Sanity Savers - Fun Facts

It’s always good to have a laugh, especially when problems and issues feel insolvable and uncontrollable. Here are a few “did you know” facts and poems that we thought might bring a smile to your face when dealing with bedwetting.

If you know of any others please feel free to send them to us at info@brollysheets.co.nz

• Dandelions contain a strong diuretic. In fact, the French word for dandelion is ‘pissenlit’, which means literally ‘pee in bed’.
• “A European study estimated that a family with a child who wets the bed nightly will pay about $1,000- a year for additional laundry, extra sheets, disposable absorbent garments such as diapers, and mattress replacement.” (Wikipedia)
• Through the centuries various treatments for bedwetting have been tried and found wanting, including eating hare or hedgehog testicles, boiled mouse, licking the hooves of a new-born lamb and standing naked over a burning bird’s nest.

 

When Willie Wet the Bed

When Willie was a little boy,
Not more than five or six,
Right constantly did he annoy
His mother with his tricks.
Yet not a picayune cared I
For what he did or said,
Unless, as happened frequently,
The rascal wet the bed.

Closely he cuddled up to me,
And put his hand in mine,
Till all at once I seemed to be
Afloat in seas of brine.
Sabean odors clogged the air
And filled my soul with dread,
Yet I could only grin and bear
When Willie wet the bed.

'Tis many times that rascal has
Soaked all the bedclothes through,
Whereat I'd feebly light the gas
And wonder what to do.

Yet there he lay so peaceful-like,
God bless his curly head!
I quite forgave the little tyke
For wetting of the bed.

Ah, me! Those happy days have flown,
My boy's a father, too,
And little Willies of his own
Do what he used to do.

And I, ah! all that's left for me
Are dreams of pleasures fled,
My life's not what it used to be
When Willie wet the bed!

by Eugene Field, 1850-1895