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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s more common for boys although there are some girls who have it also.[/quote]

Back when I was younger, I was a camp counselor at a large overnight co-ed resident camp. Started out as a counselor, then it ended up snowballing to me being the assistant camp director at 7 seasons working there. I saw and learned a lot over the years, but one thing that I can 1000% confirm, for whatever reason - this is [i]absolutely[/i] for certain much more common with boys.

Our camp ranged from 8 to 18 yrs old, and every year without fail - we'd have at *least* a half dozen boys in the youngest 8-10 age group that would be bedwetters. Then there's also be occasional kids in the higher age ranges where it would happen on occasion as well. NO idea why it seemed to be more of a thing with the boys, I'm no doctor. But, you're very right.

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How many of them brought pull-ups with them to camp? Did the parents give you advance notice that their kids still wet at night?[/quote]

I'd say about half of the families would give advance notice, maybe a touch less? A lot of the time we found it was kids who everyone had thought they'd sort of outgrown bedwetting back at home. But, the circumstances of camp (being worn out tired each night, drinking more during the day than they would back at home etc) would sort of ramp up the odds that someone would have an incident, who otherwise doesn't back at home.

Pull ups were fairly common. We actually had a package of each size kept in the camps infirmary office at all times, and [i]now[/i], they actually keep a package in the sort of supply closet for each of the shared boy's bathrooms (they didn't back when I was there). Just because a lot of the time, the kids are grateful to be able to have them after a night or two.

We also had mandatory health/medical forms, that specifically had a section for parents to check if bedwetting was a concern. But, again only about half of the time would that actually be checked we found.[/quote]

I am assuming none of the kids brought diapers or there was never a supply of them other than the pull ups?  With my daughter, she would probably get home sick and wouldnt last 2 nights away from home at a camp.  She has no problem staying at grammas house for extended stays.[/quote]

Pull-ups are just a different style of diaper. Kids know they are the same thing. The only difference is that the side fastening diapers have different designs on them. [/quote]

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