Hi Cheryl,
My thought was not that the child's bed-wetting was CAUSED by her uptight
mother, but that the mother persisted in insisting that her daughter was
toilet-trained even though the evidence proved otherwise.
Sorry if this caused any confusion!

Norma Ritter, IBCLC
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>Norma, I wouldn't count bed-wetting as a failure in "toilet training".
Bed-wetting runs in families. It is familial. The urethral or bladder
sphincter relaxes during the deep sleep phase in some people. One
percent of the discharges from the army are related to bed-wetting.
Bed-wetting runs in my husbands family. Of my 4 children (who were
breastfed at least 2 years each and not encouraged to use the toilet
until 2 1/2 - 3 years old), one wet the bed until 7 ; one until 8 and
one until 13. This was a physical thing, not an "uptight mother" thing.
Cheryl Muller, RNC. IBCLC

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>This same little girl was pronounced toilet-trained shortly after her
>two-year birthday, despite the fact that she wet her bed every single night
>for over a year after that - but don't all children have accidents?





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