toilet trained but stubborn( part 2!)

[osterleyca]

I appreciate the two answers received. My original question was not sufficiently detailed, however. Apart from everything else, this same mack has seen us through three other children, thus it is now a tad pongy regardless of cleaning, and this is made worse by body heat; also, he seems to favour it rather much, and often in the morning I find he has worked it out from under the top sheet and is lying on the bare rubber, hence my concerns.

[woofgang]

ummm, buy him a new one??

[**Clem**]

Christmas would have been an ideal time to do the 'Santa swop' - you could have said to him that if he wrapped up his sheet and leave it under the tree or at the bottom of his bed and Santa would swop it for lots of presents. If he's got a birthday coming up, you could try the same thing but call it something different. If not, make it up. Tell him that January 10th, for example, is Magic Sheet Swop day and then buy him something he really wants. After you've done the swop, don't give him the sheet back - say the Sheet Fairy has taken it and you don't know her phone number! If he still won't accept it, say if he wraps up one of his favourite toys, the fairy might leave him a new sheet and see what he does.

If all that fails, you might have to accept that he needs his sheet for security for a bit longer.

Good luck! x