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Saw an ad on tv the other night by this company:

http://www.drynites.co.uk/home_girl.aspx?JScript=1

The ad appeared to show children of about ten making use of incontinence pants etc. I found the whole thing and idea rather cringeworthy.

Surely few, if any, of ten wet the bed and, if they do I would have thought that a medical consultation would be appropriate. I also see on the website that they advertise their products as being for children up to 15. Surely kids of that age are WAY past the bed wetting stage. My mind is boggling(or am I missing something)

In reply to mypyrex:

I thought the solution was an electric blanket wired so that if you wet the bed it would short the circuit and give yuo an electric shock?

In reply to mypyrex: you guessed it, you're missing something: http://tinyurl.com/yzeqxwa

In reply to Castleman: Now there's an idea

In reply to mypyrex:

From their website ..

'Nearly 10% of all 4–15 year-olds wet the bed at some point ...'

In reply to episodit:

That 10% could be all 4 year old though and they are just marketing it to higher ages for the potential sales.

Cynical, me?

Hmmmm, must admit I'd assumed that kids grew out of it by the upper age of about ten.

In reply to Castleman:


Don't think so. Sales techniques.

In reply to Castleman:

I think I was bedwetting at about 10-11.

In reply to episodit:
Too much booze :0)

In reply to mypyrex: i work with a kid who is about 10 and wets the bed every night! they have done the consultant thing, second opinions and lots of other stuff including pretty serious medication etc... still no result for the kid. It can be difficult for not only the child involved but also the rest of the family!

In reply to episodit:

I was in danger of doing so once at 15, eight pints of bitter can do that to you.

In reply to mypyrex:

Lol, well that was the reason when on holiday in my late teens but as a child I think apart from being a rather shy child so perhaps more a worrier it seemed mainly to stem from not realising that I was asleep and dreaming and so what we might do casually when awake came about whilst asleep. Bedwetting does seem to be common in abused children too but I was not abused at that age so can't put it down to that.

Anyone else had plastic covered mattresses in their 1ST year university accommodation or was it just Newcastle?

In reply to mypyrex:
I can't remember when I stopped but I know I was quite late developing bladder control, and had to have a little thingy that when wet buzzed like you wouldnt imagine, to wake me up and remind me to go to the toilet, soon did the trick.

That was given me by the health visitor or someone similar, and it was designed just for this case (older kids wetting bed) so i dont think its quite as rare as you might think

pleased to report its all sorted now

In reply to Papillon:

That will not have been to protect the bed from urine.

In reply to The New NickB: Love juice?

In reply to mypyrex:
In older kids it's more often psychological than physical, I believe. Anxious teenagers subjected to stressful new social experiences and/or taken out of familiar surroundings can suffer. Not at all uncommon in boarding schools, care homes, outdoor activity centres, etc.

In reply to mypyrex: I've seen this too. It is almost as bad as the patronising formula milk ads that go along the lines of

"We understand that breast is best. That is why we want you to buy our formula milk."

or

"We believe that if your child is suffering from iron deficiency, you should give them 15 gallons of milk rather than green veg. However, there is another alternative. Buy our formula milk."

In reply to mypyrex:
Questios for me would be are they a). creating a market or b). responding to a market that exists.

If it's a it pretty cynical and I pity the weans of the gullible. If it's b then it's something that neither the two of us know much about.

In reply to Removed User:

Much the same as I thought.

In reply to mypyrex: Quite a number of kids do still have the odd incident at that age without it being a massive medical issue. Much better for them to be able to use them to manage the problem and not have to miss out on sleepovers with friends or cub camp or whatever.

In reply to Castleman:

and if it doesnt work after a few months then wire it directly to the mains?

In reply to mypyrex:
I also see on the website that they advertise their products as being for children up to 15. Surely kids of that age are WAY past the bed wetting stage. My mind is boggling(or am I missing something)

They're probably for when the kids are pissed.

In reply to wayno265: I really should start reading these threads first...

In reply to Papillon:

Yup! We got them in Aberystwyth too!

In reply to The New NickB:

Or it can do worse...

<recalls Spud's Trainspotting moment after a night on the tiles>

In reply to mypyrex:

Low doses of the anti-depressant amitriptyline HCl are often prescribed for juvenile bedwetting, so, no, I don't think it's that unusual.