Reply from Tom, Child's Age 19/15/10 - 12/31/02 - IP#: 62.252.32.6DEAR Tonya , the childrens mind is very complex but one of the most common things which you have discribed is a childs innermost feelings when he is feeling left out is to regress ie to wear pullups i think although I could be wrong but in my experiance is that when a child is feeling lonely and feels left out isolated he wants some attention so the child does something drastic to comforthimself and so he reverts to pullups!. we have all done it paid more attention to our little ones and the eldest then feels left out because we are paying too much attention to the little one ( of course they do need it the most because they are not as capable as the 9 year old is) try when the younger ones are in bed paying a little more attention to the 9 yr oldletting him stay in pullups is ok for a short while but dont let him wear them for too long as he could develope a likeing for them and in later life revert to them as a fetish ! Hope this is of help best wishes Tom |