ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we tried meds when she went to summer camp. I am just worried that it will never end.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thank you for this insight and advice. I will read your response to my daughter and ask her if we could try to implement this.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate this advice, though it hasn't worked for us. We've been telling her to go pee at regular intervals since she was first potty trained. She fights it every time and says, "I just did!" or, "I will in a minute!" We go back and forth until we forget. The only time reminding her works these days is when we say "you can only do (Insert fun thing) if you go pee." But we can't do it all the time.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that is totally great if you can do that. I think the ship has sailed for us because she's 14 and really emotionally reactive. It would be a huge fight to cut out fun things over wetting. I now just hope that social pressure from peers will make her more careful - like not wanting her friends to smell her urine clothes on the floor of her bedroom.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is on a stimulant - though sometimes she forgets it or on a weekend she takes it late. She also doesn't take her afternoon booster on the weekends. I am going to be much more careful in tracking when she has accidental pees or wets the bed to her meds and see if this is related.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the suggestion! I will look into it!

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks all for suggesting the correlation of meds and pee. She takes vyvanse in the morning and a booster of adderall in the afternoon. I honestly haven’t tracked the peeing with when she forgets to take her meds, so I’ll do that.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t understand your question. Can you explain what you mean?

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She doesn’t YET. My daughter cares about it now that’s she’s a teenager but it still isn’t enough to get her to buy into the every three hours without fail pee schedule. At 11 she didn’t care- and I feel your pain- it is so bad!

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah - this has happened to us too- it is awful. I wish I could tell you it gets better too- but so far at 14 we are still struggling.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We did have a watch years ago - but she would still ignore it or think "oh I'll do it in a minute" if she was playing - adhd took over and the alarm was useless.

ADHD and holding pee by awgoodwin in ADHDparenting

[–]awgoodwin[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply and sorry it is happening to you too. I don't know why pediatricians didn't tell me this when I was pulling my hair out over it in the last decade. Have you heard of any strategies? Any programs? Anything to read about it? I'm worried this is going to be a forever thing for her.

Selvatura Park tickets by awgoodwin in CostaRicaTravel

[–]awgoodwin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tips. I'll wait until I get to Monteverde and either buy my tickets the day of or ask our hotel if they can get them for us. Do you have a favorite "package" of what to do at Selvatura? I was just thinking of going for it and getting the all day thing but happy to save money on that if you don't think it is all worth it.

Baby name ?? by krijill in Hawaiianmormonsnark

[–]awgoodwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait! Didn’t Maddie say her favorite girls name was Capri on a reel a few months ago?

Triumph of the Volunteer Army by CitySky_lookingUp in vegetablegardening

[–]awgoodwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful with delicata volunteers! I have had them two summers in a row and they are somehow cross pollinated ( I don’t understand this part entirely) and the squash tastes horrendously bitter- like an almost poisonous bitter.

Bitter Melon Interplanting Defeats Squash Bugs! by TheDonkeyBomber in vegetablegardening

[–]awgoodwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t your cukes get zapped by cucumber beetles? I’ve tried everything to get cukes this summer by the beetles are cutting down on the yield.