Nappies

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Any brand better than others. DD is doing big girl wee's now she is 3 and its gushing out of the sides before getting absorbed. I'm running out of dry trousers.
We've tried Pampers and Tushies and Moltex so far and have the wet laps to prove it

I thought that you could sometimes get nappies on the NHS if your dc is going to train late due to special needs?

Not till 4. DD is 3 and a half. She'll never be trained so we get special stuff later I'm told but am finding nothing is coping with big-girl monsoons right now!!

NHS nappies won't help you - they are Pampers!!
Have you tried a smaller size - maybe the elastic wil stop it gushing out?? (have aboslutely no idea, sorry! DS2 (CP) is still 'dribbling'!!!)

yeah, dome all that. She just has amazing capacity for holding it all in until letting it gush out super-fast. If she didn't have CP she'd probably be trained. My eldest at this age wouldn't go for hours and hours then she'd fill the potty to dam'busters stage. dd2 is very like her sister

The washables we also use absorb it pretty fast so she doesn't leak but I thought disposables would be easier for trips out.

you can buy disposable pads can't you, how about boosting a smaller size nappy to get the tighter fit but with extra absorbancy capacity???

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our NHS nappies are LIBERO supplied by TENA & cope with a night times worth of ds2s output (he's 5). We only get the occasional leak.

Why would you qualify later because of the severity of SN surely that is discriminatory.

ds1 like your dd does niagara falls style wees cause he drinks like a fish
we use huggies pullups or dry nights. usually they absorb just fine but we do have the odd leakage but i guess it cant be halped
HTH

we get my nappies from the NHS, we used to get huggies (well I am at the moment because the supplier is out of stock of the new type)but now we get what they call sleep pants which are just drynights but the "faux" version we use them all day and night cause the "faux" version of pullups are too small
depending on the area you live in you get different brands and types supplied so dont be put off getting free nappies once you are entitled

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mymatemax, its 4 here. Used to be 3 but they did some penny-pinching.
Thanks for all the advice, I'll give it all a try. Final resort will be tying a bin bag round her waist and let ter her fill it up like a giant weeble.
Righty, best wake her up. Today is take son with Aspergers into town to buy some jumpers. You can imagine how much fun thats going to be. Especially with dam-busters wheelchair toddler in tow. Lalalalalal

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What is it about her CP that means she can't be toilet trsined? Just wondering. as my Ds2 has CP and we are just starting - have got him 'pooing' consistently on the toilet

Hi Nat. I don't know if she can be toilet trained to be honest. She's 3 and a half and has no movement at all, no rolling, no head control, nothing. She also has damage in the body-feedback part of the brain and seems to have less feeling from the neck down.
Right now she has no idea that she is going or has gone but I do know people who have kids with quad CP who trained at 7 or 10 so I am hopeful. She can't speak either so indicating she needs to go might be tricky.
I think she's quite bright but with the lack of muscle control and the severity of the CP I don't know if her body can manage it. But never say never. It just isn't going to happen yet or the forseeable future.
How old is your ds? How affected/ Can he talk, and feel what is going on down there?

My son has triplegia with both legs and his left arm affected. He can walk around the house and places he knows, but spacial awareness/sight is not good so he can't walk outside or in unfamiliar places. He can tell when he needs a poo but I don't think he can feel wee until it dribbles down his leg!! He certainly can't store it up and let it all out in one go - it's like an almost constant dribble (nice)!! He is beginning to talk, and we have used signing, but if you DD has no movement then obviously this isn't an option.
Have you ever tried Conductive Education? This is what got my son moving and I have seen excellent results with children who sound just like your DD.
Hope you find some siutable nappies soon!!

we did a week CE with the Birmingham place. The conductor said DD was too severely affected for it to work. Apparently you need some movement to work with.
Off to Brainwave in January. We'll have her juggling yet
I'd like speech and one arm moving but I'm probably dreaming.