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Home › Articles › Bedwetting › 10 Ways to Make Bedtime the Best Time

10 Ways to Make Bedtime the Best Time

Help Your Bedwetting Child Sleep a Little Sounder

By Kelly Burgess

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Gold says that the parent and child should make up the child's bed together, using this process: mattress pad, fitted and flat sheet, then a plastic mattress pad, and the second set of sheets over that. For the older child, this is a way for them to quickly and easily strip their bed after they wet without waking up mom or sisters and brother, and without anyone having to fumble around in the linen closet at night. If the child does wet, he or she can strip the top set of sheets, bundle them up and throw them in a corner, change pajamas and crawl back in bed. The next day, the wet sheets can be dealt with before school and after school the parent can help the child remake the bed.

Relax and Reflect
Aileen McCabe-Maucher, a registered nurse and an adjunct faculty member at Delaware Technical and Community College, says bonding at bedtime is the best activity. She shares this tip with families she counsels to make bedtime a positive time for children who wet the bed: Create a special bedtime book and enlist their child's help in its creation. The bedtime book can include pictures of your child from birth through the present day. The book should include positive, affirming statements about your child and your family, but the focus of the book should be on your love for your child and your child's strengths and talents. Photos of friends, favorite foods and pets are also great additions.

"This isa great way to spend quality family time and nurture the creative spirit in your child," says McCabe-Maucher. "In my own daughter's bedtime book, I included ultrasound pictures of her and pictures taken during my pregnancy. Underneath the pictures I wrote, 'Mommy and Daddy loved you before you were even born and will always love you forever no matter what happens.'"


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