Toddler soaking nappy overnight

[UncleBunclesHouse]

20 month old DS is soaking his nappy through almost every night, sometimes through to pyjamas and sleeping bag. I have tried doubling up and all that happens is they both get so soaked they fall down then it’s even worse!

I read about some of a similar age being dry at night and think how?!

I believe the issue is his milk guzzling before bed. He can down 3 sippy cups during bedtime cuddles and won’t go to sleep if you don’t give him as much as he wants. Have tried upping his water in the day but he’s so busy he just doesn’t seem to drink a great deal and saves it all up for bedtime. Have tried giving him water after the first cup, which is sometimes ok and sometimes results in a melt down.

Any ideas?!

Hi, i am in the same situation with my 19month old son.. its been few weeks now, he will wake me up in the middle of the night by cuddling so i can feel his soaked jammies! And this been happening for couple of weeks. I decided to change his diaper to night time diaper and it works a couple of night then it happens again.. i tried to cut his water down after dinner and it working upto now, so i will keep doing that.

I also tead that try to flip the diaper (front to back) or add a maxi pad to absorb more.

Goodluck mommy! Hope it works to us.

Sorry i meant *read

Same boat HELP!

Dry and night is mostly pot luck.

DD was filling her nappies at about 10 months and then moved on to flossing them, so it was almost dry till she woke up and did one massive wee and it just leaked all over the place, we started putting her on the potty/toilet when she woke to solve that.

With cloth nappies you can pick the most absorbent fabrics and add more boosters to help. Or you can change them in the night.

"I believe the issue is his milk guzzling before bed."

No shit Sherlock
It's not rocket science. I'm afraid you'll just have to cut it down, one cup of milk only. He might have a meltdown the first time you only let him have one cup, but stand firm, and it will be easier after that.
Think of it as good practice for all the times you are going to have to say no and set various boundaries from now on.

You can get plastic pants from Boots etc to go over cloth nappies. I also used them if I had to use disposables. Lifesaver.

Cloth nappies are brilliant because you can shove so many boosters inside them. But the last thing you want at 20 months in, is the cost.

My 2yo old is dry at night but not my 4yo so I think it's just luck.

You either need to reduce bedtime milk/fluids or get up to change them through the night.

If you want to reduce fluids then do it over a long period (maybe a month to get from 3 cups to 1; reduce by 1/2 a cup a week like night weaning).

Be prepared for them to want milk as soon as they wake up.

A month to get from 3 cups to 1?! Seriously?!

This child is nearly two, they're old enough to understand they get one cup at bedtime and that's it, they're not going to die of dehydration overnight 🙄

@PreyingMantlepiece

You can get plastic pants from Boots etc to go over cloth nappies. I also used them if I had to use disposables. Lifesaver.

Cloth nappies are brilliant because you can shove so many boosters inside them. But the last thing you want at 20 months in, is the cost.

Cloth nappies are great but no amount of boosters could cope with my 2yo when he was 6 weeks. I had to use disposables and change him regularly during the night so they might not be a suitable answer. They were great during the day - I just couldn't face getting up every 2 hours to change his wee filled nappy

Agree with NameChange30 you need to stop giving the milk- he will get over it. That sounds like too much milk anyway, it may affect how much food he eats during the day.

@NameChange30

We used to do a dream wee about 10pm. Get her up and sit her on potty. She would do a wee and go back to sleep.

DS is 13 months old now but has never filled his nappy like that. But I (and his nursery workers) make sure to keep offering him water frequently through the day. He doesn’t always remember he’s thirsty and so if left to his own devices doesn’t bother to open the cup because everything else is more exciting - but if you put it to his lips he drinks. He’ll have 2-3 cups worth of water, regular breastfeeds, 1 cup of whole milk with his breakfast - do is well hydrated and paces his wee through the day. He only gets small sips of water or breastfeeds at night.

Thanks everyone and I’m tending to agree on cutting the milk - he just won’t sleep until he is filled up and cries and screams 🙈. I don’t have much resolve for anything but sleep at the moment with WFH, no childcare, pregnant and anaemic - eek. But it’s not nice for him to be wet so need to do something.

I think I’m going to try to make a concerted effort over the weekend to get him to drink more in the day and stand firm at night.

@UncleBunclesHouse

Thanks everyone and I’m tending to agree on cutting the milk - he just won’t sleep until he is filled up and cries and screams 🙈. I don’t have much resolve for anything but sleep at the moment with WFH, no childcare, pregnant and anaemic - eek. But it’s not nice for him to be wet so need to do something.

I think I’m going to try to make a concerted effort over the weekend to get him to drink more in the day and stand firm at night.

Do you have a partner who presumably isn't pregnant and anaemic? Perhaps he has more resolve and can do some bedtimes?

We double up and you need to put holes in the bottom nappy so that it leaks through to the top nappy. Otherwise it just bursts out the side or top as if he’s wearing one nappy. It works.

We used to have that every night, we had to change at some point or wake to a flood.
The solution was as per the above posters all replied to limit fluids. I think they get a habit, with bottles they can drink too quickly. Perhaps worth rejigging the bed time routine, we used to have feeding at the start but he hadn't wound down enough to concentrate, then we did it after bath and in pyjamas, now we actually moved it to right at the end because he was always falling asleep before teeth and story (and i like reading his story!!)
If you move the drink it will be hard at first but might be easier for your toddler to get over the upset earlier in the routine.

Sorry i should have said the other option may be a smaller bottle or less full, then you can regulate the speed by taking some time to refill it again (only half full again) by which time it might have gone down. It's so tough though so many ideas and you have to know which one helps and which one makes things worse for your little one! Good luck.

Have you tried an extra snack just before bed? Like porridge or yoghurt, so he doesn't try to fill up on milk so much? Mine's 18 months and gets a yoghurt just before we start the bedtime routine because otherwise (despite eating his dinner, and fruit, and cadging off his big sister's plate) he's up and hangry by eleven.

DS does have a tendency to drink a lot in the evening, especially after nursery and if front sleeping, can leak out the top. We've sized up (size 8, they're fun to track down, but he is 3y6mo) and if he does wake at night, I do try and change him. We also encourage a wee after bath and before bed.

Just get on with the laundry and have spare mattress protector etc to be honest. Compared to the puke and poonami days, it's relatively inoffensive

My ds went through this I now but him a dry night over his nappy and not had a problem with it since