No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry [Paperback]

Samuel J. Arnold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1997

In this reassuring, eye-opening book, noted urologist Samuel J. Arnold explains how almost all childhood bedwetting can be cured or controlled. Drawing on over 35 years of experience--and thousands of actual cases--Dr. Arnold illustrates how, contrary to conventional thinking, most bedwetting is caused by underlying physical conditions--conditions that often can be corrected quickly and effectively. And he dispels the harmful and mistaken notion that long-term bedwetting is caused by disobedience, toilet-training conflicts, or parental attitudes.

This essential and supportive guide can help you help your child. No More Bedwetting reveals:
* The many different factors behind bedwetting
* How to determine the root cause of your child's problem and what to do about it
* The roles of heavy sleep, diseases, anatomical problems, allergies, hormones, and other factors
* The damage of harmful treatments such as punishment or withholding fluids
* A full range of tested strategies and recommendations

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This book helps parents and other concerned caregivers understand what causes bedwetting and what can be done about it. Shows parents how to handle each type of bedwetting; whether the cause is anatomical, psychological, or a sleep problem. Explains the most effective treatment that parents can use to save their child from unnecessary shame and damage to self-esteem.

From the Back Cover

In this reassuring, eye-opening book, noted urologist Samuel J. Arnold explains how almost all childhood bedwetting can be cured or controlled. Drawing on over 35 years of experience—and thousands of actual cases—Dr. Arnold illustrates how, contrary to conventional thinking, most bedwetting is caused by underlying physical conditions—conditions that often can be corrected quickly and effectively. And he dispels the harmful and mistaken notion that long-term bedwetting is caused by disobedience, toilet-training conflicts, or parental attitudes.

This essential and supportive guide can help you help your child. No More Bedwetting reveals:

• The many different factors behind bedwetting
• How to determine the root cause of your child's problem and what to do about it
• The roles of heavy sleep, diseases, anatomical problems, allergies, hormones, and other factors
• The damage of harmful treatments such as punishment or withholding fluids
• A full range of tested strategies and recommendations

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471146900
• ISBN-13: 978-0471146902
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,448,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry, July 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry (Paperback)

I found this book to be very informative on the various factors that can cause a childs bedwetting. I also strongly agree with the authors view on how important it is to support your child and obtain help for him or her early on. However, I was looking for more techniques on how to help my "deep sleeper" stay dry and very few were offered. This was a good book for parents to start with, those who are just beginning to research the problem.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No More Bedwetting, May 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry (Paperback)

Found the book very informative. The medical information was in layman's terms. The book was easy to read. Very good in helping to understand all aspects associated with bedwetting behavior - physical, emotional, and sleep related. Was able to present helpful information to the doctor to get what my son needed.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars a surgeon thinking with his knife, December 28, 2007

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Eleanor Lin (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry (Paperback)

I read this book loooking for tips on how to use a bed alarm. I found very little information about that. The book, written by a urologist, is very focused on the diseases and abnormalities that can cause bedwetting. It includes many distressing stories of patients who were plagued by by urinary problems, infections, and erectile dysfunction as adults because the cause of their childhood bedwetting had not been treated. It goes so far as to say that if your child's bedwetting stops by itself or with the use of a bed alarm, you should still have a doctor investigate the cause of the bedwetting. It is my understanding that the vast majority of bedwetters have no underlying pathology, so the emphasis of this book seems unbalanced.