toilet. Sometimes she is wet both times, and she's always wet when she gets up in the morn
Hi F. D., It is quite common for parents of children who wet the bed to comment on how heavy a sleeper their child is. Researchers have shown that ...
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Why do I wee the bed every night?
Hi Foebe, There are a number of possible reasons why you continue to wet at night. Some children who wet the bed do so because their nervous system...