Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site nvuxr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxv!nvuxa!nvuxb!nvuxr!rdm2 From: rdm2@nvuxr.UUCP (R McBurnett) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: bed wetting Message-ID: <117@nvuxr.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 14:29:02 EDT Article-I.D.: nvuxr.117 Posted: Thu Aug 22 14:29:02 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 17:47:55 EDT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, NJ Lines: 32 >From: cim1@pyuxv.UUCP (G. Bogatko) >My daughter has outgrown diapers, and is now into "big-girl panties"... >... She asks for help going to the toilet, which we provide whenever >she asks. She still wets the bed none-the-less. >... After a few nights of changing sheets, daddy turned into >a raging beast with threats of going back to diapers, and just a lot of >commotion. This worked. >Is there some middle of the road method to get it across to kids that >bed-wetting is not a fun thing to do? Being a Daddy who tried the "raging beast" routine (with absolutly no success) I found that what worked best for me was: a)pointing out that waking up in the middle of the night was lousy for everyone b)noting that Stephen's favorite pajamas got wet everytime he peed in them and c)encouraging him to "try" to pee before going to bed. (this lessened the frequency of wet beds but did not eliminate them. He almost always could pee.) We found that reinforcing the "wake up ...go to the bathroom and pee" idea just before bed also helped. It is no good to try to reason with a sleepy child, especially when you are angry about changing a bed. One other thing we tried (my mom's idea) was to tell a story (a-la "No More Diapers" by J. Brooks) that described *everyones* feelings before, during, and after. This had a limited effect but may have worked. Stephen is now 4 and I only have to change his sheets ~1 or 2 times a week. -Roe