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Questions on using the Enutrain Wake-up Trainer
Overview:
Question:
ENUTRAIN is delivered with special pants, which are additionally recommended for follow-up purchases. Can we also use panty liners?
Answer:
ENUTRAIN comes with pants for boys or for girls. Both have a sewn-in sensor pouch, which simplifies the application. We do not recommend the use of panty liners. Panty liners are usually equipped with moisture absorbers, which interfere with the timely triggering of the sensor.
Question:
To spare our child from constantly having to wake up in a wet bed, we use diapers at night. Can we still use diapers in the treatment with ENUTRAIN?
Answer:
If the nappies are made of pure cotton with no additional moisture absorbers, they are worth trying. With extra-absorbent diapers the error rate goes up significantly.
Question:
We have more than one bedwetting child. Can we also treat two siblings at the same time?
Answer:
Yes, for this case, there are sibling units with different encodings.
Question:
In children with a wake-up disorder, so-called deep sleepers, we recommend initially placing the wake-up receiver with their parents. From what date can the receiver be placed in the children’s room?
Answer:
Experience has shown that 60% of children in the first month and a further 20% in the second month make sufficient progress to allow the receiver to be moved. With children who take longer to respond, this may take 3-4 months. We recommend moving the receiver as soon as the child seems more fully awake upon being awoken.
Question:
Our child wets herself not only at night but during the day as well. Can the ENUTRAIN treatment also work in such cases?
Answer:
Bedwetting during both day and night must be verified by a physician in any case (if this has not already been done). Experience shows that bedwetting is also reduced during the daytime through the course of the wake-up treatment, unless other organic causes are present.
Question:
Our child wets herself up to three times per night. Is this normal?
Answer:
Repeated bedwetting during the night is not uncommon, but rather frequent, affecting about 30 to 40% of bedwetting children. It is currently believed that these children not only have a wake-up disorder but also a hormone-induced increase in urine production at night. Once your child has learned through the wake-up therapy to wake independently, the problem of the bladder filling faster than normal is solved.
Question:
Our child sleeps on a rubber mat. Can that also disrupt the functioning of the system?
Answer:
Yes. A child on a rubber mat can load up with a massive electrostatic charge, much as when we pass a comb through our hair and the hairs suddenly stand on end. The electrostatic charge can be discharged during the night, inadvertently triggering the sensor. A siliconised or waxed surface is better.
Question:
Can the bedding or pyjamas disrupt the functioning of the system?
Answer:
Yes. Bedding or pyjamas with a high proportion of synthetics can lead to a significant electrostatic charging of the child, the discharge of which can trigger false alarms. Pure cotton is better.
Question:
By the time I arrive after the alarm has been triggered by my child, often the whole bed is wet. Do I still bring my child to the toilet anyway?
Answer:
Yes, absolutely. Going to the toilet is very important for the learning process in your child’s subconscious. In many children, the time period from the first drop until the complete emptying of the bladder is from one to two minutes. For these children, treatment success is usually speeded up when the child is awakened immediately after the first drop and led to the toilet. If this period is shorter than normal with your child and the bladder empties in one surge, then going to the toilet itself is associated strongly with an empty bladder in the subconscious mind, and this promotes the learning process.
Question:
When is treatment with ENUTRAIN considered to be completed?
Answer:
The therapy is provisionally complete if, as a rule, your child has not wet the bed for at least 14 consecutive nights.
Question:
Must I expect a relapse?
Answer:
A relapse takes place in approximately one third of children within one year after the preliminary conclusion of therapy. Wake-up training then is usually still required for only a short time, usually from two to three weeks. With success rates of over 80%, wake-up training is the most effective method by far to cure your child permanently. Even after the preliminary conclusion of the treatment, always try to keep the device in your household for at least one year.
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