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Don't stress over this OP. Keep him in diapers, and let him get a good nights sleep.[/quote]

It’s not considered odd  for kids these days. I’ve seen elementary school kids talk with their friends about it. Perfectly normal part of growing up.[/quote]

New Poster here. Just wanted to mention this.

In pre-Covid times, I used to work at a fairly large overnight camp for 7 (!!!) years/seasons all throughout college. In addition, I had a lot to do with this exact same camp while growing up, and have done just about every job that exists there.

I'd say with 100% confidence that the mindset that kids themselves have regarding nighttime accidents, bedwetting, whatever...has COMPLETELY changed in the past decade or so. I'm not even especially old, but I can remember in my childhood, bedwetting was entirely treated as a shameful, horrible secret that needed to be hidden away, at ALL costs.

These days, while a lot of kids are still (understandably) very discreet and private about it, it genuinely seems more and more that kids these days are WAY more accepting and open with it. To the point that it's openly discussed in the cabins. A lot of kids will casually take full ownership of it (especially the boys, for some reason?), to the point where a lot of kids don't even bother with hiding the fact that they're wearing pull-ups, or something of the sort at nighttime, if that's the case.

I strongly suspect that a lot of the stigma and shame that was associated with bedwetting in the past came entirely from uninformed parents, that didn't realize that what they're kid was/is going through is far, far more typical than was understood.

So, TLDR:

OP, your kid is only 5. It's totally fine, and quite common even in older aged kids. Don't bother with naps.[/quote]

I used to work at an overnight camp with 5th graders and every year I’d get a few who still slept in pull-ups. Thankful they did because it’s much worse to have to deal with a wet sleeping bag. They make ones for older kids so they don’t feel like they are wearing a baby diaper and I think that gives them more confidence which is a good thing.[/quote]

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