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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, very sorry for not replying to everyone earlier! Had a busy (but fun!) day

[quote=Anonymous]OP, I just wanted to say that you sound like a lovely person. Don't let the bitter weirdos here get you down. [/quote]

Thank you! And no worries :) I just appreciate everyone's thoughts. I somewhat jumped into being a 'parent' on short notice, so still trying to get a grasp of the ins and outs of raising a kid his age. Nephew has been through a really rough patch, and things are just now starting to calm down into somewhat of a rhythm where'd I'd feel comfortable with considering something like this for him.

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Sure, keep telling yourself that.

Love all the parents packing off their overnight wetters so they can get a break for the summer.[/quote]

I don't particularly need or want a 'break' from him at all. This is specifically something he has asked about doing, many many times, over the past year. It had been planned in the past, but was twice delayed/canceled, because of the pandemic. He's excited for this like you wouldn't believe.

As far as the nighttime wetting goes, not to get into a long winded explanation--but it's not particularly the huge, embarrassing big deal to him as I suspect it is to a lot of other kids. He's at the tail end of a really trying, difficult couple of months (year, really) for our family involving a nasty custody battle, and some medical challenges. While we have a few things we're still trying to tackle on that front--he's become extremely confident, and in general doesn't really get upset about not yet being dry at night. In the past month, for example...we stayed with some family that have three kids around his age. They shared a room, and he took full on ownership that he was wearing pull-ups at night while there, despite us offering to help and try and keep it from his cousins. By the end of the week, he was walking around their house before bedtime in nothing but a pull-up, and wasn't at all bothered. He's not a 'shy' kid.

[quote=Anonymous]My 8 yo also wanted to go to overnight camp but was still wearing pull ups at night. He went and it really was a non-issue. We talked to him about how to be discreet (if he wanted to be) in putting them on and taking them off and we included the issue in our notes to camp and the counselors. But it’s not something he feels embarrassed about. Camps are very used to this issue and aren’t going to tolerate kids bullying each other in this day and age. I hope he has a great time![/quote]

That is GREAT to hear!! I'm glad it was not a problem for you all. This will be our first attempt at a camp such as this, so we're going in a bit blind. But...reading this seriously does give me hope.

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