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Any ideas on how to contain overnight leaks?

Rebekah - posted on 08/06/2010 ( 4 moms have responded )

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My son is four and a half. He's been potty trained for a long time, but still hasn't completely gone dry overnight. He did for a while back when his nights were a little shorter (due to napping during the day), but now that we've dropped the nap and his night is a bit longer, he rarely has a dry night.



So he wears a pull-up to bed, which sometimes contains the leaks, and other times doesn't. I have a washable waterproof pad under his sheet so it doesn't soak into the mattress. Its annoying to have to strip it all and wash it, but it works for now. My main dilemma now is that we're going on vacation in 2 weeks and staying at a bed and breakfast. I don't want to be burdened with having to wash/air dry the waterproof pad and having to bug the staff with wet sheets at the B&B. The best alternative I could find at the store was disposable bed pads which I would just toss after use instead of having to launder them. Not great for long term, but more convenient for the 3 nights we'll be away. Any other good ideas about how to contain leaks? By the way, in the past, I did try putting a maxipad in his pull-up for more absorption, but I'm not convinced it was entirely helpful. It still runs out the top. I also tried a diaper underneath and a pull-up over top, but it still can run out the top/legs. Maybe I'll just wrap him like a tortilla in the waterproof pad! LOL



I know someone is bound to suggest restricting fluids...I have tried that, though with not much apparent result. The other difficulty of that is that now in the summer, we are out playing hard until bedtime and it doesn't seem right to limit fluids with all of his activity. I don't let him guzzle fluids...I do put limits on it, but leaks are still happening. When we go on vacation, we'll be at the beach and I don't want to risk dehydration.

Any other creative ideas or products out there that I might not have heard of? Thanks!

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Cheri - posted on 08/06/2010

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I use Good nights pull ups and a hospital grade pad under my son and above his sheets. I have 2 just in case! :) Whatever you do don't limit his liquids it can cause life long issues that will not go away. He will learn to become dehydrated. My parents and Grandparents did that to me and I still struggle... I know other people who also have the same issue. Treat him normally with fluids, his body is going to need extra time for his bladder to mature. Until then keep him in pull-ups, get a hospital grade fluids pad, wake him up to go potty every 3 or so hours (You'll figure the perfect timing out over time) and let him know it's not his fault that his bladder needs a little more time to get the messages going to the rest of his body. :)
Also, on a side note I would tell him that sometimes when people have things like this it's good to keep them private just in case other people don't understand and aren't nice. :)

Holly - posted on 08/06/2010

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Have you given cloth diapering a shot at night?? Or tried all brands of pullups? Pampers Pullups hold a lot more than Huggies with detachable sides.

Joanna - posted on 08/06/2010

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It might not be so much limiting the liquids, as knowing when he usually has to urinate after drinking them. We're potty training my almost 3 year old, and up until recently she was leaking through her diaper at night (I was washing sheets/waterproof pads every single morning). So I told her she could have her cup of milk half an hour earlier before bed, then had to pee before bed... she always pees half hour after she has a drink. And then I allow her half a cup of water to keep by her bed if she gets thirsty. And now she wakes up dry or nearly dry every morning.

Mylene - posted on 08/06/2010

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I would suggest that your son MAY have a problem with the control of his bladder that is purely physical and not just because he isn't fully potty trained.



I think at his age, it could be qualified as bed wetting. I don't have much of a solution to contain the leaks but I know that chiropractic care can help children who have bed wetting issues. It is a medical condition and can be solved naturally. You might want to look into that. I hope you find a solution for the leaks in the meantime.



the bed wetting can be cause by a nerve that goes from the spine to the bladder... If that nerve is not communicating properly, your son won't have the control he needs at night. it takes the weight of a dime to significantly restrict nerve communication...

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