DS is just 5, started school 2 weeks ago.
He has been well toilet trained since 3 1/2, and has excellent bladder control during the day, but up to now has always worn trainer pants at night. a personal situation with me stopped me enforcing night-dryness earlier.
Anyway, earlier this year I wanted to get him dry at night, but he wouldn't co-operate. So we agreed we would wait until he was 5. After his birthday I gave him a few days to settle at school (he loves it), then I explained that as soon as the current packet of trainer pants was empty he would not wear them any more. We counted down the pack last week, and by Friday he had none left.
Friday night he was dry, I gave him a small pressie for being a good boy.
Saturday night was dry, until he woke up at 7:30 a.m. , I thought he'd probably wee'd just as was waking up. I said "never mind, try a bit harder tonight"
Last night he was wet when we went to bed, so we changed him, got him to squeeze a few drops out on the loo, put him back to bed. He got up wet before us at 7:00.
Now he's bright, understands exactly what's required, but didn't want me to stop using trainer pants. Friday night suggests he CAN do it. Is this usual behaviour, where it get's worse rather than better, or is he trying to wind us up, forcing us to put him back into trainer pants?
I've promised him a big(ish) present from ELC when he's completed 7 nights dry in a row, but to be honest he doesn't seem that bothered (just had a load of birthday pressies)
two weeks ago I asked him what his school friends would think about him still wearing trainer pants. He gave a gallic shrug and just said "we won't tell them".