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Subject: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Clarissa
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Date Posted: 14:59:38 09/25/09 Fri
 Here is a tip for moms who give bulb enemas to their kids (and/or husband). It came from a very close life-long friend. Don't use a bowl to fill and refill the bulb. Use a bucket. With a bucket, it is much easier to immerse the bulb as deeply as you want in the soap water, and of course if the bulb is deeply immersed in the water there is no chance of sucking air into it. No air means that the child will have a more comfortable enema. I have been doing this for about the last 3 months. I have 2 girls, and I use an 8 ounce bulb. The oldest gets 5 bulbs and the younger one gets 4 bulbs. Both are now taking with less fuss.
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[> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
samantha
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Date Posted: 16:17:40 09/25/09 Fri
Very nice idea, Clarissa

Are you able to enema your husband, as well ?
[> [> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Clarissa
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Date Posted: 16:43:31 09/25/09 Fri
Hi Samantha. I also do my husband with the bulb. I used to use the bag for him, but just as an experiment I tried the bulb out on him. That was 5 or 6 years ago. He told me that the bulb was more fun for him so for the last 5 or 6 years I have used the bulb instead of the bag for his enemas, just like I do for the girls. They are 12 and 14. I know that they are old enough for the bag, but they do pretty well with their bulb enemas and I just hate to rock the boat. As for me, I have my husband give me my enemas with the bag. My mom put me on bag enemas at around age 6 or 7 and I guess that I am just used to them that way. But I am doing things differently with my girls. I started each of them out on the bulb at around 4 years old and the only change I have made with them is to go from a little bulb to a larger bulb.
[> [> [> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Carol
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Date Posted: 16:27:09 09/30/09 Wed
Clarissa,
When you give your husband enemas with a bulb, do you use the little enema nozzle, or do you use the larger douche nozzle? I have given several guys enemas with a bulb, in both the knee-chest position and over the lap, and I replaced the enema nozzle with a douche nozzle. It's more erotic for them and me. Guys like having more than one insertion, and so do I. The douche nozzle, with the larger blunt end is actually easier to insert becasue it tends to find its own way into the hole. And it goes up farther to the prostate.

[> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Nicki
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Date Posted: 16:35:09 09/28/09 Mon
I think that bulb enemas given in the over the lap position are to be desired over bag enemas. The comforting effect of the body contact that happens during lap enemas has a calming and quieting effect on children well into their teens, as well as on husbands. And, the bulb, in the hands of an experienced enema giver, is a very "motherly" tool. Mom can slow the rate of flow or speed it up, depending on how well her youngster (or husband) is doing. In my home, I give with an 8 ounce bulb, and I give what I call "3 chair" enemas. I line 3 chairs up side by side. I sit in the center chair. The one who is to receive her or his enema goes over my lap. The upper body and the legs are supported comfortably. I take my time and slowly work in a good enema. My family is healthy and I don't think that they are overly unhappy with my enema program.
[> [> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Switchablesusie
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Date Posted: 23:24:24 09/28/09 Mon
Any parent who feels their child needs more than two bulbfuls, especially those parents who feel four or five or more are necessary should use a bag. I have a hard time not thinking that people who give so many bulbs, just want to be sticking things up their childrens' asses.
[> [> Subject: Enema Bulb


Author:
samantha
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Date Posted: 04:52:12 09/29/09 Tue
Susie,

It all has 'to do' with comfort.

I am sad that you never had such comforting contact as Jenny B was discussing and which Nicki was augmenting.
[> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Ruth
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Date Posted: 10:35:09 09/29/09 Tue
Clarissa offered a great suggestion when she said to use a bucket, not a bowl. I have another suggestion, and that is to put a glob of lubricant in a little Dixie cup so that the nozzle of the refilled bulb can be dipped in it before the next insertion. That is more sanitary than inserting the nozzle in the lubricant jar, and a lot less messy than using your finger to re-lubricate the nozzle each time. Just for the record, I use an 8 ounce bulb. I have one child. She is 15. I do her over my lap, and at present I am giving her 4 bulb enemas. She doesn't know it yet, but very soon I am increasing her to 5 bulbs.
[> [> Subject: Enemas via the 8 ounce bulb


Author:
dorothy
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Date Posted: 11:37:10 09/29/09 Tue
Congratulations, Ruth, on your wisdom in using an enema bulb on your daughter. Among OTHER THINGS, the close-contact which she receives when you give her her enema -- is a really good thing in Mother-daughter bonding. As long as she feels "close" to you, she is much less likely to engage in drug behavior, alcohol, or pre-marital sex.

You're a smart Mom.

Now, as to dosage, the University of Michigan showed, years ago that the 'average' enema volume for children, should most likely be a 'base' of 8 ounces, PLUS 3 ounces of solution TIMES their age in years. For your girl, then, it would be "8" + "3" times 15, or 53 ounces in total.
[> [> [> Subject: Re: Enemas via the 8 ounce bulb


Author:
Ruth
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Date Posted: 14:48:40 09/29/09 Tue
Dorothy honey, thank you for your kind words. They are really appreciated. As for the subject of quantity, here is where I am now. I am giving 4 bulbs. Up until about 3 months ago, that was working just fine. But in the last 3 months, there have been a couple of "enema failures" and I have had to give a second soapy. Sometimes the soapy water from the first attempt doesn't all come out. My daughter is a slender little girl. The second set of bulbings can be very difficult for her. So, I'm going to go to 5 bulbs. In fact, I may do just that when she gets home from school today. She didn't feel too great this morning when she left for school, and depending on how she feels when she gets home in a little while, this may be an enema day for her. I saw what you posted about the University of Michigan, but I wonder if they took into account child size. If I gave her 53 ounces, that would be a little over 6 bulbs. WOW! That sounds like a lot for little girl with a waist that you can almost puts your hands around. Dorothy, I'm going to try 5 bulbs for now. If there are "enema failures" with that dosage, I'll have to increas to 6. It would be interest to hear from other moms, particularly those with teenage girls, about how much they give.
[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Enemas via the 8 ounce bulb


Author:
Lucy
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Date Posted: 16:24:26 09/29/09 Tue
Dorothy,

I used bulb enemas for my daughters until puberty at ages 12 and 13. I found the OTK position on the bed was the most comfortable position for them and I kept a wad of vaseline in a cup on the end table too for sanitary reasons. I switched to the bag at these ages because the girls no longer were getting good results with 3 doses from my 8 ounce bulb and the multiple insertions were getting to be a problem. With the bag I then had them lie in the sims position which they were much happier with. Although my girls never enjoyed enemas they took them as needed for constipation - especially when periods came.
[> Subject: Re: Enemas with the bulb


Author:
Kate
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Date Posted: 19:40:12 09/29/09 Tue
I have to disagree with those who insist an enema must be large volume to be effective. If the purpose of the enema is cleansing the whole bowel, I would agree. But if the enema is to cure simple constipation, there is no need for more than 2 or 3 bulbs held about 5 minutes.
I got bulb enemas as a child. I don't remember ever getting more than 2 at a time until I started doing it myself and experimented with more.
I gave my kids enemas with the bulb. Never more than 2 bulbs, and instructed to hold about 5 minutes. Rarely did it need to be repeated because it didn't work.
[> [> Subject: Re: Enemas with the bulb


Author:
to Dorothy
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Date Posted: 16:58:55 09/30/09 Wed
It's Ruth, and I just wanted to let you know that I gave her the very first 5 bulb enema of her life yesterday afternoon. Before giving it I told her about the university study and that the reason that we had some recent enema failures was my fault - that I simply wasn't giving her enough. She was a little bit freightened but like the sweet child that she is she quietly went over my lap. She was also pretty quiet during the first 4 bulbs, but as I very slowly gave the 5th bulb there was a lot of the typical girlish chirps like, "Mommy, mommy, it's going so high up me! Oh, ahhh, I'm so, so full!" I got every drop of it in her and she had a highly successful movement. Dorothy, I'm indebted to you for kind of pushing me into increasing her dose. I have known for a while that I needed to do it but was just dragging my feet and not getting around to actually doing it.Your post made me realize that it was past time to go to a larger quantity, and I thank you. Dorothy, on another subject, you seem so knowledgeable about enema things that I want to tell you something and get your opinion. I have been giving my daughter a lot more enemas recently than I usually give her. In fact, I look for almost any reason to have her over my lap for a bulb session. The reason is that she is now back in her high school and there is so much going on with the swine flu and the regular flu and she has told me that there are kids in her class with runny noses and coughs, so I am insisting that she get a good rest every night and eat correctly and Dorothy, I'm giving a lot of enemas to her. Just wondered what your thoughts were on the enemas.
[> [> [> Subject: A lot frequent enemas


Author:
dorothy
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Date Posted: 21:54:30 09/30/09 Wed
Ruth,

You're on the right track. Giving your daughter more frequent enemas, rather than less, as she moves up in years, is a very good idea.

You want to train her to keep her body chemistry as reasonably Alkaline as you can. The soapy enemas seem to help that.

Keep up the good work.

Ruth, I would say that even as many as an enema every-other-day, during a health-scare such as we have right now, would not be PHYSICALLY wrong. But, you have to gauge your daughter's reaction to all this, and try to keep her 'on your side,' while you plan her therapy.

If you want to write me privately, you can find my email address on several of the older postings.
[> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Clarissa to Carol
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Date Posted: 14:42:11 10/01/09 Thu
Carol, so far I have been using the bulb with an enema nozzle on it to give enemas to my husband but the nice thing about this board is that people like you offer some really interesting ideas. I have an old douche bulb with a MAJOR nozzle on it. I don't use it anymore on myself, but I'm going to put it back in service for his enemas. Stay tuned! I'll give you a full report as soon as I use it on my husband.
[> Subject: Re: Bucket, not bowl


Author:
Clarissa to Carol
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Date Posted: 12:20:32 10/05/09 Mon
Over the weekend I used the douche bulb on my husband. Carol, I REALLY used it - I mean, I gave him that long fat nozzle right up to the shield each time and I worked it with a lot of twists. He took every bulb like an angel. Of course, there was the "little boy" groaning and whining and pleading, but when I finished his last bulb he actually asked for me to do him again! Carol darling, thank you so much for the suggestion.
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