What absorbent pants to use with bed-wetting alarm for Ds(9)

[magso]

Quick advice from those who have used body worn bed-wetting alarms with their dcs please.
I am wondering about what absorbent night undies to buy for ds! He has a kylie super pant which doesn't take a full wee but cushions the alarm sensor and often saves soaking the duvet ( so I can turn it over till morning). Has any one found a better option or shall I buy some more Kylies? Ds has mod/sev Ld and has sensory diffs (ASD) so can't cope with a pad tucked into undies - he fiddles and pulls it out! It has taken 2 weeks to get him to accept the wires etc, but as he wets when deeply asleep still (it may be a long haul) and we can't use pull up nappies due to sweat potentially setting off the alarm has any one found a absorbent workable solution to reduce full night changes? He wets at least twice a night so its a lot of washing! Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Thanks Fio - I do use absorbent bed pads, but it has to be hidden under a jersey sheet (sensory issues), and the duvet often gets soaked (boys!). Ds can be quite grumpy waiting while I change everything and dh is unhappy with the electricity(wash/dryer) bills!
I was hoping to find absorbent pants to contain the worst of each flood, but most washable pull up night pants are aimed at young children.

The instructions for the enuresis alarm say not to use a pull up or anything with a waterproof backing, however I am beginning to wonder if I'll give it a try and test the theory that sweat will set off the alarm. After All most people try night training once a child is showing signs of readiness - ds isnt ( and still has day time accidents). I did try tena xs pants but find them dear (we use 2 a night) - there is no paed continence service in our county hence trying to train him. I started off so hopeful...! ( Ps drynites just are not absorbent enough for ds)

Ds is 9 and in MLD/ASD school. They cope much better than his previous ms school - most of the children have continence issues too. He has not had a medical at school yet and because we live next to a county border it is possible that the rest of his school mates do get continence support. In our county although a child is not considered dry by day till they have less than 2 accidents a week, a child who is able to use a loo at all by day is considered to have only enuresis so does not qualify for continence products (You can hear my frustration). In theory (after advice on here and getting politely stroppy with the GP) he was approved for 2 products a day (a year ago), but 'there are more urgent cases' and we are still waiting. I bought an alarm with ds 1st DLA payment. Ds does see a paed who has a very long last sorted out his long term constipation - with a change to movicol that works better. Soiling accidents rarely happen now thankfully. The paed also said Ds daytime incontinence is down to 'putting off going or in other words laziness'. The trouble with not using nappies at night is that ds gets sore very quickly (which then impacts badly on his day time continence) even with scrupulous cleaning and creaming up, so we can really only keep it up for a matter of weeks before we go back to night nappies. We also all get tired as it takes longer to change a bed and re-cream than changing a nappy. I was hoping the alarm might help as I can change the bed as soon as he wets it and hopefully it will teach him to wake up in time eventually.
Sorry didn't mean to be so long winded!

Thanks Fio!
Washing machine has gone wrong ( but after the soggiest wash done thank goodness)! So maybe I'll try using a nappy and an alarm tonight- cant get much less sleep!

Hi Magso

Have you tried www.fledglings.org.uk, they do waterproof bedding and wipe clean duvets and pillows, I remember in one issue a giant under sheet that held upto 2 litres of urine without getting the top sheet wet. My daughter is 8 yrs old and still wets while asleep, the consultant has said that her nervous system is not fully developed and she may well be like this until 18 yrs old, she is not a special needs child, until she does not like the idea anymore we shall keep on with the dry nights.

Thankyou Bunnytent. I have been offline for a while (and handwashing sheets!) Computor and washing machine now fixed I hope. I will revue fledglings products (I got some of the protective bedding there but a while ago). I got some thick terry pants (night time pants) from a nappy company which are soft and absorbant and dont set off the alarm from sweat.
Well we have some good news! Ds has had 3 dry nights in the last week!! OK its early days and it may be the physical discomfort of the alarm/wires keeping him from his extradeep (bedwetting state) sleep. I have realised the obvious thing is to try and persuade ds to sleep directly on a bed pad as Fio suggested but ds has struggled with so have searched out some extra large ones ( now the machine is fixed).
Fio - thankyou for suggesting the school nurse. She is hopefully going to help if the alarm doesnt work magic!

You could try these waterproof underwear, astore.amazon.com/bravandgrac-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=8 and get several waterproof sheet protectors astore.amazon.com/bravandgrac-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=7 to minimize the laundry.
If you decided to try a bedwetting alarm, get the childrens book, Prince Bravery and Grace - Attack of the Wet Knights www.braveryandgrace.com its really clever, kids love it and it helps children understand and feel better about the whole process