From Bob, Child's Age 14,15 - 4/14/102 - IP#: 67.226.64.120 Click here to reply
Here is an interesting argument against using diapers in kids who wet the bed: Statistically speaking, when bedwetters become dry, only about half of them become dry by learning to sleep through the night without wetting. The other half become dry by learning to wake up in the night and use the toilet. Here's the point: If half of bedwetters become dry by learning to wake up and use the toilet, that means that half of kids using diapers may never become dry because they have little motivation to learn to wake up and use the toilet. In fact, last month's poll on this site shows that 61% of those voting would rather pee in a diaper and sleep than wake up and use the toilet in the night. Joan, I would appreciate your comments, as well as those from others.
Reply from Bob, Child's Age 14,15 - 4/22/02 - IP#: 67.226.77.145
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From Jayne, Child's Age 9 - 4/12/102 - IP#: 4.34.200.134 Click here to reply
I am fairly new to the internet and was pleased to find this site as I have a 9 year old who has never been dry at night and is still not reliably dry during the day.
I would like to contribute to this board as I feel that I have a lot in common with other parents here, however I am somewhat reticent as I am not sure all the contributors are really genuine. For example Terri, childs age 10 and Lana, childs age 11 both have the same IP# and appear to have the same style of writing leading me to believe they are one and the same person.
Is this board moderated and would anyone care to comment?
Reply from Thom , Child's Age 27 - 4/14/02 - IP#: 198.81.16.59
Reply from Joan, Child's Age 14 - 4/14/02 - IP#: 80.225.2.76
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From Glenn, Child's Age 7 - 4/11/2002 - IP#: 213.224.83.110 Click here to reply
Hello!
I have a daughter and she was dry at the normal age. At day and night. In january of this year, she started to wet the bed. 3 weeks ago she has also started te wet her pants in daytime. I went to wee a doctor with her, but he couldn't find a thing! Does anyone knows whatI have to do now???
Glenn
PS: I'm sorry for my bad English! I'm from Belgium in Europe and we don't speak English there and I couldn't find a site like this in our language!
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From Jim, Child's Age 11 - 4/7/2002 - IP#: 67.250.133.223 Click here to reply
Parents:
I have a 11 yar old son who sho still wets the bed almost every night so I know that "management" of the problem is an important issue. He has a younger brother who just now dried up at age 9. However, we do need to also think and discuss about how to treat or stop the problem not just have discussion about to diaper or not and waiting until the child grows out of it. You see I am one of those 3% of bedwetters who never outgrow it. Yes, I am a 31 year old bedwetter. I wet 5-6 nights /week. About the same frequency as my 11 year old. In the days when I grew up the management choice was the rubber sheet "method", with holding liquids and morning laundry chores. But I didnt' have any real treatment efforts or programs to stop/cure the bedwetting. Just management of the problem. After all I was going to outgrow it. Oh I have been to plenty of Dr.s since I was a child for this problem. DDAVP, tofranil the works. Since nothing has worked for the long term now I am stuck wearing diapers if I want to sleep with my wife. Being a bedwetter at my age is embarassing. Wearing diapers is embarassing. Going to college as a bedwetter was embarassing. I can see how my 11 year old is embarassed. Now that even his younger brother is dry at night I know he really worries that maybe he will be like dad and not outgrow this. Because I didnt' get any treatment as a youth to stop this problem and because I worry about my 11 year old I have signed both of us up for a treatment program. I don't know if it will work but we are both gonna go through it together. It's that or night diapers maybe forever and I want to get out of them. It's gonna be alot of work. Counseling calls every couple weeks, bladder exercises. Measuring urine volume. wetting alarms. The works. This treatment program will also be difficult on my wife an even my 9 year old might have to help out. I know many of you just say wait and he/she will grow out of it. But I dont' think you have any idea what it's like to be like me an adult who now has to wear diaeprs, who now has to wear a bedwetting buzzer and talk to a counselor every couple of weeks along with my 11 year old. So I guess my final word is get a handle on it when kids are young if possible. I know I am the exception and almost all do outgrow it but you never know who that 1-3% might be.
From david, Child's Age 30 - 3/30/2002 - IP#: 209.226.181.97 Click here to reply
hello to everyone.ive just read all the things posted on the bulletin board.to all the parents who keep their children in diapers isnt a good thing to do for their wetting problem.you have to think of the affects it will have on their future trust me i know,ive been there.my mother kept me in diapers at night well into my teens because of bedwetting,and i also didnt get out of my crib until i was 7 and half.now this has scarred me for life.im 30 years old now and have an 8 year old son of my own and i would never put this kind of pressure on him he has wet the bed but i never made any fuss of it and today he sleeps dry.now for me i been to the professionals for help with my problem.i still wear diapers at night and drink a baby bottle when i go to bed.because ive lived this life so long as a child it has become a security thing for me that i cant let go i would love to give it all up but it is so hard because i became to attached to it. other than that i live a normal life like any other human,and am a very caring parent.but one thing i do consider to all the parents think of your childrens future and the burden it might put on them like myself.believe me the diapers do become an attachement my advice is tofind other options and solutions to your childs sleepwetting problems see a professional for help they will be of help i wish my mom would have done that for me.but unfortunately it didnt go that way for me.this was very hard for me to tell you about myself like this . well thats all i have to say for now if youd like any information on anything feel free to ask bye for and thank you for hearing my story and concerns bye
Reply from jane, Child's Age 14 - 4/25/02 - IP#: 210.84.58.143
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From Cindy , Child's Age 10 - 3/28/2002 - IP#: 205.188.196.47 Click here to reply
Hi, I am the mother of a 10 year bedwetter. I now have her in disposable diapers for day and night wetting. I want to know if there are any disposable diapers that still have the plastic outside cover. I know that she doesn't think about having to go to the bathroom and she will just go in the diaper. I believe that if she had a diaper with a plastic cover she would remember to go to the toilet for two reasons, if not more that I haven't thought about. The first reason is that when the diaper bunches up between her legs the diaper tends to make her legs hot and sweaty, which may remind her to go. The second reason is because the diaper will make noise against her pants and she will be embarassed enough to go to the bathroom. Don't get me wrong I don't believe that embarassment is going to solve the problem, but I think it may help to steer her towards going to the bathroom, especially during the day. Please respond on the board and NOT through e-mails because I don't have an e-mail address, I only have the internet. Thanks, Cindy
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From Shelley, Child's Age 12 - 3/25/2002 - IP#: 65.212.41.70 Click here to reply
Hello all. I have a 12 year old daughter that has been a night time bed-wetter all of her life. Have been to several docs and all say that more than likely she will outgrow this before puberty. There were no signs of any other problems. I am getting so discouraged, thinking that this will never go away. She refuses to wear "night gear", instead we just use a plastic liner on her bed... and she is responsible for doing "her" laundry.(A suggestion from the Doc) We have tried everything!!! And now we are just hanging on to the hope that she WILL outgrow this. We don't make a big deal out of it, believing that if we do it will only lower her self asteem more. I guess I am looking for any suggestions and/or support that can be offered. Thanks!
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From Suzan, Child's Age 15 - 3/23/2002 - IP#: 202.154.128.112 Click here to reply
My daughter started bedwetting about 4 months ago and has since been wetting every night. She tells me that she cant help it so I just change the bedding every day.Also every afternoon she comes home and I can see that her skirt of her uniform is damp so I can tell that she has wet during the day maybe twice I think at school.Are there any parents with daughters that have a simaler problemThanksSuzan
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From Jody, Child's Age 14 - 3/21/2002 - IP#: 208.245.148.92 Click here to reply
Hi everybody. I dont know what I should do about my child. He has wet the bed almost everynight for about 3 months. He has also had a bunch of day time accidents to. I dont know what i should do with him. Should I put him back into daipers or not. I dont want to make him feel like a baby but he i think would like to be in daipers because he doesnt like waking up wet or everybody at his school laughing at him because he wet himself. Lately he has been pooping in his pants too. He tells me he doesnt know when its gonna happen. If you have any suggestions u can e-mial on my husbands e-mail address which is bigdb@mac.com. Thank you for your help.
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