Eden Village West prides itself on being a warm, inclusive, nurturing environment. We strive to work hand-in-hand with parents to create the necessary collaboration to support each child where they are, including discreetly supporting them with issues of nighttime bladder control. We believe developing nighttime bladder control should not be an impediment to a child having a meaningful camp experience here at Eden Village. Delayed nighttime bladder control is extremely common in children, and should not stand in the way of attending camp.

We work with families to understand their child’s needs and challenges before camp so we can provide successful care once they arrive. W know that bed wetting can be a sensitive issue and that many kids feel embarrassed. We attend to bed wetting carefully, confidentially, and sensitively.  We do have a few requests for campers who regularly wet the bed:

What we request from your child:

  1. Wear a pull-up at night. This means remembering to discreetly put on his or her own pull-up every night even without a reminder from the counselor, and remembering to discreetly discard the pull-up in the morning. We recommend sending your child with a small package of odor blocking plastic bags to dispose of the pull-up.  

  2. Discreetly tell a counselor if they wet the bed, despite wearing the pull-up. If the child feels uncomfortable telling the counselor, we can work together to create a comfortable way for your child to alert the counselor. Counselors will not check your child’s bed in the mornings to see if it’s wet, so it is important that your child let their counselor know if their bed is wet in the morning.

  3. Ask a counselor for help to discreetly remove the soiled sheets and make the bed with clean sheets.

What we request from parents:

  1. Send an adequate supply of pull-ups for your child’s length of stay, along with a package of odor blocking plastic bags.

  2. Understand that counselors and other staff will not check your child’s bed in the morning to see if the bed is wet. It is your child’s responsibility to discreetly let a counselor know if their bed is wet. 

  3. Understand and agree that Eden Village will charge your account $20 each time soiled bedding is removed, washed and replaced.

  4. Understand that if your child is not forthcoming about having wet the bed, it’s possible they may sleep on soiled sheets until they tell a counselor and ask for assistance.

If your child wets the bed please call the camp office prior to your child’s arrival at camp. We’ll work with you to create a plan so your child will feel supported and has the supplies necessary to have a good night sleep every night. If this is a concern of yours it is a good idea to send your camper with extra sheets and an extra sleeping bag.

Please email campercare24@edenvillagewest.org with questions, concerns, and to create a support plan for your child.