Could it be he is worried about starting school?  Has he been in daycare which gets them ready for school?  It sounds like he is worried or upset about something and wetting himself out of comfort.

When a child feels as though they are not in control of a situation, they look for something they can control, and their bowels and bladders are one thing they can control.

I totally agree with "yummy mummy"! One of my boys gets distracted very easily and rarely now but still sometimes doesn't get there in time and he is 7yo.  This never happens at school, just at home where there is more fun things going on so i haven't been to worried about any medical problems and after the 1st couple of times i took him to the doctors just in case.  Its usually when he has been playing on the computer or Wii (so aptly named! lol) or watching tv.  If you are worried get him checked at the doctors as a precaution. Reminders work wonders!  I try and do it as discretely as possible when i know he is busy and might not think to go himself.  I do it without his brothers knowing and if he does have an "accidient" we keep it between us. The last thing they need is siblings teasing them. 

Maggie

I agree with below that he might have a UTI.  Does is smell fishey or off, or is it cloudy?  If so he may have a UTI which will make them not want to go, have bad accidents and just be totally different.  My girl started to do that too and my MIL said her pee smelled like fish, well sure enough (its in my blog) after a week of it seeming to be gone she spiked a fever and we ended up in the er.  Find out it she had a horrible UTI and once that was under control, in a matter of days she was accident free.  I hope this helps, I don't know what else to say.  But for my little girl it was the UTI that caused her to no make it is time, etc.  Good luck!

I had this problem with my daughter and my eldest, my daughter was younger though, but my son would never seem to make it to the toilet, it was like he was so much more interested in doing what he was doing then go to the toilet.....  So by the time he needed to go he would either wee on the way or wee all over the floor.....  I started reminding him every 15 to 20 min to go to the toilet it took about 2 to 3 months before he finally stopped and went back to normal.....  Unless there is something medically wrong I put it down to pure laziness and not wanting to interrupt the play time etc.....  Now I am putting up with him weeing the bed because he is to lazy to get up at night grrrrr.....  Goodluck and I hope it is just a can't be bothered problem not a medical one x

hey Kseers,

This sounds like its not normal behaviour of ur little man. I once had my boy do this when he was little and found out he had an infection after taking him to the Dr. I would be taking him to get checked out so if there is no medical reason for him to be doing this u will be able to get ontop of the behaviour. Im sure ur pulling ur hair out over this as its so frustrating. Goodluck on this,let me know what u find out ok!!!

luv na xxxx