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Beating Bedwetting

Stories of Special Needs Children with Enuresis

By Barb Eimer

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Diane advises parents to make an individual decision based on their own child's needs. Although her doctor had mentioned getting a bedwetting alarm, Diane didn't think it was worth the cost based on the percentage of children it helped.

Because he was almost a teenager before the bedwetting stopped, the emotional side of it was the hardest to deal with. "It was just so humiliating for him," she says.

Positive Parenting

This brings up an important point about bedwetting. Realize that as frustrated as you may be, chances are your child is just as frustrated, even if he doesn't verbalize it. No child wants to wake up in a wet bed. Your child is not lazy and is not wetting the bed just to annoy you. While it's tempting to scold your child, any negative feedback such as teasing or putdowns only add to the humiliation he feels. Parents should never use shame as a motivator for change.

Susan Barton, whose organization, Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, aims to bring research-based information to parents and teachers, frequently speaks to parents of children with ADD. The first thing she advises is to eliminate all feelings of shame by educating the child that his ADD causes him to sleep harder than most – so hard that his brain misses the signal from his bladder that he needs to get up and use the bathroom. This is helpful information, not only for children with ADD, but other special needs children as well.


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