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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone ever have suggestions for handling sleepovers with kids who still have accidents at night?[/quote]

DS wore a pull up to his first few sleep overs, as did a few of the other kids. He had friends over a few weeks back who used pull ups, they are 10. Some kids are late to being able to sleep dry. It is not a big deal. The kids changed quietly in the bathroom and threw away the used pull ups. No one said anything. But part of that is the kids being ok staying at a kids home wearing pull ups.[/quote]

Did the boys all know about the pull-ups? It seems like kids these days are a lot more accepting of that. My son has a friend who wears them and he isn’t at all shy about it.[/quote]

Yes, they threw them away in the bathroom. No one cared. I remember my child's first sleep over, he was 8, I was worried about the pull up situation. He was in no way dry every night, maybe half the time. I talked with the Mom to see how she felt about it and the Mom told me that 1) her kid was not always dry through the night and 2) several of the other parents has asked. It turned out that all of the kids still had nights were they had accidents.

DS is dry through the night now and we don't ask the parents and the parents don't tell us, we simply see the disposable underwear in the bathroom. No one cares. The kids change in private (bathroom or a closed bedroom) so no one sees them putting it on and they wear something over it. They take them off in private. It is not a big deal. DS is 10 now and has some friends who are 11. [/quote]

My older kid had her first sleepover as part of an auction party at the school in 2nd grade with about 15 other 2nd grade girls.  She still wet the bed every single night... She wore pull ups/GoodNights and could stay dry with them.  I proactively told the host teacher (a PK teacher who happened to have my younger daughter as a student) and she graciously offered to let my kid privately use the bathroom to put on her pull up.  She had a blast!   The pandemic arrived while she was transitioning from wetting the bed... So no sleepovers.  However, at age 9, she finally stopped needing pull ups and now (as a 6th grader) is fine with sleepovers.

My younger kid also wet the bed until age 8.5.  She found it helpful to use Depends pads in her sleeping bag at friends' houses.  She thought it was more discreet than a bulky pull-up (Goodnights diaper).  I did tell the host mom and she agreed to keep it confidential.  My younger kid (just turned 9) thankfully also now stays dry at night!

Good luck![/quote]

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