I received many enemas from Mum. I was started as a kid of 4 and a half; (194😎. As has been mentioned many times by others as well, there was a lot more 'home nursing' involved in parenting back then. This included checking for fever (RTs, of course), and tracking regularity, and occasionally checking things out thoroughly 😳 . A mother was a lot less inclined to immediately drop everything and haul her child to the doctor or pediatrician. As another matter, a pediatrician was a 'luxury' of sorts; in a small community (like ours), one was more likely to be taken to a plain old GP. But not until many and varied remedies and treatments (including quite often enemas) had been tried first. All in all, receiving an enema became a reasonable experience as far as I was concerned. Of course, it was a chore (to put up with being enemized), and of course, a child would like to avoid it if possible. But in our house, resistance was futile, and besides, Mum was good at giving them, and, as we had settled into a weekly routine when I was quite young; the extra ones which she felt were necessary, I accepted without too much whining and grumbling. Anytime I was considered sick enough to stay home from school, that meant that enemas were coming. With Mum, one was never considered enough...
I enjoyed our 'private times' together. As I got older, I started to self administer; and she didn't mind, as it was also a chore for her, as well. But sometimes she would help me, especially when I was sick in bed...
Eventually, an enema became an arousing experience for me; but that is another tale.
She is long gone from this earthly paradise, and I miss her deeply.