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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly what I was wondering! Thanks!!

He primarily wears the tighter fitting PJs, or more recently the looser PJ shorts. But, in the interest of being discreet, I could 100% buy him some of these looser fitting kind and explain things somewhat. In fact he already has some...but I'm fairly certain they're probably too small, and would be especially so if he's wearing a pull-up underneath.

Generally, I'd say he's a heavy wetter. Which stinks, because we actually LOVE Target...Camp is a bit tricky, because--in general--I've noticed he tends to wet more frequently when he's overly tired. Which I'm sure he will be at the end of the day at camp.

That's a fantastic idea to try out each in a trial run first...that will be on my 'to-do' list for tomorrow. Thank you!! [/quote]

You're welcome.  It's hard enough being a kid who is a late night-trainer without having to miss out on fun things.  I think it's fine to send him with the appropriate precautions.  And as long as he understands.  My son absolutely wanted to go and he was prepared for kidding if the other kids saw his pull-ups, but he said no one even noticed.  And in the morning, he just went back up to the bathroom to change and was able to dump the pull up into the big trash can without anyone else the wiser.  He said at night, he waited until it was dark and they had started the campfire (a fire in the middle of summer, ugh!) and the other kids were just so excited to melt marshmallows and make s'mores that no one paid much attention in the dark.  In the morning, the kids were excited for the big pancake breakfast and doing their own morning routines.

So as long as your nephew has a plan, he should be okay.  Good luck![/quote]

I got an email from the camp we're looking at just this past weekend saying all campfires have been suspended for this season! Which is a bit baffling, but...I agree, the idea of being around a fire in this weather sounds like something I'd be glad to be missing. They're still going to be doing camp songs etc before bedtime it sounds like however.

I actually talked with my nephew about this earlier today, and he was insistent that he very much wanted to go still even if it meant bringing the pull ups. Ironically, he's more concerned about the PJ's he's going to wear OVER them, than actually wearing a pull-up at all. (I just ordered the Goodnites in small/medium size for him.

I'm debating still what (if anything) to say to him about drinks in the evening. My first thought was to ask him to limit drinking anything later in the day, like we do at home--but a family member just pointed out that, due to the heat...and how much he'll be running around in general at camp, it's probably not a great idea to encourage him to not be drinking water.

I guess we'll see. This will be our first time trying the 'disposable' pull ups, so I'll do my best to give them a real test run before we decide on anything for certain.[/quote]

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