to use normal nappies instead of drynites/pull ups

[jeb20]

My ds3 is 5 and still needs a nappy at night. Have tried to get him dry but is just not ready. He still fits in tesco size 6 nappies and they never leak. To encorage him to get up in the night and use the toilet I got him huggies drynites, but he just didn't wake up. I recently put him back in nappies because the drynites cost so much and it seemed pointless having a nappy he can pull on and off if he doesn't wake up. This may seem steep but I have a total of 4 kids in nappies (thanks to dh family history of bedwetting lol) two of which are in drynites as they are all that fits. Aibu? All the other pull ups leak and pj pants cost a fortune, having him wear a baby nappy isn't ideal but it makes the most sense and tbh pj pants are just big kid nappies.

Why would it be unreasonable? Just do what works for you! My dd is 4 and still has a nappy overnight. I use Sainsburys own brand nappies, do the job and much cheaper than pull ups or the like! As you say it doesn't matter as they (theoretically) sleep all night anyway.

Do you have any input from an enuresis clinic? They can provide some nappies for your DC 's, even your older ones. And des oppression works like a dream. My DD wet the bed until 2y7mo.

My eldest two 10 and 12 do. They did have desmopressin but it didn't really stop it and gave them bad migrains. I have never been given free nappies though. But next time I may ask. As ds3 isn't 7 I haven't taken him to the GP yet.

If Desmopressin didn't work, was it that the dose needed adjusting? DD had her dose adjusted 3 times before it worked. Google 'Your Town' enuresis service, and you should be able to hunt down a phone number. If your older DC's have had desmo before, then it shouldn't be too difficult to get nighttime nappies.

And they NEED to do more investigations for the 12yo at least, it's got to be hampering their social life.

2y7mo was meant yo read 12y7mo! Fuck, dry at night at 2y7mo would have been a flipping pipe dream. Facing similar issues with DS3, who us 3 now and not dry in daytime, never mind at night.

My dd is 4 and we use Asda own brand pull-ups, about £3.80 for 20.
She's a bit embarrassed and wouldn't like to wear a baby nappy.

Talk to your ds as he perfectly capable of telling you he hates nappies or doesn't mind them.

I have identical twins who potty trained for daytime in one day, brilliant. One of them was also dry over night from day one.
The other at 5yrs 6months is still not always dry over night. She is slim so can fit into size 6 for now. Would she be a candidate for medication do you think?

One of my boys was in normal nappies until he was about 7/8, then we couldn't squeeze his little fat butt into them!

Keep him in the cheap ones for as long as possible, although you can get some good offers on the dry night ones

YANBU, my 4.6yo is in a night nappy and she still fits size 5 so hopefully I will be able to keep using the Sainsburys Basics ones for a while yet. Pull ups are made to seem more grown up but they are exactly the same thing. 5 should be old enough to understand this and also to understand that you may not have enough money for other treats if you buy pull ups instead of nappies.

We didn't bother with pull ups for DS2, as he just treated them the same as a nappy (ie he could wee in them). He was dry during the day and we found that leaving a pair of pants on him at night seemed to give his brain the trigger that he couldn't just let fly, he did need to get up and go to the loo. I think we had one or two accidents in the first couple of weeks, and ever since then he has been reliably dry at night.

They were on a very low dose so their was not much room to ajust. Thanks I'm definetly going to investigate the free nappies. Did you son get them? If so what were they like (pull ups or tabs)? Whatever they are like if their free he will wear them. My 12 yold's drynites are drenched in the morning.

Have you thought of using washable nappies at night? You'd only need two or three.

I would use normal nappies for as long as you can get away with. For those that don't know the website 'Eric' is a great source of information and support.

www.drylikeme.com/products/night-time.html

would these help.

Back to ypur question if it is working and both you and DC are happy continue with the nappies.

Thanks everyone. I think I will keep him in normal nappies for as long as he fits in them. Oddsocksmostly I have tried reusble nappies with my older two, in fact I still have them. My boys didn't like them at all, they found them uncomftable. When they woke up the nappy would be very cold and heavy. Also they would be embarrisinglh saggy. The instead of throwing them away I would have to wash them. I can see the appeal but it just didn't seem.worth it to me. Thanks though.