Hi all!
I am going crazy with washing My 3 YO boy is not yet dry at night but the issue is he wakes up everynight soaked with pee, and the bed as well
I am using Pampers Drynites, size 6 (he weighs about 18kg) as well as huggies and LIDL diapers but nothign works. We make sure we point his "equipment" downwards, that we tighten the diaper etc etc
He sleeps on his tummy which I think does not help.
We have taken away water from his room and try to limit water intake at dinner time.
He is nowhere near being dry at night so I am going slightly crazy from washing and lack of sleep
Anyone been there and found a magic fix?
K
One of these perhaps:
Wake him up before you go to bed and take him for a quick trip to the bathroom? Change his nappy before you go to bed? Make him sleep in the bath?
You could try Milette Premium size 6 from Migros. The diapers from Landi are not bad either (can't remember the name). They have a size that would cover him.
Another suggestion: you probably need to cut out ALL fluids as of 16:00 to start with. And make sure he really goes to the toilet before going to bed. If he is empty he should not be able to consistently overflow the diapers.
Good luck.
Sorry, I'm not around my nephews enough to know how dry the young one is usually (he'll be 3 in May) but on Thurs and Fri mornings, I do his first change, and he's dry those mornings anyhow. His parents use Pampers exclusively, not any special night time ones, same one every change.
HOWEVER, I do remember helping to change my brothers when they were young as well, and I remember my mother showing not only to make sure of "dressing" him down, but also to fold the top of the diaper inward so it helps form a catch.
(Another thing I'd try if that doesn't seem to work is to stick a sanitary pad inside his night time diaper to add a little more protection without adding too much bulk)
Seems to me though that I remember reading another thread on this forum where someone mentioned doing a quick "try not to wake the baby" change in the middle of the night, and was generally successful. (Or maybe I'm misremembering and am a little loony )
Thanks all.
He has dinner at 18ish and then bed between 19 and 1930, so I wonder whether there is not enough time between that for his bladder to really empty.
I will try make sure he really pees it all out.
And try the folding and sanitary towel.
It seems to come out on top indeed so this might work
K
Also, maybe if he's lying on his front, his PJ top might snag inside his nappy which will have a wicking effect. Maybe make sure that the fabric is free when you head for bed.
What about adding a bodysuit under his pyjama, to make sure the nappy is kept right and doesn't get saggy?
You can also try to add another diaper on top of the other, but facing backward.
I think that's what we did with boy no.1, with success.
That's why I put it in my list.
Boy no.2 went dry night and day in one go!
Used to change MiniMudess at midnight every night, not because she leaked, just so she wouldn't sleep in pee all night.
I suspect thats the answer.
Apparently (I haven't tried...) modern nappies are so comfortable that spending time in your own pee isn't at all disagreeable. Which, according to some, is why kids are getting potty-trained later and later.
My kids certainly never minded spending up to 12 hours in a full nappy over night
I would not restrict fluids at such a young age, but stick to just water or milk. My son pees buckets when he gets access to apple juice or fizzy drinks...
Try going up a size in nappies. Change brands. You can also buy inserts that might absorb more. We find normal nappies in larger size are better than 'night' branded ones.... Try also switching style -are you using the normal nappies with tabs or the 'pull up' style?
I expect the tummy sleeping is a big contributor. Do you put a bath towel under him in the bed? That might cut down on the spread of the wetness.
Also, is he wearing bodies with snaps under the crotch or just normal pj's ? As someone else said, 'wicking' with cotton clothing is an issue (flanelette pyjamas wick like crazy.
And the final technique - double layering. Two nappies over each other. I would buy a pack of a larger size and put them over the top.
The old fashioned thing was to have what we call 'pilchers' which are plastic pants that go over the top of the nappy.
Some mums I know have found that modern cloth nappies made specifically for heavy wetters with a plastic cover over the top, are more absorbent than plastic 'disposable' nappies.
And yes, changing nappies in the middle of the night may be necessary, or putting him on the toilet just before you go to bed.
Is he using the toilet independently in the daytime with good success?
Thanks again
He only has water to drink and does not use bodies anymore.
He is dry successfully during the day, maybe has 1 accident every week because he forgets when he plays.
I cannot take him to the toilet before I go to bed as he has then trouble falling back to sleep and could easily be up for a few hrs...
I am using Pampers Night already size 6 and there is not a bigger size (they have tabs). I have tried smaller and bigger sizes by Huggies which are pull ups... Getting broke trying new brands
I think the "wicking" is a real issue :t
I have now "engineered" a sample nappi with a pad lining the front and will not tuck his pj tonite. Let's see
Will report back
Just to check, you do have waterproof undersheets for the bed, right...?
Could it be something physcological maybe that is preventing the transition from sleeping with pampers to sleeping without ? I notice for some reason you make a mention to his "equipment" which presumably is his penis.
Why not call it by the proper name, it's a string of letters forming a word like any other !
Does he feel it is dirty or unclean or something you can only talk about in whispers ? This may be the reason; kids really don't worry about this, it is only adults who seem to make such a fuss about it all, and after all, we all use our genitals at least once a day and with a few exceptions, we all got here the same way !
Well, just to play devil's advocate here - I know you did say he is far off night training, and I do know that a major method of night time training is just to wait until the nappies are dry - which I am guessing is why you say that though he is dry during the day, he is a way off being so at night. But one of my children never went dry at night (although was very quick to grasp it during the day) so after almost 2 and a half years of waiting for it to happen, I just forced the issue (ok he was almost 5 - it was obscene . I had to do something!!!).
The reason I am saying all this is the amount of washing you are having to do sounds pretty similar to the first week or so of me going nighttime cold turkey with him. He was pretty outraged at waking up damp and clammy and after no more than a week, totally got the message. I mean I'm thinking that if you're going to all that bother of the washing and bed sheet changing etc, at least it could be with some end aim in mind?
Just a thought ... good luck with it all.
It's much harder for a kid to control his sphincter during deep sleep than during daytime, and it's very common to have a kid needing nappies at night until well after 4. Actually peds don't start worrying than there might be a physiological issue for bed wetting until a child is 6.
If the OP's son is not even 3, there's nothing even remotely unusual about the situation.
You should speak with your house doctor - one of mine had a similar problem and the doctor prescribed some kind of low voltage (battery) moisture sensing alarm that fitted inside umderpants/nappy that makes a loud audible tone designed to awake the wearer at the first instance of peeing.
I think the term "equipment" was for the purposes of the adult population of the forum rather than the chosen term for a penis for a 3 year old. Have you ever tried to get a boy under 10 to call it a "penis"? It's just not as interesting word as the favourites they seem to latch on to.
I agree! Be tough! Tell him it's time to sleep without nappies. Put him to bed in normal pants (waterproof under sheet) and hopefully he'll learn soon. If you keep putting him to bed in nappies, nothing is different so why would he try to change?