From: no_one@nowhere.com   
      
   On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:28:50 -0600, Babie wrote:   
      
   >Sorry to butt in, but I have experience in this :-D   
   >   
   >Just to make myself look like a freak, and to make your niece feel a little   
   >better. I wet the bed until I was 16. I had emotional reasons for it, but   
   >still, it was rather traumatic for me.   
      
   Sorry to hear you had to go through this Les...   
      
      
   >However, diapers are not doing the girl any good as far as self esteem goes.   
   >Why not suggest to your sister (or SIL?) that she use rubber mattress   
   >covers? And make the girl wash her own sheets every day if she wets the bed.   
   >It is a good way to break the problem if it is not emotional or medical. And   
   >it teaches responsibility as well as hygiene.   
      
   That's a good idea. I'll have to give my X-SIL a call on this if she   
   needs new ideas.   
      
      
   >The way I ended up having to be broken of the problem was going to a   
   >specialist in Dallas and he gave me this alarm thingie to sleep on (yeah,   
   >lets give a kid that wets the bed an electrical device to sleep on lol). The   
   >way it worked, is I had to drink a large glass of kool aide before bed.   
   >Then, as soon as the slightest amount of moisture hit the thing (covered in   
   >a pillow case) a REALLY LOUD FIRE ALARM went off... Woke everyone up,   
   >including the neighbors lol   
   >   
   >Anyway, I then had to get up, using a dry towel, clean the machine until the   
   >alarm stopped going off, and then change the pillowcase, etc... (btw, it   
   >required me to sleep without any pants of any type on, which I HATED!) and   
   >then I was allowed to go to the bathroom and finish.   
      
   That all sounds pretty rough!   
      
      
   >Really not the best way to have it done, but it worked for me as well as my   
   >oldest brother (4 years younger than me)   
   >   
   >LES!   
      
   Thanks Les! Hope you are having a good day... :-)   
      
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