Re: Bed wetting

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> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 12:34:11 -0000

> From: trishcrow@...

> Subject: Hi all, a question about bed wetting...

> My almost 5 year old HFA son has been potty trained since June 99,

> but all of a sudden (well it started 3months ago) he has started

> wetting his bed at night.

Trish,

We have battled this a few times. My son just turned 9 and has been gfcf

for 6 yrs.

Certain fruits tend to trigger this we discovered at times. (Oranges,

raspberries, and I forget which others seemed to be the cause at times;

when we removed vanilla a few years ago we saw it had been a culprit for

bladder retention too) Other times we could not figure out what caused

it.

Last spring we removed salycilates; when we began reintroducing fruits

the bedwetting really got out of hand and even when he had no fruits for

more than it week it did not stop. Finally I read about Omega oils and

realized that Evening Primrose Oil (from my remembrance of what I read,

so I hope I'm relating this accurately:) was helpful for the nerve

endings and that helps a child know when his bladder needs emptying.

That's how I explained this to my husband. I wish I could recall exactly

where I read this. Finally we were having dry nights. Then in December

we ran out of EPO and I thought we'd just wait until we went to town

next. That night he wet the bed. We decided it was worth a trip to town

for the EPO. I find that giving it only in the morning is not adequate

for my son's needs, he needs it with supper to help the bedwetting. You

can experiment and see what works best for you. I use Nature's Way cold

pressed 500 mg capsules, 2 with evening meal. (I'd been using it in

mornings for over a year and it had helped him in other areas as well,

but adding it in the evening helped the bedwetting.) There is another

brand we've used that has no contaminates but I forget it's name. I do

not know if it comes in plain liquid form but you could pierce capsules

if he won't take them. Check www.Kirkmanlabs.com or www.gnd.org as they

may have Omega oil information.

Carol in Oregon