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The Question of the Week for September 17, 2006:

Up to what age did you wet the bed?

Number of responses received: 45

ResponseCountPercentGraph
3 or under00.0%
424.4%
524.4%
636.7%
712.2%
836.7%
900.0%
1000.0%
1124.4%
1224.4%
1324.4%
1448.9%
1524.4%
1636.7%
17 or over36.7%
Still wetting at my current age1635.6%
Total:45  
Overall, how frequently do/did you wet the bed?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Every night (100%)1226.7%
Frequently (75% or more)1533.3%
Fairly often (50% to 75%)920.0%
Sometimes (25% to 50%)511.1%
Occasionally (10% to 35%)36.7%
Rarely (Less than 10%)12.2%
Never00.0%
Total:45  
What kinds of diapers have you worn for bedwetting?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Cloth1533.3%
Disposable diapers3168.9%
Goodnites1840.0%
Multiple underpants48.9%
Other makeshift diapers36.7%
No diapers715.6%
As a boy, did you typically wear just diapers or wear pajamas, too?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Diapers only, no shirt1330.2%
Diapers and shirt614.0%
Diapers and pajamas top only511.6%
Diapers and full pajamas1944.2%
Total:43  
What else have you had to use for bedwetting?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Plastic/rubber mattress liner3577.8%
Nasal spray48.9%
Bedwetting alarm1022.2%
Medication613.3%
Did you want to still wear diapers after you stopped bedwetting?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Yes2444.4%
Yes, but not right away916.7%
No47.4%
Still a bedwetter, would continue wearing diapers if I stopp1120.4%
Still a bedwetter, would not continue wearing diapers if I s23.7%
Still a bedwetter, not sure if I would still wear diapers47.4%
Total:54  
For which reasons did you want to still wear diapers after you stopped bedwetting?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Sexual arousal1124.4%
I didn't trust my body613.3%
I felt more secure2657.8%
I was used to wearing them1737.8%
Afraid I'd still wet1737.8%
Because my brother still wore diapers36.7%
Because a friend of mine still wore diapers24.4%
Punishment24.4%
How often do/did you poop in your diapers even if you only needed them for bedwetting?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Always36.7%
Usually715.6%
Sometimes817.8%
Rarely920.0%
Never1840.0%
Total:45  
At what age did you gain acceptance for having to wear diapers because of bedwetting?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
3 or under614.0%
424.7%
5511.6%
6511.6%
737.0%
824.7%
937.0%
1049.3%
1112.3%
1249.3%
1300.0%
1400.0%
1524.7%
1612.3%
17 or over00.0%
Never511.6%
Total:43  
Including brothers, how many boys do/did you know who wear diapers for bedwetting?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
None1227.3%
1 boy613.6%
2 boys1125.0%
3 boys818.2%
4 boys36.8%
5 boys00.0%
6 boys12.3%
7-10 boys00.0%
10-15 boys12.3%
More than 15 boys24.5%
Total:44  
Does bedwetting run in your family?

ResponseCountPercentGraph
Yes, very much613.3%
Yes, to some degree1226.7%
Not very much613.3%
Not at all920.0%
Total:45  
What was it like when you realized that you were not wetting as much or at all anymore? Include your feelings about your future prospects of wearing or not wearing diapers:

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15I was very happy that I had stopped wetting the bed. I think this was my first indication about me being a DL when I remember wanting to wear diapers even after I was no longer a bedwetter.
  13Felt better. It finally stopped.
Doug  14It was a relief at first because i thoughti would completely stop peeing at night or during naps. but it has never completley stopped, evne when my mom or my brother wake me and take me to the bathroom to pee...i still wet the bed most of the time soi still have to wear diapers at home.
dave  14I thought it was a good thing.
DLBoy  26It was good and bad. I was happy to not wet and felt really big because a couple of friends still wet. But I was sad that I wouldn't get attention from my mom anymore.
Mike J  17I didn't care, but my elders were relieved that they didn't have to change me A.S.A.P
Robby  46At 8 I was happy to be done with diapers
Roger  12I was hoping that it would stop as I really did not like the nightly diapers and plastic pants.
Ben  21I was relieved that I wouldn't wake up wet anymore. In spite of that, I didn't really mind wearing diapers.
Jeff  12Unfortunately, I've never stopped wetting the bed yet. I soak my diaper every single night.
Teen DL from CA  17i was sad when i stopped, but started up again. wore only sometimes since i had to be careful so i didn't get caught (parents found out once, i stopped for a year, and restarted, they still think i stopped, but are getting suspicious)
  52Glad that I would not have to wear diapers, and could go on sleep overs without diapers.
Jerry Scott  44I will always wear diaper.
Mike P.  56I'm incontinent and in a sense I've never stopped bedwetting. But wetting while asleep is just one aspect (and a minor one at that) of my incontinence.
JJ  10its rocks
Kyle  19I was a bedwetter until I was 16. But the doctors told my parents not to let me wear diapers long before that, so I really didn't connect the two. Around 14, I thought I had stopped, and then relapsed, and thought I could get back in diapers.
Adam  18It took me a few weeks to realize that I was not wetting as much, I still wet but only about twice a month
Did you ever go through any periods of bedwetting when you did not wear diapers? What were these experiences like?

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15I did a few times, and it was horrible. I went without a diaper for about a week and I wet the bed every night that week. Eventually, my parents bought me some baby diapers (Huggies I believe) and some Pull-Ups (I was 4 at the time).
  13I wet 2 or 3 times between 13-15. Drenched the sheets and hated it.
Doug  14No i have tog wear my diapers all day when im at home until i learn how to stop wetting the bed. so i havent slept in anything but diapers or goodnites forever.
Dill Hickey  23I like stopped wearing diapers 2 bed when 15 but still wud do it once ina while to when iwas like almost 17
dave  14on holidays or something when we didnt have any, I'd sleep without them, but I dont remember too much.
DLBoy  26Nope.
Mike J  17Summer camp
Roger  12An alarm system was tried and it fastened to my underpants and it was tried for a long time. I would wake usually sometime after the bed had gotten wet. Also tried going withour diapers for a time to see if that would help me stop wetting.
Jeff  12My mom would periodically let me go diaperless but after a couple nights of soaked sheets, she would tell me I wasn't ready to wear big boy underwear at night yet and begin diapering me again.
Teen DL from CA  17yes, woke up wet and washed bedding.
bedwetter  16yes and it was a bad feeling to wake up with wet sheets and clothes in the morning
  52Yes when my parents tried a bedwtting alarm, which was worse as I shared a room with my brother and would wake him up...After weeks of this (the alarm rarely woke me up) he told my parents that the BABY should be put back in diapers, and I was....
Jerry Scott  44I wear diaper for a long time.
Diaper Spike  24Yes. Not so good.
Mike P.  56No. I've always worn diapers at night.
JJ  10nope wore diapers the hole time
Kyle  19When I was around 8, my doctor told us that I shouldn't be wearing diapers, as that would make me feel as if bedwetting was okay. I was angry, but said nothing.
Adam  18nope, I would rather have a wet diaper than I wet bed
How did non-diaper methods of dealing with bedwetting compare to using diapers? If you had a choice how would you have wanted to handle your bedwetting?

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15I was better off wearing a diaper to bed. I would choose diapers anytime over not wearing diapers if I still wet the bed.
  13I wanted to wear diapers to bed but my mother wouldn't let me. I had a rubber sheet instead.
Doug  14the only noo-diaper methods have been spankings and being grounded in thehouse or my room or getting sent outside to play in the yard in my diapers..and not if it had worked yet
Dill Hickey  23even after i stopped wetting my bed my mom wud make me have rubber sheets on my bed to when i was like 17. and my brother did 2
dave  14I'd have stayed in diapers, i ahd no non-diaper experiences
DLBoy  26I was diapered until I was dry.
Mike J  17Non-diaper methods meant frequent visits to the bathroom which I personally hated because I had to get up frequently. It far more convenient just to use a diaper.
Roger  12They had their place and trying to overcome bedwetting is something all younger bedwetters want to do as we are told that big boys don't wear diapers.
Jeff  12I absolutely hate the fact that I wear baby diapers to bed because I can't keep my bed dry. We've tried virtually everything from bedwetting alarms to medications to spanking - nothing has worked. My mom says at least if I'm wearing a diaper, only the diaper gets wet.
bedwetter  16i would have liked to been in diapers the whole time i wet the bed
  52Diapers turned out to be the most efective way to handle the bedwetting, but it would of been hard to convince me of that when I was a kid.
Jerry Scott  44I would still wet the bed.
Diaper Spike  24made no difference
JJ  10wear diapers
dude  15the non diaper method made me soak my bed,and id choose disposable dipers
Kyle  19The plastic sheet was just for protection, I didn't like the medication or the nasal spray.
Adam  18Non-diaper methods really didnt work. It was keeping a liquid log and using the restroom more than usually, but it really didnt work.
What are/were the worst things about bedwetting?

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15Waking up in cold pee on a cold night.
DiaperDon  36Probably the worst was waking up with wet sheets sticking to my skin. I often wet more than the capacity of my diaper, and would wake up in a puddled mess. I hated having guests over who would see me in my diapers, and didn't want to sleep-over anywhere for the same reason.
  13Extreme humiliation.
  Traveling and staying at other peoples homes
Doug  14if i start to rash then i get covered in rash medicines and i feel greasy and sticky all the time and then have to go naked beowo the waist after school untili go to bed so therash will get air and dry out and i have to sit on towels or on the floor so i dont leave grease stains on furniture. it is embarrasssing at times to be the only one naked or mostly naked even tho it ijust my family. i have two guy friends who have seen me in a diaper or with nothig on due the rashes..fortunately they are brothers and close to my age and their family keeps my secret. their family has had to babysit me a lot in the past so they understand but it is still hard to be the only boy who still wets himself.
Dill Hickey  23it wasnt so bad if i had a diaper on but sucked if i wasnt wearing any thing. i wud drench my sheets at like 3 in the morning and have 2 get my mom 2 help clean me up and it wud wake up my bro
DLBoy  26Feeling nervous at sleepover and smelling like pee in the morning.
Mike J  17People getting upset over it.
Robby  46The constant concern that I would fall asleep before being diapered.
Roger  12Mom would put the diapers and plastic pants at the end of my bed so they were ready for me when bedtime came and everybody could see them, also my sister would take the plastic pants and run through the house saying these are Roger's baby pants these are Rogers baby pants.
Ben  21Having to wake up in a urine puddle after my Goodnites would leak.
Jeff  12Getting a disposable diaper put on me at 8pm every single night by my little sister. Then waking up the next morning hoping against hope that my diaper is dry but always realizing that it's absolutely soaked. And if it's in the summer, having to wear my soaking wet baby diaper until after lunch because my older sister is, according to her, "trying to potty train me by making me walk around in my own urine."
Teen DL from CA  17waking up to wet bed when not diapered, waking up wet and poopy when diapered!!!
bedwetter  16wakeing up with wet sheets and clothes and the spankings i used to get before i was back in diapers
  52Have to wear them on trip and having other people see (know) that I was wearing them. The times without diapers and waking up in a wet cold bed. Haveing to be diapered in front of my younger cousins on long trip to see relitives, two of the boys were also bedwetters but my aunt didn't use diapers on them.
tissegutt  14My parents treat my like a little boy. And I have too gow too bed early.
Jerry Scott  44clean up the next morming
Diaper Spike  24wet sheets and an upset mother
Mike P.  56The worst thing was leaking through my rubber pants. Until I started using disposable diapers, I always wore two cloth diapers overnight and always had a plastic mattress protector. I hated waking up with wet pajamas and wet bed clothes and my bedroom smelling of pee. I slept with my younger brother for a brief period (this never worked well because of my incontinence issues) and it was tough on him when I leaked (usually through the leg openings of my plastic panties). Sometimes I pooped overnight, but not that often
JJ  10the smell
dude  15the cold feeling of my clothesd
Kyle  19Emarassing situations - sleepovers, and brother knowing
Adam  18The worst is just wakig up in the morning with a really wet diaper, That an travel its kinda embarassing taveling with diapers in your bag
Were there any good things you felt there was about bedwetting? If so, please describe them.

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15I would have to say the diapers. My mom would come into my room with 2 diapers and wipes before I went to bed (4 at the time). See would put me in a thick Huggies, then set the other diaper next to my bed. If I wet during the night, I was to wake her up and tell her. Then she would change my diaper.
  13I liked my rubber sheet a lot.
Doug  14when i wake up and im starting to pee it feels too good to get up and use the bathroom so i just let it go.
DLBoy  26Lots of extra attention from my parents.
Mike J  17You made some good relations with people who also bedwetted and those who change you.
Roger  12Having diapers on in bed kept the bed dry. In a way it made me fell better about bedwetting. Also there were other boys and girls in the family who wet the bed and wore diapers for it.
Jeff  12None. It's humilitating to be wearing baby diapers at an age when most kids have been out of disposable diapers for approximately a decade.
Teen DL from CA  17one word, DIAPERS!!!
bedwetter  16getting back into diapers
  52As I got older I really liked my diapers...
tissegutt  14Too wear diapers and plastic pant
Jerry Scott  44I the feeling of bedwetting there is nothing like doing without know you wet the bed.
Diaper Spike  24no
Mike P.  56I didn't need to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom,
JJ  10wearing hte diapers
Kyle  19Warmth of a goodnite in the winter
Adam  18Later it was just that Im not the only one
How did you feel about friends knowing about your bedwetting? How did this affect sleepovers for you (as a host and as a guest?)

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15I didn't really care, because I had a few friends who still wet the bed also.
DiaperDon  36I didn't want anyone to know. I avoided sleepovers whenever possible.
  13Never did sleepovers until I was 16 or 17.
  only one friend and all my relatives knew
Doug  14i have one friend who wet the bed until about year ago and he wore goodnites until then too and heand i had sleepovers so only his brother and my brother knew about us and they dont tell anyone aboaut it. i have skipped other sleepovers with other friends because i am not ever going to let them know i have to wear diaper.
Dill Hickey  23did not do sleep ovres
dave  14no one cared much, i had friends who also wet so we had alot of fun together
DLBoy  26I didn't want them to know and I never went on sleepovers or hosted until I was dry.
Mike J  17My best friends took it normally because they do so as well. It didn't affect me so much because my friend's parents knew I wet the bed as well and they didn't mind changing my diapers. They were kind of like a second family to me.
Robby  46I did not want them to know. I had few sleep overs and only with other boys that were diapered at night.
Roger  12Would wear 3 pair of underpants and plastic pants when sleeping over, they were okay with it.
Ben  21My friends never found out that I had a Goodnite on under my boxers. Or, if they had known, they had never brought it up with me.
Jeff  12Everyone at school knows I still wear baby diapers to be every night. I rarely sleep over at anyone's house because all people want to do is make fun of me and stick my hand in warm water as soon as I fall asleep to make me soak my diaper sooner. As if I need any more help.
Teen DL from CA  17they don't know.
bedwetter  16did nit mind at all
 18we had diaper sleepovers
  52I was kind of a loner as I was always afraid some one might find out that I wet the bed, as I saw a couple of kid in school being found out and they were made fun of. Never volinteered to go or host any sleep overs.
tissegutt  14I have a frieds like my.sow we was together.
Jerry Scott  44I do not have friend over because they would not understand about bed wetting.
Diaper Spike  24friends didnt know....I hope
Mike P.  56A lot of people knew I wore diapers all of the time because of my spina bifida. Although I can't remember being invited to sleepovers and we never hosted any, I wouldn't have been able to do them because of my incontinence.
JJ  10fine some of my fiends wear them too
dude  15didnt have or go to sleepovers
Kyle  19Any sleepover was scary for me. Only one (as far as I know) ever found out. I had wet and didn't have anything else to wear, so I asked to borrow something, and he asked why and i had to explain. he just laughed and i went commando the rest of the time.
Adam  18My friends were actually really cool with it. One wet himself and was glad like me to find someone else and the other we kinda made wear diapers at bedtime and he didnt mind
How did your parents treat you and deal with your bedwetting?

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15They acted like it was no big deal, because they knew I would grow out off it (which I did).
DiaperDon  36Other than the diapers, they just treated me like a normal kid. At 10 or 11, they took me to a urologist who did several tests and a surgery with no change in the bedwetting. Then they got a bedwetting alarm, and I would get punished if I didn't use it properly.
  13They always humiliated me over it.
  Pretty much just like a baby
Doug  14Not happy so that is why i am reguired to wear diapers all the time when im at home.
Dill Hickey  23had to have diapers on at night untill i stopped. my older bro did it 2 to he was like almost 14 i think. we both had 2 have rubberpants on 2
DLBoy  26They were supportive but took protective measures.
Mike J  17They just kept me in diapers
  My mom wanted to get me out of diapers as soon as possible. My dad was more concerned about protecting furniture, especially when we visited relatives houses...unfourtanately my mother ultimately won.
Robby  46It was matter of fact. However, I was always reminded that I could not do somethings because I still used diapers. "That's for boys who do not wear diapers." "You are getting too old for this [often said while I was getting diapered.] "You will get to do that when you stop wearing diapers."
Roger  12They were very careful to make sure I was comfortable with diapers and would not allow me to feel uncomfortable about it. They were supportive.
Ben  21It was not a big deal to my parents. I was potty trained right around my third birthday with little trouble, although I continued to wet the bed for many years, until I was 14. I suspect the continued bedwetting was not a surprise to my parents for a number of reasons; first, I was a deep sleeper; second, my brother (two years older than me) also wet (he would continue to wet until shortly after he turned 8); and lastly, both of my parents were bedwetters as well; my dad wet until he was about 10 or 11, and my mom wet until she was about 13. Numerous other members of my extended family were also wetters.

They simply put vinyl mattress covers on our beds, diapers on us, and that was that. We were never punished or humiliated; they knew this was out of our control and that we would outgrow it in time. I wore standard baby diapers at night until I was 6, and my brother wore them until he outgrew his wetting at 8. After I outgrew diapers, I wore Pull-Ups until I was 9, Goodnites until 13, and spent the last year in store brand adult Pull-Ups.

Jeff  12My mom treats me like a toddler. Every night she has to loudly tell me to let my little sister put my diapee on me. Every morning during the school year she asks me if I'll please stop wetting the bed like a little baby before I graduate from high school.
Teen DL from CA  17no different.
  52they treated me fairly normaly and tried to keep it a family secret. After the age of about 13 my dad stop trying to hide it and would make comments just about anywhere about his baby son.
tissegutt  14They treat my like i was a youg child. My Bed time was always at seven a clock.
Jerry Scott  44They do not know I clean up in the morning.
Diaper Spike  24spanked me
Mike P.  56It was just one aspect of my disability.
JJ  10started off spanking than babying
dude  15theyd make me sleep naked with no covers and would sit there and if i peed would spank me
Kyle  19they were very understanding.
How did your brothers treat you and deal with your bedwetting?

NameAgeAnswer
DiaperDon  36It was just normal and they didn't do anything different.
Doug  14im still a baby to him and he teases me a lot. plus he wont let me ever sleep in his room and if we are on vacation he makes sure i wear two diapers when we share a hotel bed because i have accidently leaked at night a few times and he gets real mad if he gets wet. he usaall finds a way to hit me or twist my nipples or hit my balls when that happened. otherwise he is okay..he makes sure wheni take a bath that the diaper is real tight just before i got to bed and that i have dried off carefully after i bath so i dotngete rashes so easily.
Dill Hickey  23he wud never laugh at me or squeal becuase he did it 2 and i wud squeal on him if he ever did.. he wud change me alot of the time at night cause iwas geting embarased about my mom seing me with out any clothes on
DLBoy  26My brother was too young.
Ben  21He sympathized with me for the entire time. He never teased me or made a big deal about it, and he didn't even mind if I got into his unused bunk bed during the night after I'd wet my own.
Teen DL from CA  17no brothers.
  52Got teased about it a lot, and it was a great weapon to get me to do things.
Jerry Scott  44No brothers
Mike P.  56It was difficult when we slept together. He understood it wasn't my fault as it was something I had no control over. As long as I didn't leak it wasn't too bad, although I always smelled wet in the morning. But it wasn't pleasant for him when the bed clothes were wet and eventually we went back to separate beds.
JJ  10babying
Kyle  19ingored it.
How did your sisters treat you and deal with your bedwetting?

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15My sister was a baby.
DiaperDon  36It was just normal and she rarely did anything different.
  13They laughed at me.
Dill Hickey  23none
DLBoy  26No sisters.
Mike J  17They didn't want to be involved.
Roger  12At times she could be a pain about it, but she was kept in check pretty much by mom and dad. She got spanked a few times for teasing me to much.
Jeff  12They tease me alot and are always patting my diaper to see if it's wet or not. My little sister is especially annoying because she always tells me that she's younger than me and potty trained while I'm older and still in diapers and therefore I'm the baby of the family.
Teen DL from CA  17didn't know.
  52They never said much as they were both younger and I had always worn diapers. I did overhear them with their friends tell about me
Jerry Scott  44Sister found out and told my mother about the bedwetting My sister still know about my diaper and my bedwetting.
Diaper Spike  24dunno
JJ  10ingor
Kyle  19no sisters at time
What advice would you give to a boy who is dealing with negative feelings about bedwetting?

NameAgeAnswer
Brian  15That they shouldn't be ashamed about it, and that a lot of boys go through it.
  13Don't feel bad about it. It will stop on it's own someday.
  Try to accept it and live with it. It could be a lot worse.
Doug  14just realize that everyone has weird things about themselves and learn to enjoy being free in your diaper. it will be come normal andit feels good most fo the time too.
Dill Hickey  23like dont let it bug u. it will stop on its own somday
dave  14enjoy it while it lasts
DLBoy  26It's *only* bedwetting. In the grand scheme of thing...no big deal. If you're diapered, enjoy it. Accentuate the positive.
Mike J  17It's harder to get out of it once you begin showing signs of it so early treatment is the best advice. If you don't want to get rid of it, then just stick with diapers.
Roger  12Talk with your folks about it as much as you want to, make sure they know how you feel. If you wear diapers or pullups it's to keep your bed dry and you comfortable and lets you have a goo nights sleep.
Ben  21You'll outgrow it eventually. The wetting will just stop someday.
Jeff  12Join the club.
Teen DL from CA  17it's okay to wet your bed, no one ever died from a wet bed.
  52Todays kid have it better as there are more products, wish i could of worn goodnights or something like them, much better than a wet bed. All I had as a kid was cloth diapers and plastic pants...
Jerry Scott  44Be your self do not let people charge if you like it.
Diaper Spike  24wear diapers and be proud of the fact that you are protecting your sheets.
Mike P.  56My situation is much different than most bedwetters, so I don't know if I can give expert advice about overcoming it. However, I'd say just hang in there, and don't be ashamed. Sooner or later you'll overcome it and you'll look back at it as only a minor inconvenience on life's path.
JJ  10dont liscen to them
dude  15wear diapers
Kyle  19don't worry about, you will outgrow it... if you want to.

Average Age of respondents to this question:26.8
Range of ages of respondents:9 -  56

Age Distribution
Under 101
10-145
15-1911
20-247
25-293
30-340
35-391
40-443
45-493
50-543
55-591
60-640
65-690
70-740
75-790
80+0

Youth Age Distribution
60
70
80
91
101
110
121
130
143
153
160
175

Comments

NameAgeComment
Dill Hickey  23my bro bedwet till he was like 14 and had to wear diapers at night to and my mom made both of us have rubber sheets to when we were like both 18 and i trashed my first matress when i was like 16
Teen DL from CA  17look for me on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/i_am_a_bedwetter.

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