Name: Steve

Ages: 5, 6, 7, 8, 12

I had worn diapers most every night of my life, but when I was six I 
remember a very traumatic experience. To try to help me and my four 
year old brother stay dry at night, my parents started keeping a star 
chart on the wall to mark when we had dry nights. The goal was to go 
for one whole week without wetting and then we would be able to 
graduate to big boy underwear.

I had always wet at least three or four nights a week, but I remember 
being excited to work at it. And work I did. Every night I tried my 
hardest not to wet, but no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't seem 
to control it. What made matters worse was that by the third week, my 
four year old brother was already down to only two wet nights and I had 
been wet four nights.

After another two weeks my brother had only wet one night during that 
week. My dad compared my chart with his and tried to build the 
competition for me to work harder, but no matter how hard I tried I 
just couldn't seem to stop. On my seventh birthday, my dad showed us 
our charts and revealed that my brother had been dry for exactly one 
week and he would be able to wear his barney underwear. That night I 
was so embarrassed when I had to lay down and be put into a diaper as 
my four year old brother put on his new underwear.