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[quote=Anonymous]My son is 10, nearly 11, and in 5th grade.

Developmentally I’d say he’s exactly where he should be in pretty much all regards, and he’s very mature for his age. When he was younger he potty trained pretty early, was reliably dry well before 3 and I could count any accidents in the later years on one hand.

He’s also never been a regular bedwetter, he was dry at night within a couple of months of potty training during the day, except for the odd accident. Now this has never worried me, I know most kids have accidents from time to time and always assumed he’d just grow out of it. But now he’s at an age where he wants to have sleepovers with friends, wants to be able to go on trips with school and his sports team, but is worried about having an accident and being embarrassed.

If it was a regular thing then it’d perhaps be easier to deal with as we’d be handling it all the time, but it’s very occasional and quite sporadic - literally half a dozen times in the past year, with no obvious rhyme or reason as to why it’s happened when it does. No especially late nights, no drinking more or later than normal, not around stressful times with school tests or similar, it just happens and then may not happen again for weeks or months.

This makes it really difficult to plan for, and as one accident did happen when he had a friend staying over he’s terrified this will happen again if he has a sleepover here or stays out, understandably as he’s at an age now where he feels really embarrassed by it and worried he’ll be made fun of.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated, as I don’t want him to miss out on experiences just because of an outside chance he’ll wet the bet, but at the same time wouldn’t want to put him in a position where he could be embarrassed if it did happen. [/quote]

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