Soaking bed every night!

[zombiemum123]

My 2 yo DS is potty trained during the day and nappy on a night, problem is he is absolutely soaking wet when he wakes in the morning, iv tried so many different nappies, different sizes , check his nappy before I go to bed about 11 and usually it’s quite dry, last night I even put two nappies on which didn’t seem to help at all, it’s as if he’s holding lots of wee in till the early hours. Tried restricting fluids after 5 however he won’t sleep unless he has a bit of milk before bed! He seems to sleep in his side or front which won’t help. I’m sure there isn’t an answer for this (as I feel I have tried everything!) but incase there is any tips and tricks I have missed

Forgot to add it’s that wet I’m having to was all sheets, duvet pillows every day!

Anyone?

Have you tried getting him.up for a wee? I had to do this with ds1 for a couple of months. 4am seemed optimal time for us.

Old style towelling nappies? I brought up my sons when these were in use. I can’t remember any leaks and one was a front sleeper. We used a double nappy at night.

2-part cloth nappies! If it’s only wet it can go in with normal wash, easier than washing sheets every day. I recommend totsbots bamboozles or Ella’s house bumhugger with a motherease airflow wrap or nature babies wrap (or wool if you can be bothered with the relanolising every 3-4 weeks)

There is a pad thingy that we had, (about 10 years ago) it is quite thick and has strap thingys that go under mattress to stop it moving about during the night

It is about 1.5 m square

It absorbs so much liquid, enough for a junior aged child (much more than a full bladder of a toddler)

You can wash and tumble

You can also get "plastic" covers for duvet that isn't plastic iyswim but it protects the actual duvet

Not sure if this would work or if you've tried it but how about putting a nappy on back to front as most of the absorbent is at the back? Or even if you double up and put the second one on back to front.

Our 2yo DS does the same. A step I haven’t tried - but heard could work - is yes doubling up on nappies, but putting cuts in the first layer so that it spills out into the second layer more easily....

We had exactly the same issue with older DS at same age and tried inserts, back to front nappies, biggest nappy possible.

Now what works for us - still ends up with a damp waist band but not soaked sleeping bag and sheets - is nappy on at 6pm, then a new nappy at 7pm before bed as that at least gets rid of one pee! Then I change him at 11pm if that first nappy didn’t contain much wee. Loose pj bottoms so they don’t press on the nappy too much.

Reading with interest. DS is 2.5 and no signs of potty training yet but I'm fed up of soaking wet PJs and bedsheets. Often it's just the band that's wet but at least 3 mornings he's soaked through. He sleeps on his front mainly. I've tried nearly everything!

Can you try Dry Nites? They are for older children so the smallest are 3-5 years. They hold loads.

Peejamas over the top of the nappy so you're only having to wash trousers and not all the bedding?

thanks all for the suggestions, iv tried nappy on back to front no joys! Also tried nappy on normally then another nappy on top back to front- didn’t make any difference! I will defiantly try the reusable nappies sounds like there quite good. Iv got him up before bed for a wee, I would be worried about getting him up in the early hours because I know he wouldn’t go back to sleep . I’m going to also try with out pj bottoms on as it does seem to come out from the top of the wait band. Thanks all again!

Zombie I had the same concerns about getting ds up. I leave a potty next to his bed, so it's minimum disruption. He was one of those babies who didn't sleep, nap, fall asleep etc. But at 3 I can lift him to see and put back pretty painlessly as long as it's before 5am.

Is he pulling his old boy out? Mine used to do this so I put them in back in fastened vests.

No not pulling it out thank god 😂 it’s worth a go trying him on the portly for nothing I’ll give it a go tonight! Thanks

Try a nappy and then another nappy over the top but in the size up (Be careful of nappy rash though)
You can also get booster pads you put in the nappy to add absorbency and help stop leaks.
Wearing a vest to bed should also help with the nappy sagging down which can sometimes cause leaks at the top.

Holiday- where have you seen the booster pads? Iv not Ben able to find them in the shops (rather not buy online it always goes horribly wrong for me 😑)

Have you tried waterproof overpants, designed to go over washable nappies? They can be worn over disposables too. You'll need a good fit (the motherease ones worked really well on our DC).