This book is really two books in one. The first part is devoted to helping parents understand bedwetting and the second part is devoted to helping children overcome bedwetting.
The first part is a good overview and is full of practical advice which may help some parents to cope better with their child's bedwetting.
The second part of the book begins with an introduction which sets the stage by telling a story about a girl named Erin who could not stay overnight at her friend Brandi's house because Erin is concerned about her ability to remain dry during the night.
Her mother gives her a picture book (which is essentially DRY ALL NIGHT) about a boy named Christopher who meets a magic camel named Dan who explains to him how his bladder works and some reasons why he is having trouble staying dry at night. Dan leads Christopher on a trip through Dryland where he learns to imagine himself in different situations while asleep and to give himself cues and clues so that he will remain dry at night.
"Dry All Night" is very well respected and has been a staple in the bedwetting treatment community for the past ten years. It is a very good way for some children to become more aware of their bladder while asleep by giving them situations to visualize.
"Dry All Night" is also a good adjunct for children who are using an enuresis alarm because for example it asks Christopher to visualize his bladder as a firetruck all full up with water. When the firebell sounds he needs to wake up very fast, get out of bed, drive to fire and shoot all the water at it.
There are many of these kinds of visualizations which hopefully the child will think about subconsciously and react to while alseep. I believe "Dry All Night" is geared more to children 8 and older who are really having trouble being dry at night. For some children, the book alone might just do the trick, particularly for kids who wet sporadically or particularly after a fatiguing day because these kids have demonstrated the ability to be dry but just need to pay more attention while asleep.
It can also be an asset for children who are deep sleepers using an alarm based program like TRY for DRY because it may help them to be more aware of their bladder signals while asleep.
Dry All Night is 175 pages, colorfully illustrated and available as a paperback.
For more information about bedwetting see my epinions on the books "Getting to Dry", "Dry Days Wet Nights" and "Accidental Lily." For more information about bedwetting in general visit www.tryfordry.com.
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