Malem Ultimate Selectable Bedwetting Alarm with Vibration - Magenta
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Product Reviews of Malem Ultimate Selectable Bedwetting Alarm with Vibration - Magenta
Product Review: This WORKS!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
At the age of 6 my daughter was still wetting her bad. When we try to wake her up at night to use the bathroom she would be in a VERY DEEP SLEEP! Very hard to wake her up.
We got the bedwetting alarm with 8 tones. First I thought that this thing would not wake her up... but it did!!! As soon as she begins it rings like crazy and would make her stop. We started seeing improvements within 2 to 3 weeks... I have read that some take longer. Be patient with your kid on this... it is truly not their fault.
Reoccurences do happen. It happened to my daughter like 6 months later after she did not need the alarm anymore. She is currently back on it and it still wakes her up.
Hope this helps!
Product Review: This is better than the potty pager
Summary: 5 Stars
We tried the potty pager product sold out of Colorado, but my 6 year old would just roll over on it, or take it off at night. The company replaced it twice but we finally gave up on the product. Too many defects and it just did not wake him up. Plus the pager attached right at his private area (very uncomfortable). The Malem unit has a wire and small clip that attaches at the underwear. The Malem not only vibrates but its much louder and has 8 crazy sounds. My son is now 8, but I feel bad I waited this long to try it again. We also bought the book 7 steps to night time dryness. It pretty much promotes this alarm, but it does have some great info, like cutting out fruit at night (go figure). Well the first 4 nights he woke up wet but we have had 2 mornings in a row where he is dry. So I think we are heading down the right path. I would also recommend buying the water proof pads that the kid can sleep on. They are much easier to change and wash than the entire bed sheets. We also bought a baby monitor because we can't hear the alarm and our bedroom is on the other side of the house. We are in it together so we feel its easier to help the kid when he wakes up in the middle of the night, we are with him.
Recommendations:
1. buy the Malem
2. buy the water proof pads (babysrus for $13 set of 2)
3. buy a baby monitor if you can't hear the alarm from your bedroom
4. buy 7 steps guide ($2.00 used)
5. After we finish with the unit, we plan to sterilze it and give it to charity... if you didn't have the funds to buy this stuff, I'm sure it would be very sad and stressful. Good Luck. joesky
Product Review: This will cure your bedwetter!
Summary: 5 Stars
We recently bought this for our 5 year old daughter. I was going to opt for a cheaper unit and brand, but this one seems to be the most popular brand and I wanted it to work right the first time. The key to our success was that she was ready. We talked about it for awhile and then one day I told her I found a "pee pee machine" which would help her stop her bedwetting. She was excited, and I let her pick the color. She kept going back and forth from Pink to Magenta (the Pink one can pass for either) and she opted for magenta. We ordered the "ultimate" model so that she could also choose her own ring...another thing she had to look forward to.
Once I told her we ordered it and the mailman was going to bring it, she was asking me every couple of hours where the mailman was. (I think that being ready for this was part of our success.) It arrived by priority mail two days later.
She wears pull-ups to sleep. The instructions say to wear underwear under the pullups and attach the sensor to the underwear, but you can pinch the top layer of material inside the pullup enough to get a little bit of material for the sensor to clip on to, and that's how we did it. The wire from the sensor to the unit goes up through the pullup and outside her shirt and the unit attaches with a built in safety pin to her shirt. We placed it near her shoulder halfway between her arm and neck so that she would be more likely to hear it. Our initial concern that it might bother her if she sleeps on her stomach were unfounded. It never did.
She wore it like a badge of honor. They say that bedwetting is the result of too deep of sleep, and that was obvious. The first couple of days, I heard it from across the house, and jumped up and ran in to her room to wake her...she was oblivious even though this loud, vibrating alarm right near head was blaring. I sent her to the potty to finish, changed her and went back to sleep. A few times we went through this twice per night.
Within a few days she was getting the hang of it. Now, she is waking up dry most of the time, but it's only been a couple of weeks. The instructions say that it should take 12 weeks. In our case, I doubt it will take that long. If you are reading this, just go for it.
Product Review: Total lifesaver!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Got this in blue for my 8 yr old daughter who was averaging about 1 or 2 dry nights a month. I did sleep in her room for the first few nights, and then relied on a baby monitor. We used a pull-up over the alarm clip(which you clip onto their underwear -- you're supposed to place it in the area where you think the first sign of wetness will occur, which is a little difficult with girls, and depends on their sleeping position). The clip is a bit awkward to use, but I have to say that it really stays put! The part of the alarm that goes on their shirt is a giant safety pin, which could rip more delicate fabrics. I took the advice of one of the reviewers to pin it to the shoulder seam of my daughter's pj's, which worked very well! The seam provides a more sturdy option, and also reduces the amount the alarm will move around during sleep.
I did have to help my daughter learn to wake up to the sound of the alarm - we both liked having the different choices of alarm sounds. The alarm was loud enough and the vibration was jolting, but my daughter is a very heavy sleeper (as I'm sure most bedwetters are). Within a few nights, she was just barely wetting her underwear before she woke up to the alarm (or before I woke her up). After about a week, she was hearing the alarm. At two weeks, she started having dry nights every night(sometimes waking up to pee, sometimes not having to go until morning). After four weeks of use, we stopped using it. Shortly after that, she had an accident two nights in a row, when we had a lot going on and she was overly tired. We put the alarm back on for just a few days, but she has not had an accident since then. That was about 6 weeks ago.
The package contains a chart that you can use for several weeks. We hung it on the fridge, and my daughter took pride in putting stickers on it for her dry or "slightly wet" nights. I had been contemplating putting her on medication (which is what her doctor had suggested), but I decided to look into the alarms and was so glad I did. I really liked this model, and was glad I chose it. I know that I could have gone with a cheaper brand, but after seeing a few negative reviews, I knew that I did not want to take a chance on starting the process and then having to stop due to a faulty alarm. I know I have ultimately saved money on pull-ups, medication, laundry, etc. If you go into this process with the right expectations of parental involvement, I don't think you'll be disappointed!
Product Review: Very Happy Mom
Summary: 5 Stars
This product works 100%. It took 1 month to work completely, so do not get discouraged. Keep at it. One night the alarm went off 2 times and I thought it was not working, but we kept using it until it did not go off anymore. My 6 year old daughter was eventually able to put it on herself. My daughter was so proud of herself when she no longer wet the bed and she wanted to bring the alarm to school for show and tell. I recommend this device!!
Now I need to find an alarm for tantrums!!!