Advice for camping with a child who isn't totally dry at night

[Mung]

I have just returned from my first family camping trip and DS managed to wee in the sleeping bag by 11pm on the first night. I always lift him when I go to bed and he is normally ok at home. I think he was really warm and very tired and couldn't control himself. It meant that the 2nd night I took him to the loo at 9.30 / 11.00 and about 2am when I woke up.

DH wanted to put a nappy on him, but I couldn't do that. Any top tips?

[Starbear]

Did the lifting him work at 2am? Ds for some strange reason had a wet PJ's & sleeping bag even with a nappy while camping I couldn't figure out why! My ds still not dry at night 4 yrs old. Will try again soon. After a few nights I lifted my boy whe I went to the loo. Lovely to see the stars & countryside at that time.

[Greensneeze]

pullups!

honeslt, life is too short - and he will be able to relax and sleep better too.

[Washersaurus]

I'd say pull-ups or those huggies pyjama pants, maybe with one of those bed mats just incase.

We are taking a camping toilet this year for our nearly 4yo as he is now too big for the potty we took along camping last year - but isn't quite reliable enough to make the distance to the toilet block every time.

Starbear, do you think maybe condensation caused the dampness on the bed and sleeping bag? I know our airbed sometimes gets all damp (and I know for certain that DH and I don't wet the bed)

[mammablueeyes]

my dd is still not totally dry at nights ans she wears pullups, better than wet sheets, sore bottoms and a smelly tent

[snickersnack]

dd will be wearing a pull up this summer. No question. I've already explained to her that we're going to buy special camping pants. Will have to look for a different brand of pull up and hope she's convinced...

[Starbear]

Thanks, it did rain for the almost the whole week last year.

[Washersaurus]

It sounds like we may have been camping the same week then . We had a stream running downhill under our tent - if we hadn't had the tent carpet down all our stuff would have been soaked as the groundsheets couldn't deal with the amount of water.

[Starbear]

Due to a storage accident this winter we have gone out and bought new camping equipment this year. DH agreed to buy the carpet for me (love him) So the carpet is a good idea then?

[Mung]

Thanks for the advice. Yes, taking him to the loo more frequently the 2nd night worked, but I dont think I slept properly because i was worrying about it. I like the idea of 'camping pants', I may splash out on those pyjama bottom things though, so he doesn't feel like he is regressing back to nappies. Its just odd that he managed to wee within a couple of hours of going to bed and he did 3 wees before going to sleep.

That sounds like a bad week of camping Starbear and Washersaurus. Glad we bought the carpet for the tent this year!

[HerbWoman]

We put DS into pullups at night and called them camping pants too. He was fine with them and woke up for a midnight trip to the loo anyway.