Natural Cure for Bedwetting

Families search for a natural way to cure their child's bedwetting. When looking for a natural cure, it should be one without chemicals (such as medications) and without synthetic substances, such as the absorbent material found in disposable diapers and pull-ons.

While looking for a natural cure, families are looking for something that actually works.

Most parents have already tried limiting evening fluids, having their child urinate before bed, praising dry nights, avoiding caffeine, using night lights, etc. There are plenty of "remedies that are supposed to work but not proven by research to actually do so.

Anecdotally, some children become dry and their parents pass on what they believe to have made a difference. These remedies may include dietary changes, such as eating cinnamon, gooseberries, raisins, walnuts, mustard seeds or honey, or drinking cranberry juice or apple cider vinegar. There is no scientific evidence that any of these things stop bedwetting.

Massaging the lower abdomen with warm olive oil or doing "bladder stretching exercises are also not proven to make a difference. In fact, putting off going to the bathroom when the urge to urinate begins can actually lead to dysfunctional voiding patterns and even urinary tract infections. When your child feels the need to urinate, they should find the closest bathroom and use it.

Infrequent stools or constipation should be corrected. Having a daily bowel movement and not being afraid to use the school bathroom when the urge happens are both important.

Natural is defined as having undergone little or no processing and containing no chemical additives. Bedwetting alarms fit into this description.

You are not putting any foreign substances into your child's body and are simply using behavioral conditioning to help your child make that important nighttime brain-bladder connection.

Most importantly, bedwetting alarms have been proven through scientific research to be effective in curing more than 80% of school-aged children with nighttime wetting.

When using a bedwetting alarm, disposable pants are stopped. Stopping expensive disposable pants saves money and is better for the environment and the landfills. As children learn to stop the flow of urine and empty most of it in the toilet, families no longer need to waste as much water, detergent and electricity keeping the sheets clean.

Use a bedwetting alarm as an effective, natural cure for your child's bedwetting. The typical child becomes dry in 8-12 weeks and has a permanent long-lasting response.