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If anyone has any advice it would be very appreciated. I have a two year old boy who is no-where near being potty trained, but every night at the moment is leaking through his nappies, he's always done this occasionally but now its every night and i'm starting to despair. when this originally started we tried all different types of nappies and found pampers the best, and he wears two, one on top of the other, but this no longer works, and unfortunately he's already in the largest size. I really don't want to get him up half way through the night if i can help it as i have a 6 week old baby which is disturbing his sleep enough already. He does have a cup of milk before bed, but i've heard that lots of professionals advice not to stop that (something to do with decreasing size of bladder). Has anyone got any other suggestions? feel so sorry for him, he's soaked from armpit to knees and through the bed and can't feel nice.
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sorted byHow about putting rubber pants on over his nappy?
try these pads inside his usual nappy this worked for my youngest
How long is he in his nappy ( like my LO roughly 8pm until 6-7 am). I defintely find pampers baby dry ( normal pampers) much better than active fit at night or easy ups. Not tried others. ( like bedtime pants).
But even though some mornings its like a bowling ball i cant say it really leaks.
Is the nappy on right, is your LO fiddling with tabs ?? I still have mine in bodysuits as feel it keeps nappy in right position , are you suing these or big boys/girls vests.
tried these, and they stopped the nappy taking in the wee which made it worse
unfortunatly he's a big boy so already in biggest size
won't sit on potty at all, tried to bribe with everything, and the rubber pants cut into his legs and marked his legs for days
hope i don't sound negative, but tried a lot of these, but will see if they do pj nappies in his size, fingers crossed
he is in them a long time as in bed for about 12 hours so will get him up in night if i have to just feel bad as not having good night sleep anyway. I did try other brands and none better.
I think nappy on properly cause it is filling front to back, really heavy, and the leak is the overflow and i can't find vests with poppers at the bottom (at a reasonable price) in his size as he's already in 3-4 year old clothes and heading up towards next size
Have you tried the bed mats?
Might be worth a trip to the docs.... thats a lot of liquid output for his lil kidneys to cope with.
You can also use those bed sheets made by pampers... they go under his bedsheet and may save the mattress from getting wet xx
Poor lil man, does he gets upset that he's wet?
hence why i asked about nappies during the day, if he is holding it in, then hes ready to be out of nappies during the day
yeah he's in size 6. he is a very big boy for his age and has always taken in a lot of fluid (and food )
i have mattress protectors under teh sheets already so not worried about that, i just feel bed for him, and to be honest could do without washing all his pjs and bedding every day (especially with a new born in the house)
and he won't go anywhere near the toilet either, he's not bothered when he has a full nappy which is why i don't think is ready to potty train
no, he wees lots in the day as well, he just does eat and drink a lot though
then seriously you need to cut down his fluid intake, especially after tea time, you cant really lift him if he wont use toilet or potty
Dont push him to potty train if he isnt ready.... as that'll backfire.
Do take him a quick visit to the doc as a simple blood test will reassure you there's nothing wrong with his kidneys making him drink a lot ( and so wee a lot too ).
Do you check on him when you go to bed? I'd change his nappy then too, even if he's sleeping, it shouldn't disturb him too much if he knows its you. And first thing in the morning before he's had chance to wake up and think about having a drink.
I'd be more worried about it if it was distressing him but if its just a matter of the extra work from washing the bedsheets and that... then just make sure theres just the sheet and the pillowcase and the duvet cover/blanket to wash, no extra teddies cushions etc to limit how much you're having to do xxx
What about changing him when you are up with the baby if he doesn't wake - might help - and although a hassle much easier thn washing and drying sheets etc every day !
Good luck Hun
WOW he is a big lad !!! :w00t: maybe another good reason to cut down too.
My kiddies have all been skinny lil things but we coulda still done with a bigger fit just before they were completely dry.
I think this is the best idea for now, it's surprising how they can hardly notice during their sleep!
Also, if he's drinking regularly all day perhaps giving him his bedtime drink an hour earlier and putting on a fresh nappy once he's had a wee would help. He could still have a little sip of water if he gets thirsty.
My almost 4 year old son has only had a few dry nights so I've had to go back to the pull ups and I know how difficult it can be. Some books tell you go wake them up to go on the toilet, but I just couldn't do that!
Hope your little man has more comfy sleeps soon! Good luck!
I've just spotted these recommended on a forum, have you tried them?
mothercare.com/Mot…ore