I would recommend that you get a referral to meet with a continence advisor who can help tailor at treatment that best suits your son’s individual needs. Unfortunately while the conditioning alarm experiences the highest success rates of all treatments there is a small percentage of children it doesn’t seem to work with. Treatment success depends to a certain extent on the amount of support and guidance you receive, so it is very important that parents do not try to do it on their own. In some cases where the alarm has not worked on its own children have experienced success by combining it with other more experimental approaches such as hypnosis or chiropractic manipulation. School camps present a special challenge to children who wet their beds. You have two options available to you. Many children can attend school campus and be discreet about their bed-wetting by wearing an absorbent pant like DryNites. If you choose this option make sure the adults in charge know about the issue. Secondly, you can talk to your GP about medications that are used for the treatment of bedwetting. Some doctors may prescribe a synthetic version of vasopressin – a hormone that inhibits the amount of urine produced by the kidneys overnight – this should only be used in the short-term. Medications do not work for all children so give it a dry run before he goes away. Good luck!

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