ds, almost 2, soaks bed EVERY night

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How can I stop this?? He is still in nappies obviously, but before he goes to sleep will poke his willy out of his nappy and a few hours later will wake sobbing in a damp patch. He's just moved to a bed and the thought of having to keep changing the bed every single day is getting me down. I bought hippychick matress protectors which seem very good, but how can I get him to keep his hands out of his nappy??

Is he still in a vest?

Our ds2 is a similar age and loves a fiddle in his nappy, but can't if he wears a vest! He's a really heavy wetter, but size 6 pampers with a vest on keep him dry all night.

Can you button him in somehow - popper vests and sleepsuits (on backwards if necessary)?

Nope, he's in vests and sleepsuits, have tried poppered ones and zipped, he just gets his arm inside and does it that way My laundry is honestly depressing

have you considered trying cloth nappies? a great big nighttime one would be harder to get a willy out of i reckon

Can you go in and pop his willy back inside his nappy once he's asleep? Maybe put him in ordinary pyjamas and a pull up so you can get to it without disturbing him too much.

thisisyesterday, we used to use tots bots but had to stop as they were giving him the most terrible rash. As much as I hate using them, disposables are the only thing his skin will tolerate (I borrowed several different cloth ones from friends to try, but all made him react ) Ive even tried putting a motherease wrap on top, but his little fingers can get past anything

Sellotape??

No, sorry, Ds1 does this to. The only thing that stops him is going to pop it back in when he's asleep.

Vest on over the pjs??

Oli, I try to do this, but it always gets out one way or another Do you think it mght be a thing to ask the GP?? maybe it's uncomfortable for him or something?? or maybe he's just a little bugger

oh that#'s a shame do you think it would still give him a rash if it was just overnight? you m ight only have to do it for a couple of nights, just to break the habit?

hmm, OR, how about tighter pyjamas? like the ones you can get from gap? but a babygro? oh, like ones that children with excema wear? they are really snug so that they can't get hands inside and scratch

It's probably the great rule that all males know instinctively from birth that All Willies Must Be Fiddled With Constantly.

Does he still take it out when he's asleep then? Even through a vest and sleepsuit?

I quite often find 6yo ds1 asleep with his hand inside his pj bottoms clutching his willy for dear life .

could you borrow a baby sleeping bag. He might not be able to get his arms inside, but you would have to rig the zip!

DS1 was a very heavy wetter, we used cloth nappies but had to swtich to disposables, but he soaked through those too.

I found putting a cloth nappy wrap (Motherease) over a disposable nappy was the best way to keep him and his bedding dry. Might work for your DS?

Tried it Panacotta. It seems his determination to get to his willy is more powerful than sleeping bags, vests, wraps, you name it. I am so grateful for all the suggestions but a bit that I've already tried them. I think sellotape might be the only option left.
In all seriousness though, I do wonder if his foreskin is uncomfortable? It doesn't look it, but it's just the foreskin that comes out, rather than the whole willy iyswim?

Odd idea, but have you tried putting on the 'sposie backwards? The top at the back is a little higher up so even if he has a fiddle it might not reach the top, and therefore any leaks are contained iyswim? If he is able to have it poking out the top, I would think the protection is too low dow,...or do you mean he gets it out sideways? LOL I have no idea if i am making sense, but hopefully I am!

Out the top, or out of the side, he's not fussy I've tried putting it on backwards, no luck. I'm going to have to invent some kind of willy positioning device...

Grobag?

Gro bag. Mine's going to be in one till he gets married

Maybe you should just start potty training, the sooner you can get him to do a big wee before bed and hold on all night the better!

(only half serious suggestion)

Would lying him on a towel or one of those pampers mats save the bedding, do you think? It wouldn't stop him being uncomfortable though

you clearly need a toddler straight jacket

argh.. DS did this, thankfully it passed, but never found a way round it!

Have you tried terry nappies with actual proper nappy pins, with a plastic wrap on top? According to my Mum they're inpenetrable

How about sleepsuits with only leg-popper access, plus sleeping bag. He'd have to be some kind of master contortionist to find a way round that.

On the other hand... toilet training? Maybe he just wants willy to be free.... ?

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Bertie, funnily enough we started with the potty today as he's very vocal about when he's done a poo and is aware of it now I think. He wouldn't sit on the potty though and I think I'm going to have to get a bigger one (dd's old one doesn't seem to have enough room at the front for his bits. Is that normal do you think?) I've laid him on a towel just now after putting him back after the latest incident, but I hadn't thought about the pampers mats, so thank you. Considering they lay you on them after giving birth I'd say they were pretty much bomb proof. Will get some tomorrow. The grobags don't work either, I thought I had it worked out when I thought of that one, but ds had other plans

at master contortionist. His dad is a circus performer, so maybe I am actually just raising the next Houdini He is very, shall we say, willful in most other areas too, hates being strapped into the buggy or carseat, and his gleeful climbing out of the cot is why I've moved him into a bed in the first place. We solved the buggy thing by putting him in reigns first then threading the buggy straps round, but there is no such thing for this problem

Ahh, in that case invoke potty training and no drinks after 7pm.

sounds like a nightmare? On the plus side the fact that your DH/DP is a circus performer must have some benefits?

mattress protector, and lots of laundry, it will pass.

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