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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The boy may have some trauma about getting out of bed at night. Maybe he used to get up to pee but that's when he saw stuff his bio parents were doing that little kids shouldn't see and so now he does whatever he can to wait until morning, when it's safe, to get out of bed.

Maybe he's scared of the sound the toilet makes and doesn't like to flush it alone, at night in the dark.

Maybe he wants the diaper because he likes the individual attention he gets as you put it on him.

All of these are valid reasons and ways that he might be trying to exert some small amount of control over his life. Let him go out his own pace. You're doing great![/quote]

OP here, very sorry for not replying to everyone before! I didn't mean to vanish-- we had a bit of a hectic week, but...I'm here now!

Just though I'd say, these two came to be under my custody and move in with me right in the middle of the pandemic, after having lived with THREE other families in less than a year. All after going through a difficult time with their last remaining biological parent, who wasn't abusive per se...but *was* very indifferent about having children, or being a parent at all, once his wife had passed. Further, the custody process itself was delayed multiple times by court backups, due to covid. So to put it gently, they've had a rough time together. Both kids have a very pronounced distrust of adults in general, and have only just recently started to open up somewhat to me--their aunt--after living here full-time for the past few months. Including through a lockdown, where we were with each other pretty much 24/7, 365.

...and they're JUST now beginning to trust me. This has been a tricky transition.

Anyways, for the twin that's been wearing diapers the last 5.5 of 7 nights - he is still VERY cautious about talking about much of anything relating to this with anyone besides his brother. So a lot of this is partially secondhand information! But, what I've heard so far:

He certainly prefers the fit, of the Huggies we've been using. (I was concerned I'd bought the wrong size for him, but we seem to be OK as far as that goes?) and certainly feels better with the process of having one but on him before bed. (also something I'd been concerned about...as I'm VERY new to putting on diapers.)

For a few reasons, we haven't spoken much directly about the possibility of him (slight TMI warning here) 'going' in them, while awake in bed. But my hope was to possibly talk with him a bit about this further this weekend, now that things are a bit calmer. I'm not certain how exactly he's been approaching that this week. He's had a wet diaper each morning he's worn one this week, although that by itself doesn't really tell me anything I suppose. He does still, the majority of the time-- have genuine *accidents* where he's 100% asleep, when he pees, so it's difficult to get a clear understanding.

Regardless, I truly appreciate everyone's input and suggestions here! Thank you once again!

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