Desmopressin Desmopressin is the most popular medicine used to treat bedwetting. A dose is given just before bedtime. It comes both in tablet form and as a nasal spray. (With the nasal spray the medicine is absorbed directly into the bloodstream from the nostril. The spray is not suitable if the child has a cold or runny nose as the medicine will not be absorbed.) How does desmopressin work? It works mainly by reducing the amount of urine made at night by the kidneys. Therefore, the

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KIDS SPENDING AND THE NAG FACTOR Few people take the power of children more seriously than advertising executives. Marketers are interested in children both as consumers and for the enormous influence they have on their parents’ buying patterns. Kids’ spending is skyrocketing. In 1991, children aged four to 12 spent $8.6 billion of their own money each year.By 1999, four- to 12-year-olds took in $31.3 billion in income from allowance, jobs and gifts, and spent 92 percent of it. In 2001,

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Heel Raises- Lifting and lowering the heels is a strength-training exercise even the youngest children can do. It also helps with balance. Stand facing your child. Hold hands. Slowly lift and lower your heels, encouraging your child to do the same thing at the same time. Also: Pause each time you rise onto tiptoe, counting aloud to five. Instead of just raising your heels, you and your child can jump (two feet) or hop (one foot) lightly in place. Try all of these

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Heads, Bellies, Toes- This game helps with identifying body parts, flexibility, and understanding the concepts of up, down, low, and high. Stand facing your child. Beginning slowly, call out the names of the three body parts that are in the title, asking your child to touch each part as he hears its name. Once your child is successful at this, reverse - and mix up - the order of body parts. Also: Change the tempo at which you call out the body parts - sometimes slow and

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Let your baby find out what her legs can do while she learns about cause and effect. • Lay the baby on her back. • Place a small pillow or a stuffed animal by the baby's feet. • Encourage her to kick it! Also: • If the baby doesn't kick the object on her own, hold it just close enough to let her feel it with the bottom of her feet. • Make sure she gets to kick with both right and left feet. • Use language to encourage her and describe what she's doing. For example: "You're

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