Age Regression in Dissociative Identity Disorder
Age regression occurs in dissociative identity disorder (DID) particularly, but also in other mental illnesses such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder. While many people with DID have young or child alters, called littles, age regression is something different. So what is age regression, and how do you cope with it?
What Is Age Regression and Who Experiences It?
Age regression, in its simplest definition, is when a person regresses, or goes backward, in age. Age regression can occur spontaneously, or as is more often the case, because of a trigger. While not inherently harmful, regressing can be dangerous if the person is not in a safe place.
Age regression is common in people who have experienced trauma, especially abuse in childhood. There is no limit to how much a person can regress. People may or may not be aware they are regressing.
Age Regression in Dissociative Identity Disorder
Because people with DID have a history of childhood trauma, they are more susceptible to age regression. When people with DID age regress, it's not always a full dissociation or switch to another alter. They may feel like themselves, but yet not feel the right age. They may talk in a more childlike voice and have childlike mannerisms. Sometimes they are aware of these changes, but they don't feel like they have control of them. Other times, they are fully dissociated and not aware that they have regressed. They may look in a mirror and not see themselves.
It is also possible to age regress while experiencing a flashback. These instances are especially difficult because it can lead to reliving the trauma, which can increase suffering and keep the person stuck in a dissociative state.
Tips For Managing Age Regression in DID
While it's not possible to prevent age regression entirely, there are ways to manage and cope when it does happen.
Safety scripts are useful for those who experience age regression and flashbacks frequently. What the safety script says is up to the person and his or her needs, but including "My name is . . ." "I am [however many] years old." and "I am safe." are good statements to include. Keep the safety script in an easily accessible place, like a wallet, bag, or desk drawer, so you can read it when you feel yourself regressing.
Another way of coping with age regression is age progression. Try to determine what age you feel like you are. It's okay if you don't know the exact age -- take an educated guess. Then, work your way up slowly. If you feel like you are 10 years old, acknowledge that age and then slowly increase it at a pace that is comfortable for you, until you get to your actual age. Remind yourself that you are safe.
The best defense is to notice the warning signs. How do you feel before you experience age regression? What are the changes in your body? How does your mind feel? When you start to notice the signs, you can begin working on a plan to keep you as safe as possible when it does happen.
Lastly, don't be afraid to utilize your support systems. Let them know the signs of your experience with age regression. Tell them how they can help you get back to the present moment.
When you have DID, you won't always feel your age. But there is a way to get back to being yourself.
APA Reference
Matulewicz, C.
(2017, November 30). Age Regression in Dissociative Identity Disorder, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
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Author: Crystalie Matulewicz
I attended a close friends wedding yesterday and her two flowergirls were 13 and 10 and both of the girls were dressed up cute in sleeveless,white,poofy,midthigh length dresses with veils,white tights and white maryjane shoes.Under their tights they each had a cloth diaper with babyish looking plastic pants over it and the diaper and plastic pants showed thru their tights and made them look cute and little girl like.My friend told me afterwards that she wanted both girls to wear the diaper and plastic pants under their tights and that both girls and their moms were fine with it.
Hi,Believe me its not hard to feel like a baby while wearing a diaper and rubberpants for bedwetting! Just after i turned 12,i started my puberty and the bedwetting came along with it.My parents got me cloth diapers,diaper pins,rubberpants,babypowder,and diaper rash ointment from various websites.The diapers were thick,just like regular baby diapers and the diaper pins were in pink,yellow and blue and some with teddy bear and duck heads!The rubberpants they got me were in adult size in pastel colors and some with nursery prints on them that i wasn't overly crazy about.Every night before bedtime,i took a quick shower,while mom laid the folded diaper in the center of my bed with the pins,and rubberpants beside it.After my shower, i had to lay down naked on the diaper,mom would rub the rash ointment on me then apply the babypowder.The diaper was then brought up and the corners pinned with the diaper pins.After the diaper was adjusted,i would raise up my legs and mom would pull the rubberpants up my legs and over the diaper and adjust them.Since they were adult size,they fit me blousy and bulged out.After they were on,i would put on my nightgown,go and give dad a hug,then get into bed.The rubberpants crinkled as i walked and made me feel like a baby!A couple of months later,the one night i had a pair of the nursery print rubberpants on over my diaper,and started sucking my thumb!I don't know why i did it,but it made me feel very babyish! Then a short time later,i started sucking my thumb while mom was putting the diaper and rubberpants on me and she thought it was cute! A few days later,as i was about to lay down on the diaper,mom brought out a pacifier and stuck it in my mouth and told me it is better than sucking my thumb,so from then on,i used the pacifier while mom was diapering me.My bedwetting went on all thru 13 and 14 and i got to feeling more and more like a baby! When i was 14,i had my first sleepover with two of my closest friends and they watched mom put the diaper and rubberpants on me,then they told me they wanted to be diapered also,so mom put a diaper and rubberpants on them also,so i wasnt the only one in a diaper!My bedwetting went on all thru 14 and two months into 15 and that was hard,being 15 and like a baby at night.My bedwetting ended and mom was sad that she didnt get to diaper me anymore.The last time i wore the diaper and rubberpants was on my confirmation day in May under my required white floor length dress with the veil.I had the required white tights over them and mom loved it!
To Macy R.-I was like you also! My puberty started at age 12 and the bedwetting shortly after.My parents also put me into cloth diapers and rubberpants at bedtime.I had white and pastel and babyprint rubberpants also and mom put them on me like a baby at bedtime.I started using a pacifier also while mom would be putting the diapers and rubberpants on me and would suck on it in bed.I also had to wear the diapers and rubberpants for Easter,under my Easter dresses and for Christmas under my holiday dresses.When i was 13,i was a flowergirl in a relatives wedding and wore a white,poofy,above the knees flowergirl dress and headwreath with lace anklets and white shoes.Mom put the diapers on me with a pair of white rubberpants with pink ruffles sewn across the back which made me feel really cute and little girlish!All thru 14 my bedwetting went on and i was feeling pretty much like a 'baby' wearing the diapers and rubberpants.Finially,my bedwetting ended just past 15 and i was conflicted,i was mature but still had 'baby'feelings!I finially got up the courage to tell mom that i wanted to keep on wearing the diapers and rubberpants to bed and for the holidays,etc and she said ok,that they would keep me pure like a little girl.I am 17 now and still wearing the diapers and rubberpants occaissonly to bed and for holidays and special occassions.
It is so unfair! I am 14 and in eighth grade and will be recieving my Sacrement of Confirmation on June 2nd.The dress code for us girls is a white,short sleeve,knee length flowergirl style dress with flower crown,white tights and white maryjane style shoes and under our tights,white 'rubberpants'[plasticpants]! We were told that the rubberpants are for to represent the purity of our baptisms and First Communion.Me and a few other girls in my class feel that this is unfair and discriminatory as there are no 'underwear' requirements for the boys! Our parents were given a website to buy the rubberpants from so we will all have the same kind on under our tights.Has anyone here had to wear 'rubberpants' under a confirmation dress like we have to?
To Cassie Peterson- I am 16 and just recieved my Sacrement of 10th grade confirmation on May19th.All of us girls had to wear,white,poofy,short sleeve,floor length dresses with a veil,wrist length gloves and under our dresses,a white undershirt with a 10 ply thick cloth diaper,white adult size rubberpants,white tights and the white patent leather shoes! The parish gave each of us girls the white rubberpants and our moms had to make the diaper.Our tights had to be the high waist kind to completely cover our diaper and rubberpants.Our moms used baby powder on us when they put the diaper and rubberpants on us,so we all smelled of babypowder! It was a little embarrassing for all of us girls,as the boys knew we all had to wear the diaper and rubberpants under our tights.Towards the end of my party,mom took the diaper off of me and i had to wear the rubberpants under the tights untill bedtime!
Our daughter is 16 and is going to be baptized at Easter vigil on March 30th.She is going to wear the traditional,white,poofy,short sleeve,knee length baptism dress and matching bonnet with the white under shirt cloth baptism diaper and rubberpants.She was on the internet and found a website that sells Adultbaby clothing and found a pair of white tights with ruffles across the back and ordered them .She tried them on over her baptism diaper and rubberpants and they looked very cute and 'babyish' on her so she will have them on under her baptism dress.
I am 15 and will be recieving my baptism at Easter sunday mass along with other kids and teens.The dress code for us girls is the poofy,white,short sleeve,knee length baptism dress and bonnet with the white under shirt,cloth diaper,rubberpants,lace anklets and the white maryjane shoes.My parents told me i have to wear the outfit all day up untill bedtime..Most of my friends know about the required outfit us girls have to wear,but i am worried what my boyfriend will think! He is comming to my party in the afternoon and i am paranoid as he might think i am a 'baby'.Will he believe me when i tell him the outfits are required for the girls? Any one got any advice as to how to handle this situation?
Our daughter is 15 and we are getting her ready for her baptism at Easter sunday mass.Instead of the white poofy baptism dress,she chose the baptism gown with the boufant shoulders and lace trim down the front,with the matching bonnet.She will wear the lace anklets and the white maryjane shoes with the gown and bonnet.Her baptism diaper is 10 plies thick and will be pinned on her with pink diaper pins and she chose a pair of babyprint rubberpants to wear over it with a white tee shirt as her top.I am so looking forward to dressing her in her outfit and having her like a 'baby' for her baptism and all day on Easter sunday!
I am 16 also and also being baptized next saturday at Easter vigil.I am going to wear the traditional,white,'babygirl' type outfit to show that i am worthy of entering gods kingdom.My dress is a poofy,'babygirl'style,short sleeve,top of the knees baptism dress and i will have a cute bonnet and the lace anklets and white maryjane shoes.Under my dress i am going to wear a 10 ply thick cloth diaper that mom made for me and will have white,adult size plastic pants over it with a tee shirt as my top.I am going to wear a pacifier on a ribbon around my neck and will use it for my baptism.My parents are happy that i want to be a 'baby' for my baptism! On Easter sunday,i am going to wear my outfit again to Easter mass and for my party in the after noon.For my First Holy Communion on May 19th,i have to wear the tee shirt,diaper and plastic pants again under my poofy communion dress with my lace anklets and the maryjanes.It is a parish requirement for the girls who were baptized at Easter vigil to wear their baptism diaper,plastic pants and tee shirt under their communion dresses since we are still considered newly baptized 'babies'
I am 15 and in a state of shock! My crush dumped me this week after we had been together for several months! I was baptized at Easter morning mass last sunday along with other kids and teens.I wore the traditional,white,'babygirl' type outfit-the white poofy,sleeveless.top of the knees baptism dress and bonnet with a sleeveless undershirt,the cloth diaper and rubberpants with white ruffled tights and white maryjane shoes.After my party was over,my parents went to the nursing home to visit the grandparents.My crush.Eric,came and brought me a card and was taken aback by how i looked! I told him that my outfit is the standard outfit worn by the girls at my parish for baptism.We started kissing,then he put his hand under the back of my dress and felt my diaper and rubberpants under my ruffled tights.He got horny and soon one thing led to another,i wound up on my knees giving him oral sex and swallowing his semen! After that we sat on the couch and he cuddled me,then he left.Two days ago,on thursday he told me he is breaking up with me!When i asked him why,he told me he wants a girlfriend who is not a 'baby'! I am total devastated and in shock!
My 13 year old sister was baptized this past easter sunday at Easter mass and our parents dressed her as a baby! After her bath,they pinned a cloth diaper on her,then put toddler extra large size plastic pants on her over the diaper,then a white tee shirt.Then a white short sleeve,just below the knees,baptism gown was put on her with a matching bonnet,then lace socks and white shoes.She had a pacifier on a ribbon around her neck that she sucked on.She looked very babyish and even was acting some what like a baby!
I am 17 and one of my close friends 14 year old sister made her First Holy Communion this past sunday,May 5th.I went to her party in the afternoon and she was dressed in the traditional,poofy,sleeveless,knee length communion dress and veil with the lace socks and white shoes.She was acting somewhat aloof and didnt seem very happy! I asked my friend why her sister was acting that way and she told me that sis got into trouble the week before and acted like a two year old,so their mom and dad made her wear rubberpants with babyprints on them under her dress as her punishment! She lifted up the front of her sisters dress and showed me,and sure enough she had the babyprint rubberpants on!!
I feel like I need to apologize to everyone. I should not posted all that about my ab/dl lifestyle. In no way do I want to turn this into an ab/dl discussion group. I just posted about that because I thought it might be relevant to the topic of discussion but I probably shouldn’t have posted all that about it. I really don’t know why I have those feelings so strongly about ab/dl stuff but when I regress those are just the thoughts and feelings I have. They say that being bipolar; you always have that feeling that you have done something wrong and I feel like I need to apologize.
I am a man; I am 42, single and have bipolar disorder along with major depression and anxiety disorder's. When I was just 21 months old I had Cancer. There was a tumor on my brain stem the size of a golf ball. I had radiation and kemo-therapy treatments for the next 5 years. Now I don’t think that they do radiation on kids that young anymore because of the effects it can have on a developing brain.I have had difficulties with learning and slow motor skills along with the depression and bipolar disorder. I have been age regressing and wearing diapers since the age of 5. When I regress I like to suck on a pacifier, wear adult baby clothes, drink from a bottle and I modified my twin bed into an adult sized crib, which I sleep in every night. I feel I do these things to relive the childhood I lost due to my illness and treatments. I am not a medical professional nor do I have a medical degree but this makes a lot of sense to me. I feel like I can’t find a girl to date or to marry because I can’t burden them with my problems, not just the adult baby thing but everything that my disorders require. Sorry if this is all one big sentence but my grammar has never been the greatest due to my learning difficulties. I don’t know if I’ll ever get over my desire to act like an adult baby because this is what comforts me and makes me feel safe.
I am 17 and two months ago,i started babysitting for a family with a 12 year old daughter and 10 year old son.The girl is in puberty and bedwetting because of it.Like other girls here,she wears cloth pin on diapers and rubberpants to bed at night.I have to put the diapers and rubberpants on her before bedtime and the problem is she acts and talks like a baby while i am doing her diapering! She sucks on a pacifier also and has told me not to tell her parents that she uses it!What do i do? Just let her use it,or secretly tell her mom?
To Madison J.- I say let her use the pacifier as the diapers and rubberpants obviously make her feel like a baby. I too was a puberty bedwetter,having started at 12 and wore the cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed every night.Just before mom would put the diapers and rubberpants on me,she would put a pacifier in my mouth and i would suck on it while she diapered me,The pacifier helped relax me and i would fall asleep with it in my mouth.I used the pacifier every night ! When i was 14 i finially made my First Holy Communion with the class of 2nd graders.I had to wear a poofy,knee length communion dress and veil with lace anklets and white maryjane shoes.After my bath,i laid on my bed and mom put the pacifier in my mouth,then put the diapers and rubberpants on me with a tee shirt as my top.[The standard first communion under wear worn under the dresses].Mom put the dress and veil,lace anklets and maryjanes on me while i sucked on the pacifier.With the pacifier in my mouth,mom brought me out and showed me to dad and some of my relatives.She lifted up the front of my communion dress and showed them the diapers and rubberpants and told them that they are my bedwetting diapers and rubberpants as to why i had the pacifier in my mouth.I sucked on the pacifier on the way to the parish and joined the little girls with the pacifier still in my mouth.Some of the little girls asked me why i had the pacifier in my mouth and i told them that i had the diapers and rubberpants on under my dress just like they had on.Just before the processional started,i took the pacifier out of my mouth and put in my purse.When we got home i used the pacifier during my party and my friends checked out my diapers and rubberpants and told me i was cute with my pacifier.
When I was 8 years old, I peed my pants in the supermarket. My mom drug me to the bathroom , told me to finish, then left. She came back with a bag of small size Attends briefs. I was diapered and made to finish shopping in only my diaper, a t-shirt and shoes. I was kept in diapers the whole summer and was rarely allowed to wear pants over them. Once school started again, I was allowed to wear pullups during the day but was still diapered every night. This was the normal routine until I graduated high school. I went to college but went back to diapers 24/7. I've been diapered full time for almost 30 years now. I am fully dependent on diapers, all because I wet my pants when I was 8.
My two grandaughters are 13 and 12 and both are in puberty and bedwetting because of it.They both wear cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed at night.They both are finially being baptized next sunday August 5th during mass.Me and their mom are going to dress them in the traditional white,poofy,sleeveless,knee length baptism dresses with matching bonnets,lace anklets and white shoes.We are going to put their diapers and rubberpants on them with a camisole as their top under their dresses.They both will be considered babies for the day.
I am 14 and was the flowergirl in my cousins wedding back on August 12. Mom had me wear a cloth diaper and rubberpants under my poofy dress! she told me they were for to make me feel cute and little girlish and also to prevent me from wanting to sneak off with a boy and fool around which i was thinking about doing during the wedding dance if a boy wanted to..The diaper mom made by sewing 10 cloth baby diapers in the 26x27 inch size together to make the one diaper out of them.She got adult diaper pins to pin it on me with and a pair of milky white adult size rubberpants to go over it.I was dressed in my outfit in the church nursery where mom had me lay in a baby crib.She rubbed baby lotion on me then sprinkled on the baby powder,then pinned the diaper on me.She then pulled the rubberpants up my legs and over the diaper and adjusted them.My camisole was put on me next,then the lace socks,my white shoes,then my poofy sleeveless dress and last my flowercrown..I felt just like a little girl at that time.During the dance,a 15 year old boy told me how cute i looked and danced with me.Later on he wanted to go for a 'walk' with me but i refused as i didnt want him to find the diaper and rubberpants under my dress.
I am a guy and i want to know why guys who like to wear diapers are considered sissies and yet when girls wear diapers,society accepts it and they are thought of as being cute and little girlish! Guys who like wearing diapers have to be discreet and keep it a secret,but yet i have seen both tween and teen girls wearing diapers and plastic pants in weddings,for baptisms,First Communions,and because they like wearing them in general,and they aren't afraid to be seen wearing them and people think its cute and accept it.I have never heard of girls being made fun of or teased because they were wearing diapers and plastic pants,but yet i have heard of guys being called sissies and made fun of because they liked wearing diapers.Is this how our society views equality among the two genders? Can any one shed some light on this?
I am 14 and in puberty and bedwetting because of it.I too have to wear cloth diapers and plastic pants to bed every night and have been wearing them since before age 12! My parents make me wear them on Easter sunday under my Easter dress and also under my christmas dresses with white tights over them.I was told over this past weekend that i have to wear them again to my dads work christmas party and to church on christmas eve and also on christmas day!
I have found that it is far more common for girls and women to regress back to babyhood than it is for guys.Girls and women have a stronger need to be babied and taken care of. Most of the posts here from girls who wear diapers and rubberpants prove the point whether they are bedwetters,for special occasions or they just like wearing them.
Me and my twin sister are now in our late 20s and we were both bedwetters going thru puberty.We both started puberty and our bedwetting before age 12 and mom put both of us into cloth pin on diapers and rubberpants every night.Mom got our cloth diapers and diaper pins and rubberpants from a couple of websites and we also had the 24x27 inch cloth baby diapers as well.Our rubberpants were adult size and in pastels and babyprints that we thought were cute.Every night before bedtime sis and i took a quick shower,then went into our bedroom and laid side by side naked on our bed.Mom would then slide the folded diapers under us,apply diaper rash ointment,then the babypowder,then she would pin the diapers on us and adjust them.Then she would pull our rubberpants up our legs and over our diapers and made sure they covered them.Then it was into our nightgowns,brush our teeth,etc and hop into bed.During the winter months,we wore footed,one piece pj's that zipped up the front and our diapers and rubberpants bulged out under them.Mom also had sis and i wear our diapers and rubberpants for Easter under our easter dresses and also at christmas under our cute holiday dresses.Our bedwetting went on all thru 12,13 and 14 and finially ended just past 15.It was hard on both of us especially at 14 and into 15 having to wear the diapers and rubberpants and knowing our friends knew we wore them!
Is it fair for girls in puberty who are bedwetting and wear cloth diapers and rubberpants to be made to wear them for special occasions and holidays?I was a puberty bedwetter from just before 12 to almost 15 and wore the cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed every night.Mom made me wear them every Easter under my easter dresses and at christmas under my holiday dress and for weddings and any other special events.I always felt somewhat embarrassed having them on and was paranoid that people would see them. How do other girls here feel about this?
To Breanna M.-I am 14 and still bedwetting from puberty..I have been wearing cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed now for over two years and my parents also make me wear them for holidays and special occassions as well! I have had to wear them under my Easter dresses,christmas dresses and in a wedding last year as the flowergirl under my poofy white dress! A week and a half ago on May 7th i did my 8th grade confirmation and per the dress code all of us girls had to wear a white dress,tights and white shoes.Mom made me wear my diapers and rubberpants under the tights and i felt weird and some what embarrassed! She has told me that the diapers and rubberpants are to make me feel pure and little girlish under my dresses for the holidays and special occassions.I dont like having to wear them other than at night for my bedwetting!
To Chrissy M.-You are not alone! I am 14 also and bedwetting in puberty also.I have been wearing cloth diapers and rubberpants for over two years now and i have had to wear them also for Easter and christmas under my dresses.Last sunday,May 21st,i made my First Holy Communion with the 2nd graders and wore the traditional,sleeveless,poofy knee length communion dress and veil with lace anklets and white shoes.After my bath i came into my room and mom had several of my diapers,pins,and a pair of my white rubberpants laying on my bed and told me i have to wear them under my dress for the day.I protested,but she told me that since i was in with the little kids,that they would make me feel more pure and little girlish.I gave in and she put them on me along with a camisole as my top.Before the ceremony,i was talking with three of my friends and mom came over and asked them if i looked cute and little girlish in my outfit and they all said yes.Then she lifted up the front of my dress and showed them the diapers and rubberpants and i turned very red!
I am 14 and my bestie,who is also 14 is still bedwetting from her puberty and wears cloth diapers and plastic pants[rubberpants] to bed every night.She was in a wedding last saturday as one of three flowergirls.The other two girls were 7 and 9 years old.I went with her and her parents to the wedding and when she was dressed in her flowergirl outfit,her mom put her bedwetting diapers and rubberpants on herunder her poofy dress! Her mom told me she did the diapers and rubberpants on her to make her cute and feel little girlish.I felt sorry for her during the whole time!
I am 16 with a twin brother,Kevin.We both recieved our Sacrement of Confirmation back in early September in the class of 23. Kevin and the other boys had to wear white suits and me and the other girls had to wear white,short sleeve floor length dresses with a veil,white gloves.lace anklets and white maryjane shoes.Two weeks before the ceremony,dad told mom that he wanted me diapered under my dress and mom went along with it! She got a package of 26x27 inch cloth diapers and sewed them together in my waist size to make one diaper out of them.She ordered a pair of white adult size rubberpants[plasticpants] and got a card of diaper pins at Walmart.That sunday morning,after my bath,mom had me sit down on my bed and lay back.She slid the folded diaper under me,applied the babypowder,then brought the diaper up and pinned the corners.Then she put my feet into the waist and leg openings of the rubberpants and pulled them up my legs and over the diaper.Since they were adult size,they fit me blousy over the diaper.My top was put on next,then my dress,veil,lace anklets and the shoes.I was brought out and shown to dad and Kevin.Mom lifted up my dress and showed them the diaper and rubberpants and i turned red!I felt weird walking down the aisle with my classmates and having the diaper and rubberpants on under my dress!
To Josie K- I agree with you! I have a 12 year old niece and a 13 year old cousin who are both in puberty and bedwetting from it.They both wear cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed every night and because of that they both feel like they are babies! They each use a pacifier when their moms are putting their diapers and rubberpants on them at bedtime and suck on their pacifiers after they are in bed. Both of them have rubberpants with babyprints on them that they wear over their diapers quite often.
I am a guy 16.Last saturday my uncle got married and the flowergirl in the wedding was around 13 or 14 and she looked cute!It was at the reception that i found out she was wearing a cloth diaper and plastic pants under her dress..I saw a couple of girls come up to her and lift her dress up and thats when i plainly saw the diaper and plastic pants.At the wedding dance,i asked her to dance several times and i told her about what i saw at the reception when her dress was lifted by the two girls.She told me that she wanted to wear the diapers and plastic pants under her dress to make her feel cute and little girlish.
I am 15 and got into some serious trouble a week and a half ago.Yesterday,May 22nd,i made my First Holy Communion in the class with the 2nd graders and had to wear a puffy,top of the knees communion dress and veil with lace anklets and white shoes. As my punishment for getting into the trouble,my parents made me wear a size 8 pampers crusier diaper with babyprint plastic pants over it under my dress all day long! I was so embarresed and at my party,mom showed my friends the pampers and plastic pants under my dress!! I am still getting over the embarrassment!
Your parents properly punished you under your communion dress!
When I was growing up bedwetters wore cloth diapers and rubber pants to bed at all ages. There were disposable diapers that had just started out and were meant for babies. So it was not at all unusual to see larger sizes cloth diapers and rubber pants hanging on clotheslines. One of my moms friends had 3 bedwetters ages 9and 5 that were girls and a boy age 7. Mom and I would sometimes go over after supper to visit and it was not unusual to see all 3 sitting watching TV wearing jerseys if summer or pj's or nightgowns in cool weather and all were ready for bed wearing double cloth diapers and rubber pants.. As their bedtimes came they would come to the kitchen and say goodnight. They were unfazed about having diapers and rubber pants on. I always was glad that I was not a bedwetter.
I am a 17 year old guy and one of my best buddies has a 15 year old sister who is a bedwetter and wears cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed also.When i am over at their house towards bedtime,the sister makes no effort to cover up her diapers and rubberpants! She walks around with just a smock top and the diapers on and she sometime has a pacifier in her mouth!Her rubberpants are pastel colors and she does look like a baby with them on!
To Dawn-What was the hardest i think back then was girls going thru puberty and bedwetting because of it! I started puberty just past 12 and the bedwetting started shortly after.I had to wear the cloth pin on diapers and rubberpants to bed every night! Mom alwas put them on me about a half hour before bed time.As i got older,into 13 and 14 it was even harder having to wear them and feeling like a baby! I had two friends who were also bedwetters in puberty and wore the cloth diapers and rubberpants like i did,so when the three of us would have a sleepover,the mom would put our diaper and rubberpants on us together.
Hannah, As a babysitter I kind of felt bad for about a half hour before bedtime for the older ones coming into their room and seeing the diapers and rubber pants laid out on their bed knowing that they would be wearing them in a few minutes. they would take their panties off lie down on their bed quickly I would pin the diapers on and the older ones could hop off the bed and pull on their own rubber pants making sure the diapers were completely covered and than put on nighty or a jersey and they were ready for bed knowing that in the morning their diapers would be wet but the bedding would be dry. In the warm weather they would walk around the house with jersey on and everyone could see them wearing their rubber pants.
To Dawn-Those kids that you babysat for were kind of lucky in that you pinned their diapers on them,then they put their rubberpants on themselves! My mom and a couple of my bedwetting friends moms always put our diapers and rubberpants on us! It was lay down,diaper slid under,babypowder applied,diaper pinned on,rubberpants pulled up our legs and over our diaper!Me and my two friends felt like babies at bedtime!
Hannah, The older ones moms felt that being a bedwetter was enough and when diapers were pinned they could put their own rubber pants on just like putting on daytime panties. gave a feeling of some control over what they wore for bedwetting. The oldest one would hop down off the bed and go to her dresser and open a drawer that had three stacks of rubber pants next to her daytime undies. They were just plain whit another stack of pastels like blue, pink and yellow and the third stack was print ones like circus clowns or animals or flowers. Most often she would choose the printed ones and step into them and pull them up over her diapers. The other wetter's only had just plain white rubber pants.
When i was 17,i did some babysitting for a widower dad with two daughters,ages 14 and 12.The one day their dad told me that they were both going to be flowergirls in their cousins wedding and asked me if i would go along and dress them in their flowergirl outfits and that he would pay me well.That saturday we got to the church 3 hours before the ceremony and i was told the girls outfits were in the church nursery.The three of us went to the nursery and their outfits were all laid out.On a table,there were two sets of cloth diapers with diaper pins and rubberpants and white camisoles.The note with them said that they have to wear the diapers and rubberpants under their dresses.So both of them got undressed and i pinned the diapers on both of them,then put the rubberpants on over them.Their camisoles went on next then their lace socks and shoes,then their poofy white dresses and veils.Both girls looked really cute and little girlish in their outfits!
Dawn- I did alot of babysitting when i was a teenager and some of the kids i babysat were bedwetting girls in puberty and all of them wore the cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed every night.All of the girls had some pairs of rubberpants with babyprints on them as well as the pastel colored pairs.Most of the girls preferred having their babyprint rubberpants put on them at bedtime.
To Dawn-I also babysit for a family with a 10 year old son and a 13 year old daughter who is in puberty and bedwetting.She wears cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed everynight also.Before bedtime,i take about a dozen of the cloth diapers out of her drawer along with the diaper pins,babypowder and baby lotion and lay them on her bed.I fold the diapers,then put the pins beside them.The girl then picks out the pair of rubberpants she wants to wear,then lays down on the diapers,i rub the lotion on her,apply the babypowder,then pin the diapers on her,then she raises up her legs and i pull the rubberpants up over her diapers and make sure they cover the diapers.Even tho she is 13,most of her rubberpants are babyprints which she likes the most with a few in pink.
Dawn,do you feel that rubberpants with babyprints or other cute prints on them are appropriate for girls 13 to 15 to wear over their cloth bedwetting diapers?
I am 19 and babysit for a bedwetting 15 year old girl.She too wears cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed everynight.She has about 5 dozen pairs of adult size rubberpants and the majority of them are in pink,yellow,blue,white and babyprints.She likes the babyprint kind the best! When i have to babysit her,i have to put the diapers and rubberpants on her before bedtime and she takes a pair of her babyprint rubberpants out of her drawer and lays them beside her diapers.The rubberpants fit her blousy over her diapers and with the babyprint rubberpants on she looks like a baby!She just recieved her Sacrement of Confirmation[9thgrade] this past sunday,June 4th and had to wear a white ankle length dress and veil with white knee hi stockings and white shoes..I went to her party and she lifted up her dress and showed me the pair of her babyprint rubberpants she had on under her dress and told me she wanted to wear them.So to answer your question,i do feel that babyprint rubberpants are appropriate for girls 13 to 15 to wear over their bedwetting diapers!
Me and my sister are a year and a half apart and when we started puberty,both of us started bedwetting.I started bedwetting first,just past 12 and mom got me cloth diapers and rubberpants to wear.Every night,mom would put the diapers and rubberpants on me while sis watched and i felt like i was the baby of the family!Then when sis turned 12,she started her bedwetting and mom got more diapers and rubberpants for her.Both of us laid side by side before bedtime and mom put the diapers and rubberpants on us.Mom referred to both of us as her 'babygirls in diapers and rubberpants' which we really didnt like.My bedwetting went till just before 15 and i stopped entirely.Sis continued on having to wear them and then she felt like the baby of the family!After we were both out of the diapers and rubberpants,mom kept some of them and we were made to wear them as punishment when we misbehaved untill we were 18!
I didn't start puberty untill i was almost 13 and the bedwetting started right away! I was also put into cloth diapers and rubberpants right away by my our parents.Having two brothers,one 15 and the other one 11,made it even harder on me.Mom felt it was her motherly duty to put the diapers and rubberpants on me,so an hour before bedtime,she would teel me its time to get my diapers and rubberpants on.She laid the diapers on my bed,folded them in the hour glass shape,put the pins and babypowder and rash ointment beside them,then the rubberpants.I would lay down on the diapers,mom would apply the rash ointment,then the baby powder,then pin the diapers on me and adjust them.Then i would raise up my legs and mom would pull the rubberpants up my legs and over the diapers.Since the rubberpants were adult size they fit me blousy and crinkled under my nightgown! After i was ready for bed,me and my brothers could watch tv for a little while and i always felt some what babyish being around the two of them with my diapers and rubberpants on under my nightgown.They were told not to tease me or any thing like that as they would be severely punished! Most of my rubberpants mom bought with babyprints on them,with some pink ones and white ones,so it was even harder on me being around my brothers with babyprint rubberpants on over my diapers!
I baby sit for a family with two newly adopted sisters who are 11 and 13 and adopted back in February.Both of them are in cloth diapers and rubberpants 24/7 due to their having daytime accidents and some bedwetting.When i babysit them,they tell me when they are wet and i change their diapers.At bedtime,they both are put into thick cloth diapers with adult size,blousy rubberpants over them.
I was a puberty bedwetter also from age 12 to 14 and wore the cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed everynight as well.When my bedwetting first started,mom got me the regulae cloth pin on diapers,diaper pins and the rubberpants in white,and babyprints! She told me that since i had to wear the diapers,and that i was still somewhat of a little girl yet,that i may as well have babyprint rubberpants. I wore them over my diapers all thru 12,13 and 14 and when i would have a friend or friends sleepover,they would see the babyprint rubberpants on over my diapers!
When i was 16,i babysat for a family with two daughters who were a year apart at 12 and 13.Both girls were in puberty at the time and bedwetting because of it.They also wore the cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed every night.About an hour before bedtime,they would take their cloths off and lay side by side on the bed and i would pin their diaper on them,then put the rubberpants on them.Their mom preferred it be done that way.After their diapers and rubberpants were on,they would put either their pj's or nightgowns on and we would either watch tv or play games untill bedtime.Since they were only 12 and 13,they both had pastel colored rubberpants and also babyprints which they both wore the most. Because they were a year apart,they both were never baptized as babies,so when they were 13 and 14 their parents had them baptized at mass on a sunday morning. I helped their mom dress them in the traditional white,poofy,above the knees,sleeveless baptism dresses with matching bonnets,lace anklets and white mary jane shoes.We put their cloth diapers and the babyprint rubberpants on them that they wanted to wear with a camisole as their top under their dresses. They both looked very adorable and cute! Towards the end of their party,their mom and i took their cloth diapers off of them and they both wore their babyprint rubberpants under their dresses untill bedtime.
I was one of those girls also! I started puberty before age 12 and started the bedwetting soon after. Mom got the Curity flat cloth diapers in the 26x27 inch size for me along with diaper pins,extra large super size rubberpants,babypowder,diaper rash ointment and baby lotion.Every night before bedtime she would put the diapers and rubberpants on me.It got to be a nightly routine and i did feel like a baby with them on most of the time.There were other girls like me and wearing the cloth diapers and rubberpants as well and we were considered in our '2nd babyhood'!The worst part of it was our moms had us wear our diapers and rubberpants or just the rubberpants under our Easter and christmas dresses and also for weddings etc.At sleepovers and slumber parties we were all put into our diapers and rubberpants early on.We had our rubberpants in pink,yellow and blue and some with babyprints on them and some of the girls would wear their babyprint rubberpants at the sleepovers and slumber parties.My bedwetting went on all thru ages 12,13 and most of 14 and ended just before i turned 15.
My two daughters are a year apart at 14 and 15.They both are into boys now and as a mom,i feel it is my duty to protect their purity and innocence.For special occasions i require them to wear rubberpants under their dresses to prevent them from wanting to fool around when they are going to be around boys.They have to wear them for weddings,special church events,Easter,and any other special occasion.Having them wear the rubberpants is very effective and so far they have not become sexually active.I recommend other moms to use rubberpants on their tee girls to protect their purity and innocence!