Night-time nappies for 4 yo - any ideas?

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Maybe I should post this in Nappies, but thought I'd get more traffic here. DS1 was a late potty trainer (we cracked it at about 3.6) and initially was almost immediately being dry at night. We never got to the stage where we were blase enough to leave his nappy off at night though, and sure enough, after his first regression (a cold) he was back to soaking a hefty disposable nappy at night. It's all very mysterious, night-time dryness. Clearly a switch has been 'flicked' back again and we just have to wait until it resets.

Anyway, my problem is that the Tesco Baby Active size 5 (sometimes 5+ if I can get them) is usually sopping wet by morning and half the time, he's soaked through his PJs onto his sheets. I'm getting fed up with washing sheets almost every morning. Does anyone have any tips? Better nappies? Anything else I can do? I use Tesco own brand because Pampers are now officially shite and I resented paying more for something that didn't work. But I know you can get special night-time disposables. They work out terrifically expensive - like 50p a nappy. Are they worth it, or is there something cheaper out there that's better?

does tesco not do an equivalent of pampers baby dry (baby essentials or something) that goes up to a size 6?

I don't need them yet but ds is 2.2 and been in a size 6 baby dry for months!! Friends have said Sainsburys baby dry equivalent are good. Much bulkier but go longer. Also, have read on mn that aldi are good too.

I hope he just doesn't get any bigger and drops his bedtime milk before the need arises.

Update if you have any success, please.

Seona - they do, yes - he's in Tesco pampers-rip-offs - but we very rarely find them above a 5. Maybe 5+, and I've never seen 6s. Suppose I could try ordering them online... Might try Sains, see if they have them in stock.

I'm reluctant to drop his drinks - I think when a child is genuinely thirsty, they should drink! And he has a tiny amount of milk in a sippy cup at bedtime, really.

When do you put the night nappy on him, is it possible he is wetting it even before he goes to sleep? I would try putting it on at the last minute, before putting off the light, and after he has done a final wee. There can often be a long time between going to bed and settling to sleep, sometimes as much as an hour, so it pays to make sure his bladder is empty, even if he doesn't feel as if he needs to go.

It might just help reduce the saturation!

Dd2 isn't dry at night at 4.5 and she wears a pull up nappy, usually either Sainsburys or Lidl but Huggies if they are on half price. Pull ups are easier because she can still go to the toilet before bed and if she does wake she can go by herself. We've had no trouble with them leaking

you need to use pyjama pants for a 4yo I think, not nappies. You can get them for age 4-8 from Boots. We used them for DS1 who wasn't really dry until he was 5 and a half.

DS1 still in nappies at night he is nearly 6, choices are huggies dry nites (age 4-7) or underjams (pampers) which we prefer, small/medium (size 7) is age 4-7. Expensive - yes 50p a nappy but on offer now for 30p a nappy (£3 for a pack of 10) so have stocked up.

Have looked in the supermarkets but can't find any own brand and boots no longer do the bigger sizes.

DD is nearly 5 and a right skinny minny so we use pampers pull ups in size 6.

Agree that night time nappies for older kids are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. We should start a e-petition!

I second going for a 2nd wee after story, just before snuggling down.

I make DD drink as soon as she is out of school and then only a small water with snack after 5pm.

This way, the nappy is only wet from one night time wee and the pampers can hold this.
But I know that she is a lazy minx and wee's first thing as well in her nappy knowingly.

Having just read your post again, the active type nappies do not absorb as much as super dry type nappies.

You can get super dry in size 6. The 'dry' versions def hold more than active ones.

Also, do play around with brands, I think pampers suit boys more because the bulk is up front top where they need it!
Daft question I know, but is his willy pointing down into the nappy at night?

And if you don't already, double make the bed to make life easier.

Dry Nites were on offer half price (so 25p each) in both Boots & Sainsbury's in last 2 months. You just have to keep an eye out.
Lidl size 6 pull ups did us fine, too.

We use huggies pull ups on our nearly five year old DD. They are really heavy by morning, but don't leak.

Yes, exactly I only buy on offer and I am always looking out and will stock up when I see.

I began to worry that DD would never be dry and found this by googling

www.tenadirect.co.uk/children/libero-up--go-xl-plus/

Size 6 pampers baby dry on my 5 year old. And I lift him before I go to bed to try to catch a wee. Nappy can still be like a brick in the morning! It is about the only thing he doesn't leak out of. Well, I say that but he does sometimes leak.

I feel for him as I thinnk he would like ot be out of the nappies now and sometimes is dry after being lifted but not always. He takes stuff for constipation that has to be taken with lots of water and the GP would prefer that he took at night (takes a different one in the morning) so reducing his drinks is futile.

I can't use the size 6 pampers as he wont wear nappies only pullups and I can't lift him as he wont perform unless I totally wake him and this often has bad consequences (him not going back to sleep) - at nearly 6 still in smaller size of dry nites and underjams so not worried about being able to find pull ups, only big cost!

I would second the tena lady nappies. Size 6 works out at 20p each
www.tenadirect.co.uk/children/

my nearly 4yo Ds is still not dry at night, we're currently using tesco pull ups in a size 5, but he isn't soaking them anymore. They also do size 6 but they're huge!
When he was soaking through (up until about 2-3 months ago) we were using Wilko's version of baby-dry. I forget what they're called but they go up to a size 6 and are in the green packs. They're by far the best nappies I've used for DS, we've used them since he was 18 months.

Tesco Extra stores do them (sixe 6)- sometimes smaller tescos but you can buy them from tesco.com. If you find them when there's a deal on, you could buy them in bulk and even with delivery, it would still be cheaper than pampers!

I've always used Tesco for my ds (almost 7) but fortunately, he's just trained himself dry age 6.

oh i might pop into wilkos as we have the same problem!

Ds is five and wears 'underjams' pull ups to bed. He's in s/m size at the mo and never leaked.