It's been a couple weeks and Joshua Howell-Lester would be starting school soon.
There was just one problem... he was still having trouble wetting the bed, even after his parents had talked to him. It happened a couple times in the past couple weeks. But luckily, his parents were being supportive of him and they were helping him with the problem.
"Joshie, are you ready for bed?" Dan called for his son as he walked up the stairs.
The past week... Dan and Phil had been making sure that Josh didn't drink so much liquids before he went to bed and they had set up a certain bedtime for Josh. This had been helping quite a bit. Dan and Phil had talked to a doctor about helping Josh with wetting the bed.
Josh was actually starting school in three weeks and they wanted to fix the problem as quick as they could, even though both Dan and Phil knew that this would be a slow process that couldn't be fixed over night. But, they would do anything to help Josh. They had been working on this for a couple weeks now but luckily things were slowly getting better.
"I am ready, daddy!" Josh yelled as he ran out of his bedroom.
Dan looked up once he got to the top of the stairs and smiled when he heard Josh's voice. He walked into the hallway and looked down at Josh. "Alright little one. You know the drill. To the bathroom you go," Dan ordered playfully. Joshua giggled and then he ran down the hallway and into the bathroom. Dan chuckled and followed Josh to the bathroom. "Let me know when you're done," he said once Josh had gone into the bathroom. Dan shut the door and then he leaned against the wall, sighing slightly.
"Josh using the bathroom?" Phil asked as he walked out of his and Dan's bedroom.
Dan looked up and smiled as soon as he saw Phil. "Yeah," he said with a nod.
"What has it been? Four days since he's wet the bed," Phil said.
"I think so. He's been doing really well and I'm so proud of him," Dan said.
"I mean... we still have a long way to go but I think it could only get better from here," Phil whispered. He reached over and grabbed Dan's hand, gently pulling him closer.
Dan smiled as he looked up at Phil. "I would have to agree with you," he said.
"Hopefully he'll be ready just in time for school," Phil mumbled.
Dan nodded. "I mean... it's not a big deal but you know how kids are," he rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, they're a bunch of bullies," Phil said. He scoffed and shook his head.
Dan looked over and smiled when the door opened and out walked Josh.
"You all done?" Dan asked as he looked down at Josh.
Josh looked up at Dan and nodded. "All done!"
"And did you wash your hands?" Phil asked, also looking down at Josh.
Josh giggled and he held up his hands to Dan and Phil, showing that they were cleaned.
"Good boy. Let's get you to bed, yeah?" Dan said as he held out his hand for Josh to take.
"Daddy, I'm not tired!" Josh whined, pouting a little.
"Josh... we talked about this. We have to keep up with this schedule if you want to stop wetting the bed. You've not wet the bed in four days straight so let's keep that record, okay?"
"Four days?" Josh excited excitedly. He smiled proudly.
Dan laughed and looked over at Phil. "Our son is crazy," he joked.
"Ain't that the truth," Phil agreed. He let out a laugh.
"I'm not crazy, daddy!" Joshua whined with a pout.
"Of course you are. You're a Lester... we're all crazy," Phil said jokingly.
"You're the most crazy," Joshua said. He stuck his tongue out at Phil.
"Alright you two. Let's get you to bed Joshua," Dan said. He bent down and picked him and then he led the way to Joshua's bedroom, Phil following behind as well.
Dan walked over to the bed and he gently dropped Joshua onto it. He smiled as he watched his son crawl under the covers. Dan reached over and grabbed Joshua's favorite teddy bear and handed it to him. "You know the usual, okay? If you feel like you need to use the bathroom then please come tell me and Papa and we'll take you to the bathroom."
Joshua nodded. "I will daddy," he said as he snuggled into the bathroom.
Dan smiled and then he finally tucked him in. "Goodnight love," he said. He bent down and kissed the top of Joshua's head. "Have a good sleep." He said as he stood up from the bed. He walked over to Phil and smiled. He turned off the lights. Phil took Dan's hand and led the way out of the bedroom. They both walked to his and Dan's bedroom. Normally they would stay up much later than this but ever since they've brought Joshua home... they've been going to bed early as Joshua was one who liked to wake up rather early.
"Let's hope for another night of no wetting the bed," Phil said as he crawled onto the bed.
"Josh knows that he can come to us to help now so I think everything will be fine," Dan said as he turned off their lights. He walked over to the bed and also crawled onto the bed. He reached over and kissed Phil once and got under the covers, Phil doing the same as well.
"Goodnight," Phil said as he wrapped his arms around Dan. Dan smiled as snuggled into Phil's chest. Phil looked down at his husband and couldn't help but smile.
It was the next morning when Joshua ran into Dan and Phil's bedroom, around 10 o'clock. Phil was already up and had made sure that Joshua didn't wet his bed... and he didn't. Joshua was so excited and so proud of himself. It was almost a week since he wet the bed.
"Daddy, daddy, daddy!" Joshua yelled as he jumped onto Dan and Phil's bed. Dan was still asleep, as Phil thought it would be nice to let him sleep in a little later.
Dan groaned when Joshua climbed on top of him. "Joshua," he whined.
"Daddy, I didn't wet the bed!" Joshua exclaimed excitedly.
Dan opened one eye and looked up at Joshua. "You didn't?" He asked.
Joshua smiled proudly and nodded. "Papa even checked!" He said as he looked over at Phil, who was standing in the doorway, smiling as he watched Joshua.
Dan opened both of his eyes and smiled proudly. "Well done Joshua. That's my little boy," he said. He pulled Joshua down into a hug and wrapped his arms around him.
Joshua giggled as he snuggled into Dan's chest. "Am I big boy now?" He asked.
"You certainly are." Dan said. He looked over at Phil and smiled.