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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having him lay down, stretched out, lifting his bottom to diapered like a baby is embarrassing for a kid that age. Please use pull ups where he can step in and out on his own. [/quote]

I've only done this a this a handful of times, but an option that has worked for us in the past was to fasten the two diaper tabs ahead of time, and have the child step into the pre-fastened diaper as if it's a pull-up. A kid that I used to babysit before that's exactly the age of the OP's child did this without fuss for almost an entire summer.

Kid's are smart, he obviously knew it was a diaper. But being able to put it on like undies meant the a great deal to him. It worked out well for us, because he was able to keep his confidence and feel more like a big boy...but it helped us out as well, as this kid peed like crazy at night, and nothing but a diaper would be up for the task with particular super-soaker kid.[/quote]

I’ve had this same experience. If you can do it with the kid standing up you can adjust the tapes after. A friend of mine had her almost 7 yr old wear one this year for a long flight. He doesn’t have accidents all the time but she knew he’d be sleeping at least some of the time and getting up for the bathroom isn’t always the easiest thing on a plane. It helps if you don’t call it a diaper. Just call them big kid pull-ups or bedtime underwear or something like that. He might not be keen on the idea at first but after a few nights of having a dry bed he’ll be better. I personally don’t like to tell kids no drinking anything at all before bed because I know it’s miserable needing a drink of water and being denied it. I wouldn’t let him drink a whole can of soda right before but I don’t see it as very helpful to say no drinks at all. I’d suggest getting some diapers but just be careful how you talk about them. He wants to be a big kid but sometimes it doesn’t happen all at once.[/quote]

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