bed wetting (on purpose) problems. Please vote on solution.

[getbakainyourjimjams]

ONe of ds1's favourite annoying habits has returned. I have some ideas of things to try but am not sure which one to go for.

So the problem. We put him to bed (put him in his room then put 2 travel barriers up), he strips off and gets into bed. I dress him again when I go up to bed and remove the travel barriers. Usually his bed is dry at this time. In the morning he strips off again and wets his bed.

So potential solutions:

1. Put him in pyjamas he can't take off. He won't wet his bed unless he is naked. But problem if he stirs in the night and tries to strip off and can't- he would start yelling the place down.

2. I don't get him dressed before I go to bed. I think stripping is the first part of the sequence leading to weeing. I thought maybe stopping that would stop the rest of the sequence. Bit worried about him kicking off the covers and getting cold at night.

1. Get up before him (not always possible) and make him go to the toilet. Did this this morning- but he got really cross and went back to bed and insisted on having the barriers back up again, then lay in bed shouting refusing to get ready for school.

Or do we just sit it out and hope it goes away again.

nope misdee! Another week/10 days (due to start on Tuesday 25th, but there may be a strike that day!)

So can he tell that you are wound up even if you pretend not to be?

I suspect its more that if I'm wound up by something once, ever in my whole life and respond in a cross manner, he remembers for ever. Which explains why I have been singled out for pinching non-stop since Dec 23rd (after he's been going for me for an hour or so I lost my temper on Dec 23rd). "You've just reinforced it" said dh- too bloody right!

He has wind up days (today was one) when he runs around giggling doing known naughty thing after known naughty thing with perfect eye contact. Trying to get a rise. He does look quite funny when he's pretending to do something because he looks right at you (eg tongue out- just almost, not quite touching the water in the pool).