bed wetting advice

[ludoscotts]

hi could anyone give me some advice please?

our 2 yr old has started potty training during the day and is doing really well but still very wet nappies by morning.

The last 3 mornings however her nappies have leaked and her bed and herself is soaked.

She isnt drinking any more than normal throughout the night. I bought the next size up of nappies but they looked too big for her when I tried it on so stuck with the 4+ size.

They are however normal daytime ones.

is there a point where you need to star using specific nighttime nappies?do these hold more?

its never been a problem before.

also because of this I really need to buy something to protect the mattress(as she is in a single bed now) what is the best thing to buy?

ive seen rubber sheets that go between the sheet and mattress and fitted sheets that have built in protection sections or pads that you put on to of the sheet that tuck in?

totally at a loss as to what would be best and dont want to waste money buying 2 or 3 types if they prove to be useless.

[womanofdulwich]

we had a kind or towelling mattress cover with a water proof section below the body. i did not like the idea of some of those waterproof sheets they looked like they would be really hot and sticky in summer.However if it did get wet it was hard to dry without sticking on radiator immediately ( unless you have a tumble dryer?).

i am not sure on the nappies as i had boys and potty training was closer to 3 than 2. i am sure someone will say it is not a good thing but maybe you could try "lifting her " just before you go to bed and putting her on a potty if you can't find a good enough nappy. this is not solving a problem but saving your sheets.

Hope someone else can help.:-S

[melbourne groover]

You can get a 2 pack of travel bed protectors which can be tumble dried if necessary also from Jojo Maman. These go across the bed either under or over the sheet, although I have only used under the sheet as the texture not as soft or breathable (for obvious reasons I guess) as a sheet. Quite handy if you are washing bedding regularly and also easy to take away with you if you need to.

Not sure about the nappies but agree taking her for a wee before you go to bed would probably help.

[candj]

We used the towelling mattress cover as well and found it a bit more breathable than the rubber sheet kind. They are not that expensive and can be found anywhere (mothercare, john lewis, etc).

I used to also use the pampers disposable bed mats for when my eldest was potty training and found them very useful. I believe they come in packs of 10 and they are wide enough that you tuck them into the sides of the bed so they stay put. I think Sainsburys have these.

I think your little one is having heavier than usual night nappies because as she's potty training she is learning to hold everything and probably holds it until the night time when she falls asleep. A next size up nappy will definitely leak if it is too big for her.

Hope this helps and good luck.

[The Nappy Lady]

Hi Ludoscotts

The Nappy Lady does some really lovely bed protectors - they are rubber, so totally waterproof, but with cotton bonded onto each side. Lovely and soft to sleep on, not hot, or crackly to lie on etc. I've got quite a few - used to have one under me in bed when breastfeeding to save the mattress, and also used them in my older girls bed before she was reliably dry at night. She slept directly on it, and when she had an accident it made it so easy as you could literally just pull out the wet sheet and she went straight back to sleep - no fuss (she had another protector under her sheet, so even if there had been a 2nd accident it wouldn't have mattered though that never happened). She actually used to get up, pull out the protector and go back to sleep all on her own bless her! You'd be welcome to borrow one of mine to try and if you like it you could get some from us - this is the page on our site if you want to read more;

https://www.thenappylady.co.uk/public/productdetails.aspx?id=40&item=bed

If you buy through me I can give you the 5% advisor discount.

I can't advise on disposables and night time, but in terms of getting dry at night, my eldest was 2 and dry by day, but 3.5 by the time she was reliably dry at night - as a very good sleeper it took her a long time to be able to wake up at night and go to the loo. We tried lifting her but she would still wet the bed - I think probably as she was waking up in the morning before fully awake. Not everyone is pro lifting, but I don't think it makes much difference, like most things, they do eventually work out what they should be doing, however you approach it.

Best wishes, Molly

[Goodliz]

Hi

We have 2 of these in cotbed size

http://www.naturalmat.co.uk/product.asp?strParents=111&CAT_ID=118&P_ID=710

I've washed them loads and they are brilliant - worth every penny.

[ludoscotts]

hi thanks for all your advice, Think im going to give the nappy lady's mats a try and ive changed nappy brand and we had the first dry night last night for ages so fingers crossed it will be better from now on.