Bedwetting Over!

At the age of 6, our little boy was struggling with certain things which were creating some concern for his father and I. These things included regular bed wetting, night terrors, struggling to make friends at school and at home sometimes becoming difficult to deal with. “Will” was basically nervous about trying new things and could get angry easily. We could sense his unhappiness, but were not sure how to help him. We spent a lot of time eliminating possibilities of what it might be and really tried everything to help him that we could think of. There wasn’t much improvement though.
Then we had the good fortune to talk to Di West about our concerns for Will and started to discuss the possibility of using the “Sleeptalk For Children” technique. After a brief consultation with Di, we answered some questions about Will about his behaviour and certain things that seemed to be worrying him. Obviously the bed wetting, night terrors and his lack of friends were at the top of the priority list for us. After further consultation, Di came up with the “formula” for us to use with Will each night after he went to sleep.
Will had previously had a regular bed wetting problem since getting out of nappies and at age 6 we were actually waking him at night and walking him to the toilet to ensure he would wake up dry and not be upset with himself. Di explained that essentially we were telling his body that it did not have to wake and walk to the toilet, as Mum or Dad would do it for him. This put him into a sleeping state that did not allow for him to wake himself to visit the bathroom. Di encouraged us to let him sleep through and risk a wet bed. This was an essential part of the process in retraining his body to wake itself up. We had to be ok with letting that happen and just trust the “Sleeptalk” process.
We started the process with Will that evening after he had gone to sleep. His father and I awoke a few times through the night and had to really be strong not to take him to the toilet.
To our surprise the next morning there was no wet bed. As we continued with “Sleeptalk” we saw some amazing changes in our little boy. We did not have one wet bed after the first night. His nightmares and night time fear disappeared, he settled down and became easier to deal with around home and his teacher reported an enormous change in his confidence and new friendships at school. He also started to perform better academically.
After a few weeks, we got a little over confident and started to miss a few nights of “Sleeptalk” with Will. Within a short period he started to wet his bed again, so we then made sure we were vigilent.
It has now been over 12 months and we no longer need to use the technique every night, even though it is an enjoyable and very loving process. We now use “Sleeptalk” if Will has had an especially big day and is very tired, if he runs into a problem at school, if he accidently sees something “on TV” that is frightening, or if not we just do it every week or so.
The most comforting thing for me as a Mum with this technique, is that no matter what comes up for Will as he grows, we know we can just go back to Di, make the required adjustments to the technique and we can help him instantly to let his body sort it out.
Will is now 7 and a half and is a very happy, balanced and well adjusted young boy who is definately much nicer to be around. I give Di West and the “Sleeptalk For Children” techniques full credit for this transformation in Will and fully recommend this technique to any parents out there who may be working through some issues with their child/children.

Kind Regards
Tanya R. 15/5/2011