. wrote:What is wrong with everyone on this thread? Suely they can't think that teenagers and adults wearing nappies is normal? The children have been encouraged to soil themselves by their parents allowing them to wear nappies. Sooz- you have said that you would rather your child was content. Get a grip. She's almost 14. If anyone at school was to find out that she still wears nappies she would be bullied mercilessly. Would she be content then? Looking out for the welfare of your child should be your number one priority. If she carries on wearing nappies for much longer she will be wearing them into adulthood. Let her wear her tena pads during the day for the first while to save any embarrassment- but at home she is always close to a toilet so you should get her toilet trained. It is a bad habit that you have got her in to. You have to get her out of it. If your child has no medical problem then there is no excuse for them to be in nappies after the age of 3 (at the very latest).
Firstly, let's just take a look at something. The creation of the sewage system in London followed the outbreak of a nasty virus traced back to a water pump. People used to dump in the street. The smell must have been horrendous but if you ask people who live near water treatment works (sewage farms) they will tell you that after a while they do not smell the odour. Also, take a look for yourself, where ever water treatment plants are located the growing plants, shrubs, trees and the people who live local appear more healthy. It makes me wander if we would be more healthy taking a dump in the street, lol.
Have you ever been so scared you lost bladder control? If you can answer yes to this question then you are onto something. To pee in fear is a natural reaction. The release of urine surrounds the scared person with a cloud of bacteria that could easily begin choke any threatening preditor. Also on a spiritual level that same smell can ward off bad spirits, so i'm told.
Anyone who has ever been a bedwetter will understand when I say that the feeling of waking in a cold wet bed is the most degrading feeling. If an otherwise healthy person wets the bed as an adult they are expected to take care of it using protection. A child bed wetter should be encouraged to change themselves. Allow them to manage the problem. Find somewhere they can discreetly store the nappies and in the case of terry nappies they should be encouraged to wash them themselves. Using positive encouragement with rewards for dry days/nights is better than 'punishment'. The world is changing very fast. The more extreme cases on this thread (presuming they are more than imagination) presents the possibility that it may just be a reaction to the world we live in. What ever is truth in this, positive encouragement, not punishment will win the day evry time.
P.S. I have never met a 'NORMAL' person. If normal exists, then by what, or who's measure is it set by? Normal can only be assesed by a persons' own standards. Standards which some other person may not consider 'NORMAL'.This is turning into one of them chicken and egg situations so i'm orf.
