Re: Bedwetting/night training

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Thanks I appreciate that. I will try and send that to the whole group.

Read the other message from me. Because I don't think it came to the whole

group.

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:45 PM, san kirk <bandwsmom@...> wrote:

> Becky,

> Did you mean for this to go to the group too? It looks like it just came

> to me I'm sure the group would be interested to hear from you.

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> I'm sorry to learn that your struggles with constipation. My

> mother had an impaction last year and it was quite a frightful experience.

> I never realized how painful and serious constipation can be.

> San

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> I ran across this article on another forum and thought of all the times

> I've heard parents worry about bedwetting. The article, from Slate, says

> that one often over-looked reason for bedwetting is constipation. It does a

> better job that I can of explaining the whys but I thought it made sense

> particularly given the low muscle tone that often accompanies Down syndrome.

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http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2012/03/bed_wetting_the_simple_cause_y\

our_doctor_probably_missed_.html

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> In retrospect, I believe that constipation probably played a bigger a part

> in my son's toilet training than I ever realized.

> San

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