"Everyone gets an enema..."

Usually when one member of the family was sick, an enema for EVERYONE was given by mom. That was a certainty. Usually mom gave an enema to the one who was ill during the mid-morning hours when everyone else was at work or school. Later that evening- usually during supper- mom would announce that following dinner she would be giving us all enemas “as a precaution” in addition to another enema for the sick one. We knew what was coming and I would begin to have a panic attack and become breathless with anticipation. …michael https://en.zity.biz/gallery/image/16551

When any of us kids were sick we got one after every left in the morning, then one before a light lunch. After resting for several hours. another before everyone got home. Right before bedtime our temperature was taken. If we still had a fever, Mom would gives us another one. Enemas were no secret as the bag was out left to dry on our / kid's bathroom towel bar.

In my house it was only the sick one got it. The rest of the family just made fun of what the sick one had to go through.

When young if you stayed home you got the bag. For that reason I had the best attendance record in school.

So, an enema “ following supper”? On a full stomach? Are you sure?

No, in our house it was only the one who was ill who got the enema. However, that is not saying that there were other times when someone was not sick that they were due for one. If we hadn't been regular in our habits as my granny would say, but other times mom would just think that an enema was good idea. To her way of thinking even if we had been super regular, an occasional cleaning out probably wouldn't hurt any.

@Moppys_jalopy When young if you stayed home you got the bag. For that reason I had the best attendance record in school.

😃😃😃 Thanks, made me smile. Only when I was really sick would I want to stay home, and worse was when a doctor needed to make a house call - that always meant I was in for an enema!

No, that didn't happen in our house. But what did happen was the enema bag and hose would hang in the bathroom on the towel bar above the tub for several days drying out after its use. I recall a few times times while I was taking my evening bath I would watch her take the bag down and fill it from the bathtub spout, knowing well what was coming next. Being cleaned out regularly was just a part of growing up back then. Constipation or illness wasn't a requirement for a “good” enema.

When I saw the heading for this thread I figured it was something new on Oprah . . .

@Redbulb, I almost wish I grew up as your little brother. Nice memory.