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Recommendations for decent night nappies for older children

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 11:09

I started a thread ages ago about this but can't find it - sorry for the repetition!

Dd is 5 this week and still in nappies at night - not ready for going without at all. We have had real problems finding night-time nappies that are big enough to fit her (she's in age 8 clothes, so they need to be pretty big), and absorbent enough to cope overnight. We've been using some Libero ones that the lovely MTPW sent me and they have been great, but can't buy these anywhere, and I'm running out - so could do with some recommendations of larger nappies to try.

We had her in Pampers Easy Up nappies before, and they just don't cut the mustard. Someone also recommended Pyjama Pants, but they didn't do the trick either - I think they're more like training pants, and they weren't up to holding all of her wee.

Someone, somewhere must make a nappy to fit a larger child that won't leak at the first sign of being wet!

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colditz · 17/05/2006 11:10

Tesco size 6? Tesco nappies seem very generous to me.

Bozza · 17/05/2006 11:11

Think people on the special needs board might have ideas on this one.

singersgirl · 17/05/2006 11:16

Sorry, can't help. We just use the Huggies Pyjama Pants on DS2 (4). They're OK for one wee, but I agree if they're double wetting, as DS1 used to do sometimes, they often leak.

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 11:23

Singersgirl, she's dripping in the morning - the times she's tried without a nappy we've generally had 3 or 4 wet beds a night so she needs something really absorbent.

Colditz, do you know what weight the Tesco size 6 nappies go to? Are they 55lb+?

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colditz · 17/05/2006 11:40

The Morrisons ones are 35+lbs, but saying that, they seem twice the size of Pampers which are alledgedly the same size. The Tesco size 6 (don't know the weight sorry) are very roomy on my chunky 3 year old.

colditz · 17/05/2006 11:41

WWB, would it be worth changing her before you go to bed? Better than having to change the bed at 2 am, and would avoid all that washing.

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 11:53

35lb wouldn't be anywhere near, she was weighed at school yesterday and she's 52lb. I might give the Tesco size 6 a go, we can but try!

I've thought about changing her in the night but if I can avoid it I'd prefer to - if I could keep her half asleep it would be OK, but she wakes fully and then she's tired in the mornings.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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colditz · 17/05/2006 11:58

The weights given on nappies are a 'from' guideline rather than an 'up to', so it really might be worth a try. Plus if she is tall, the might only be as wide as the average 5 year old although she is heavy, and I think you could squeeze a 5 year old in!

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 12:09

Yes, she's a skinny-minnie - tall rather than chunky, so we might be OK. She's very long in the body though, which is where some of the other nappies we've tried have let us down - they fit around her OK but don't sit high enough around her middle to stop them leaking over the top.

I keep hoping that she's miraculously going to become dry overnight so we don't need to bother with nappies at all, but it's just not going to happen any time soon.

It's surprised me how few nappies I've seen that actually go to bigger sizes - given the amount of children who aren't dry at night by age 5 or 6 I would have expected that a few more of the brands would cater for that.

I'll give the Tescos ones a try, see how we get on.

Thanks!

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 14:08

Bumping in case anyone else can help

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KateF · 17/05/2006 14:16

I use Dri-Nites for dd1 and she's 6. Agree Pyjama Pants are just not up to it.

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 14:20

Are Dri-Nights proper nappies? I've spotted them and they do seem to be OK for bigger sizes but I thought they were similar to Pyjama Pants.

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alexsmum · 17/05/2006 14:23

have you had any help for her bed wetting at all wwb?

KateF · 17/05/2006 14:24

They look like PP WWB but seem to absorb more. dd1 has never had a dry night and the PPs always leaked. DN have been much better. She would be v.upset if I put "baby nappies" on her but they probably are better.

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 14:27

No, we haven't. I mentioned it in passing to the HV about 12 months ago and she wasn't concerned - said that we couldn't get help until she was 7 as it's not considered a problem until then. If we asked for help we would be referred to an incontinence specialist, which I think would freak dd out a bit, so we haven't enquired any further. I was speaking to someone the other day who said that they had been seen by the District Nurse about bedwetting, which sounds a gentler way to approach it, but we don't have District Nurses here.

I'm not overly concerned about it, I'm quite happy to take things at dd's pace, but I must say it would be nice not to have leaky nappies or wet beds every morning!

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 14:28

Thanks for that, Kate - sounds like they might be worth a try. And they definitely do larger sizes.

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KateF · 17/05/2006 14:33

Hope they do the trick WWB. Poor dd1 gets very upset about it but we can't get any help until she's 7. Just hanging on til October then I've promised to take her back to the doctor.

alexsmum · 17/05/2006 14:38

i know our area has a eneurisis(?) health visitor who runs a clinic.i inquired about it when ds kept pooing his pants. she was willing to just chat to me on the phoe rather take ds to see her.i too thought it might freak him out.
have you done whole star chart thing? that was did the trick for ds( different i know because your daughter isn't concious of it)
might it be worth enquiring about the alarm thingys?

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 14:43

Dd's not aware that she's weeing at all, so star charts might be difficult.

She tried going without a nappy a couple of weeks ago, was dry the first night then we were up three times a night for the following week. We went back to nappies at dd's request because she got so upset at always being wet, and I said to her then that if she got up in the morning with a dry nappy she could have a sticker, and if she had 3 stickers in a row she could try again without a nappy - but we haven't had a single dry nappy since then.

I don't know if we have an enuresis HV, might be worth asking if anything has changed since I last asked. Mind you, even our normal HV won't see her now because they only deal with the under 5s, so I would have to see the GP for a referral which might be upsetting for dd as we've never made a big issue out of it.

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KateF · 17/05/2006 14:44

Thanks alexsmum for advice. Unfortunatley dd1s problems seem to be entirely out of her control. She wets in the day as well and just doesn't seem to know it's happening. Very hard for a little girl who's growing up to cope with. I keep spare clothes at school but sometimes feel very frustrated when she's told to wait for the loo and I've explained a hundred times that she can't. HV said wait til she's 7 and then they'll refer us.

Bozza · 17/05/2006 14:45

Surely you could go to discuss with the GP without taking DD initially. DS is 5 and I still do most of the talking when I take him anyway.

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WigWamBam · 17/05/2006 14:47

Kate, I would think if she's having problems in the day then they would see her earlier than 7 - might be worth having another chat with the GP to see if there's anything they can do.

I'd have a word with the school too - if they're aware she has a problem then it's not right of them to make her wait for the toilet.

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alexsmum · 17/05/2006 14:48

i'm sorry if i seemed ..funny about this. i wasn't being at all. night wetting is completely different isn't it.
the teacher telling them to wait is bloody annoying. ds had this a while back.asked the teacher , she said no, he wet his pants.he had to wear his pe shorts all afternoon and the other kids laughed at him. they sent him for playtime in them-it was snowing that day.

hunkercaribou · 17/05/2006 14:51

Give Pampers a ring and ask them why they don't cater for bigger children.

I phoned them about their newborn nappies not going big enough (they only did sizes one and two in the newborn absorbent poo style when I had DS1). A couple of months later, they brought out their size 3s - according one parenting magazine I read at the time "because a new mum phoned to tell them they needed to make them bigger because babies are being weaned later". OK, so they're not big enough for DS2 who is 17 weeks old today and nowhere near being weaned, but what the heck, they did him a bit longer than they did his brother!

KateF · 17/05/2006 14:57

Alexsmum - didn't think you were being "funny" at all! I get almost as upset as dd1 about the school. I've been in so many times but the information just doesn't seem to filter through. Seems I need to speak personally to every blasted person that might see her-student teachers, dinner supervisor, supply teachers etc......Sorry for rant, Im actually quite worried as there was a query over spina bifida when she was a baby.

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