slappy magoo
Well-Known Member
Without calling attention to it, do you think your cousin would be more comfortable in a "bed" of his own? I'm quoting "bed" because you could always pack an air mattress and lay it on the floor, make it up as if it's his very own bed. I know the rooms at VAK are usually a queen bed plus a sofa bed, but you could also just move the table to the side and lie the air mattress parallel to the sofa. And having an air mattress, you could move it from room to room, in case one day he'd rather be with Grandma, or one night you might want to go to a lounge or enjoy EMH, etc.
You know your cousin better than any of us. I don't know if this will make him more self conscious (oh man my cousin knows and he doesn't want to share the bed with me because he thinks I'll wet it)...or perhaps he'll be relieved (if I make a mess at least it won't affect anyone else!). It'll probably be easier to strip and then wash down an air mattress than it would be a whole bed (also, just in case he rolls over and misses any sort of padding you've added to his side of the bed or on the sofa bed). Just a thought. Not necessarily a good one. And if he's OK with wearing pull-ups, it might be a moot point,
Also a not-necessarily-a-good-idea idea - not sure when you'll be going to WDW, how hot it would be. On the one hand, yes, limiting juice or any other fluids during and after dinner would be helpful. But if it's summer and excessively hot and humid, you don't want to risk dehydrating him either. either way, not to be ominous, but because a WDW trip can be so exhausting, accidents might be more prone because he'll be too exhausted to know he needs to go.
One other idea, not so great for you - if your cousin goes to sleep before you do, you can always wake him up before you go to bed just to let him go to the bathroom. And without being too loud about it, reinforce a good-job message if he does get up and manage to go. If you go to sleep around the same time, maybe set up a second alarm after a few hours to get him up.
You know your cousin better than any of us. I don't know if this will make him more self conscious (oh man my cousin knows and he doesn't want to share the bed with me because he thinks I'll wet it)...or perhaps he'll be relieved (if I make a mess at least it won't affect anyone else!). It'll probably be easier to strip and then wash down an air mattress than it would be a whole bed (also, just in case he rolls over and misses any sort of padding you've added to his side of the bed or on the sofa bed). Just a thought. Not necessarily a good one. And if he's OK with wearing pull-ups, it might be a moot point,
Also a not-necessarily-a-good-idea idea - not sure when you'll be going to WDW, how hot it would be. On the one hand, yes, limiting juice or any other fluids during and after dinner would be helpful. But if it's summer and excessively hot and humid, you don't want to risk dehydrating him either. either way, not to be ominous, but because a WDW trip can be so exhausting, accidents might be more prone because he'll be too exhausted to know he needs to go.
One other idea, not so great for you - if your cousin goes to sleep before you do, you can always wake him up before you go to bed just to let him go to the bathroom. And without being too loud about it, reinforce a good-job message if he does get up and manage to go. If you go to sleep around the same time, maybe set up a second alarm after a few hours to get him up.
