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Night time nappies for a 4.5 year old

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WigWamBam · 26/10/2005 22:59

She's in Pampers pull-ups overnight at the moment, we've always found them fine but recently they're just not up to the job! She's waking up every morning dripping wet, and last night she got us up twice because the bed was wet.

She's nowhere near ready to go nappyless at night yet, so I'd be grateful for any recommendations for night-time nappies.

Thanks!

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hallowcarla · 26/10/2005 23:04

WWB, what's she like in the daytime? DD2 was about that age when I took them off her "Mummy, I've done a weee in my nappy" so I did. We had no probs with nightime, just 'cos H said we wouldn't. Go on, give it a go!

hallowcarla · 26/10/2005 23:05

And H is so horribly right, sometimes.

hallowcarla · 26/10/2005 23:07

WWB, just do it!!!

And report back. But I think you'll find it's fine.

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Spatz · 26/10/2005 23:11

My DD never had a dry nappy at night and we stopped the nappies and she never had an accident. She was waiting at the end of the day for a nappy for her last wee - too lazy to go to the loo! (she was very very cross the first night when we tried 'lifting'!)

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WigWamBam · 26/10/2005 23:13

She's been fine in the daytime for nearly two years, just hasn't got the hang of night times. She asked to try a couple of months ago and was so upset when, after one dry night, she had a week of waking up twice a night with a wet bed that she asked for a nappy back.

She tells us that she doesn't wake up when she needs a wee, and if she's not waking up then there's not much point in trying again just yet.

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WigWamBam · 26/10/2005 23:18

I'm not concerned about her being in nappies either - she'll be ready when she's ready, and there's not much I can do to move it on! She's just so big and weeing so much that I need a nappy that will contain it all until she's ready to have another go.

Someone must have tried some others ... she can't be the only 4.5 year old in nappies

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scaryclary · 26/10/2005 23:30

wwb, pull-ups are not really nappies imho (so what are they? not sure really), hence they cannot do the night-time job you need.
Surely what you want is a proper nappy in the biggest size. DS1 wqas still in nappies at night at almost 4 (and a big boy) and we used size 6 from Boots (own brand) but I believe they now do a bigger size still (cxalled someting like extra extra large).

Aero · 26/10/2005 23:37

Have you tried Dry-nites (Huggies)? Dd (5y3mth) is still having to use these. Expensive, but seem to do the job.
Actually we're using size 6 nappies from Tesco atm asd we ran out of dry nites and had some of these in cupboard that were given to us for ds2. They're a bit small, but hold all the liquid. Dd, since having 2 recent UTI's is wetting every night, so I feel we're back to square one, but I'm not too worried about her needing a nappy side of things, more that she may contract another infection and that wearing a nappy could be a breeding ground for these infection causing bacteria in her as she appears to be prone!

bloss · 27/10/2005 00:58

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WigWamBam · 27/10/2005 09:26

Thanks for your replies.

Scary, I mean the pull-up nappies, not the night-time pull-ups. They are proper nappies, just not really cutting the mustard at the moment because she's a big girl, as tall as a 7 year old, and she wees like an adult. She's been wearing these (in various sizes) since she was 18 months old, so they're definitely "proper" nappies.

We tried the Dry Nights a while ago, but didn't find they were very effective.

Aero, I know what you mean about them being a breeding ground for bacteria; dd is prone to thrush and has a small fissure which makes her really sore sometimes and I worry that the nappy isn't helping; I'd love to get her dry at night but she's really not ready.

Bloss, I did wonder about washables but like you I do wonder whether she'd take to them. I'd be interested in your thoughts though.

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scaryclary · 27/10/2005 21:54

Oh OK WWB I get you. Even so, I always found the pull-up nappies (like Pampers Easy-Ups) less absorbent than a lie-down type nappy.
But you certainly can't change with a 4yo and get her to lie on the floor, can you really?
Gosh she is a big girl, I guess that's the problem.
I have a pal with a 6.5 yo still in night nappies, will ask her what she uses.
sorry can't be more help.

IlanaK · 27/10/2005 22:09

My 4.5 year old is also not dry at night. We use the 4-7 year old dry nites nappies and have only very rarely had a leak. Perhaps it may be worth giving them a try again. Alternatively, they come in larger sizes which presumably would also hold more liquid.

Katemum · 27/10/2005 22:14

My 5 yo is in tesco's own pull-ups at night and they cope fairly well.

bloss · 28/10/2005 09:12

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WigWamBam · 28/10/2005 11:56

Thanks all.

I thought about cloth a couple of months ago, when the leaking first started, but decided against it as I was hoping that she would be dry at night quite soon - I'm not holding my breath on that one though! I guess the outlay just for night time isn't going to be enormous so I might give The Nappy Lady a try - thanks, bloss. I wonder what dd would make of the change though; she's pretty flexible but she's very used to the disposables now. I suppose there's only one way to find out

We've had a sopping wet bed every morning this week ... it's driving me mad, and dd doesn't like it much, either.

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Socci · 28/10/2005 12:17

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WigWamBam · 28/10/2005 13:31

I'm not sure about lifting, Socci. Apart from the fact that she's big and heavy to lift these days, I'm sure I read that picking them up to wee so they don't know they're doing it can be counter-productive to trying to get them to know when they need to wee at night, if that makes any sense.

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IlanaK · 28/10/2005 20:29

Lifting also doesn't work with some children. We tried it with my son and it upset him that he was gotten out of bed and was unable (or unwilling) to wee. He still wet the bed in the night. He is a really deep sleeper and just doesn't wake to feel the need to wee. I have heard that heavy sleepers always night train later.

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WigWamBam · 28/10/2005 21:24

I think we'd probably have the same problem, Ilanak.

I don't mind her being late to train, as long as I can find a nappy that will contain the wee!

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stripey · 30/10/2005 20:47

ds1 is now dry at night (just 5). We lift him around 10pm every night and this seems to work for him. Before he was dry would use Tesco 6 nappies but I think they may have been getting tight? They definitely hold a lot though as ds2 drinks approx 16oz of water at night and they hardly ever leak.

BeeBee67 · 30/10/2005 21:17

WWB I'm afraid we sometimes have to change DS (4.5) nappy at 10pmish. I found this helps stop the overflow from the nappy. We use pampers size 5+. They seem to hold more wee than the pull ups maybe because they seal better at the legs - not sure why!

edgetop · 30/10/2005 21:47

my ds is 4/11 he is a very deep sleeper i have tried quite a few times without nappies but no good , he is not ready ,i use asda size 6 they are quite good, i used to worry about him but not any more it seems there are a lot at this age who still wear nappies.

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WigWamBam · 31/10/2005 12:33

Thanks. I'm not worried about her wearing nappies at night; I'm quite happy to let her get dry in her own time. I'm just getting weary of having to change her sheets every day, and dd is getting upset at always being wet in the morning.

I got some Boots size 6 at the weekend, but they're too small and she wasn't comfortable in them. They're also the type that fasten at the front, and when she got up for a wee (she sometimes gets up shortly after she goes to bed - I think she thinks that it will save her getting up later!) she couldn't get the nappy off, and got really upset that she ended up weeing in the nappy rather than in the toilet. I've looked everywhere for the type that pull up like pants, and it seems as if most brands only have them in their smaller sizes, so she's back in the Easy Ups, with a waterproof mattress protector on top of the sheet. It's not ideal, because she's still moaning about waking up feeling wet, but at least I can just whip it off and the bed is dry again underneath.

I had a look on the Nappy Lady website but most of their larger nappies do up at the front as well. They do have one, the Toddler Ease/XL Sandy's nappy, but their sizes are apparently rather optimistic so may not fit. I've emailed for advice though and will have to wait and see what the upshot is.

I can't believe it's so hard to find a well-fitting nappy for a bigger child when there are so many children still not dry at night at this age. I think I read somewhere that one in four 4 year olds, and one in five 5 year olds are still not dry overnight ... so there must be some bigger nappies out there somewhere!

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sandyballs · 31/10/2005 13:22

I think Pampers pull ups must have changed their product WWB as a couple of friends have been complaining about leaks after years of being fine at night.

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