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My 6 year old son still wets the bed He's such a heavy sleeper that He just can't wake up in time. I recently contacted one of these bedwetting organizations. Seems to me they are some kind of scam artists, making a mint off other peoples hard times. It just turns my stomach to hear how much they think this is worth! Can you reccommend any good books or information? I'd like his bed to be dry but not our bank account!
Thanks so much! Mrs. Kathy Turcotte

Follow Ups:

• Re: Bedwetting Anna 20:39:11 2/02/00 (1)
  • Re: Bedwetting (Caseine or gluten sensitivity are, statistically, the most common causes.) Walt Stoll 12:30:47 2/03/00 (0)
• Re: Bedwetting ARCHIVE Walt Stoll 16:44:35 11/17/99 (0)

In Reply to: Bedwetting posted by Kathleen Turcotte on November 16, 1999 at 21:25:41:

Hi, Kathleen.

Were this MY child, here is what I would do.

1. Do not restrict fluids after supper.
2. Never get the child up to "go" in order to avoid enuresis.
3. Put a stack of towels at the bedside or washable blankets thick enough that the child can cover up any "accidents" and go back to bed for the rest of the night. This is so no one but the child has to know what happened & he does not have to "disturb" anyone with his "problem".
4. Show the child how to strip any wet bedding and put it in the washer and start the washer. That way he knows that he is not inconveniencing anyone else with the problem.
5. Be sure you have a matres cover that will protect the mattress.
6. Have the child help make the bed in the evening after allowing the bed to air out all day. He will soon learn how to not only strip the bed and start the washer but how to change the entire bed if anything happens.
7. TOTAL elimination of the slightest trace of dairy and wheat for 2 weeks. If, by that time, the enuresis has stopped, I would keep it up for another 2 weeks. If still no problem, let the child have a good dose of whichever one he is missing. If he has an episode that night, you KNOW. If not, I would wait a few days to be sure and then, while continuing to let him have whatever one you have just tested him with, offer him a big dose of the other. If no recurrence within 3 days, perhaps the psychological stuff above has already broken the pattern.

Let us know what happens. There are a few children who have this because of C-RS and those tend to have the dairy &/or wheat problem as well.

Walt

In Reply to: Bedwetting posted by Kathleen Turcotte on November 16, 1999 at 21:25:41:

My 7 year old still wets the bed. Sometime he goes all week without wetting at night, other times he wets every night of the week. I get him up at night sometimes, and this will help. Can you offer any suggestions?

Follow Ups:

• Re: Bedwetting (Caseine or gluten sensitivity are, statistically, the most common causes.) Walt Stoll 12:30:47 2/03/00 (0)

In Reply to: Re: Bedwetting posted by Anna on February 02, 2000 at 20:39:11:

Anna,

Statistically, a hypersensitivity to poorly digested dairy protein (caseine) is the most common cause. The second most common cause is poorly digested gluten from wheat protein. The third most common cause is a combination of caseine and gluten taken on the same day.

You need to work with Robert McFerran's e/diet to know how to eliminate each thing and for how long to test it out. There is no laboratory test that is NEARLY as accurate as the lab right inside his body to determine this.

Within a few weeks you will know if either of these (or a combination of them both) are at fault. You should be able to turn on and off his enuresis like a faucet--once you know what is causing it.

THEN, if you have more questions, write again.

Walt