Hate Changing Sheets Every Day

have you tried Huggies' Goodnight diapers? My oldest son had the same problem & I found those to be really helpful. He wore them until he stayed dry all night (at about 4).

Hi S.,

In the drug store (I go to RiteAid) by the adult diapers there is a pad you can buy that has plastic on the bottom side with cloth on the front. It might work for you, and it is easy to wash. If you buy another one after you have tried one it would be easy to rotate.

If your little guy does not move too much in his sleep you can also try "sheet savers"- they are waterproof terrycloth strips that go under kiddo on top of the sheet and tie on either side of the bed- great because if there is an accident you just untie and go- much easier then changing even just the top sheet. Got mine at Babys-r-us.

We have been doing well with Goodnites, my kid had a sensitivity to Huggies, but none with Goodnites. No moring messes since.

We used Huggies and they held a lot. If the amount it is holding is the issue, then maybe you can wake him up once in the middle of the night, possibly right before you go to bed and you can give him a clean diaper then.

Hi S., I so FEEL YOUR PAIN with this. My son is 3yr too and we went through this stage for months. I too was out of my mind changing his sheets every day or shall I say at the crack of stupid and having to change him too. What a chore. Not to mention I have a 7 month old son who would rather figure out standing up and jumping in his crib then sleep. When my son was 2.5 I got these to cut down on wet sheets. They are wonderful. I got 2. http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId...
that way I can just take it off and the sheets are dry. I don't use then as much as he is getting on a schedule and for him he stays dry if he goes potty a few times before bed. I stopped using diapers at 2.5 and put him in overnight pull ups. I make sure his bladder is empty before bed. My son likes to hold some of it as he thinks he will get more treats for going potty back to back.

Good luck to you. This is such a hard one for them to learn and one I don't care for it. and we get to do it all over again with #2. LOL.

SAHM/Zombie 39 mom with 2 very active happy sons. 3yr and 7 months. I love being a mom and Im a better person when I have sleep. A good glass of wine helps a lot. ;)

My son was doing the same thing at night so we started to limit liquids 2 to 3 hours before bedtime. If you are stopping liquides at 630 mabe he is still drinking to much. Try to stop them earlier. He should be able to stay dry during a nap. Maybe he is not emptying his bladder totaly. We also tried to reward our son when he would stay dry.

I had the same problem. I use huggies nighttime pull ups and they seem to work very well. They also make overnights which run a little larger. We had to try those when target ran out of the pull ups.
B.

My son did the same thing. I used Huggies size 6 (way to big for him but it held A LOT of peepee!! I also bought one of the huge crib waterproof pads and put it under his top sheet but over his mattress pad. Then if there was an accident I only had to wash the pad and fitted sheet.

Blessings!
L.

I agree with Mary M.

If your kid doesn't flop around much you might even go the cheaper route and get those sheet covers that they use in hospitals. You can find them with the older folk diapers. I would put one of those on top of his sheet and then a towel on top of it to provide some softness.

Then in the morning all you have to do is throw the towel into the wash and throw out the sheet protector. Presto change-o! :-)

Yes to the suggestions below! Use the overnight disposable pullups and for some extra protection use the potty pads on top of your son's sheets. I've done both and both are great. You want 2-4 of the potty pads if you don't want to be stuck doing laundry every day.

To be honest, until your son is developmentally ready to stay dry all night, you can do all the getting him up and restricting fluids and will have only so-so success. It all varies from child to child when they stay dry. I've seen many posts here asking about when kids "should" be dry and how to get them there and there is no absolute answer as far as I've seen. It sounds like you are handling that part just fine. :o) Wishing you the best of luck.

I had the same problem with my son and what I did was I got some of the bed pads that they use in the hospital, put one under the sheet for extra protection and one on top of the sheet, they are soft enough that they can sleep comfortably on. When you need to change the bed all you have to do is pull the pad off and put a new one down, it make nighttime changing easy too.

I used huggies overnight diapers. they can hold a ton!!! I also used the flannel top/rubberized bottom pads until i was sure the overnights would hold!!! he rarely had a leak with the overnights. good luck!!

We use Huggies overnights, and they SAVED my laundry!!! (and water bill)

I don't have any potty training advice since I'm no where close to that milestone : ) but instead of changing sheets every day, what about using one of those ultimate crib sheets that sits on top of the regular sheets and is waterproof? Just an idea...

I'm not fond of diapers at night while potty training, but with your concern try using a cotton/hemp liner. You'll have to wash it, but far less than the sheets. Or you could use a mattress pad - similar to the lap pads used with infants, but large enough for the mattress. Good Luck!

Hi there
we use those mats that you see in hospitals.. it's cotton on one side and the opposite side is plastic. it wks nicely...
if your son tosses and turns a lot, it's not as effective, but you can probably put two together. Also, you might consider putting on those those fitted plastic liners. you know the things that go outside a cloth diaper.. they make them now much more comfy than they used to.. This may help hold in the moisture and lastly.. well, if he is like my son, you may just need to get up in the middle of the night and check his diaper and if it's filled, then perhaps do a diaper change right then and there. We had to do that a lot because our son usually ALWAYS filled up a diaper at night.. just the way it goes :)

Try pull ups. You can also try diaper with a pull up on top of the diaper. (both should be at least a size larger). Diaper Doublers (check on line) and some people have even tried a maxi pad inside the diaper (which gives you the same effect as the doubler). Waterproof is a great idea.

I was also having that same problem with my son. I bought the small size of G diapers (inserts), I fold them in half and put it at the front of his diaper. I catches and absorbs all the extra fluid and we have been dry ever since.

My son has decided that half the nights he'll get up and go potty (and makes me get up with him), but I put him in underware and then pull ups, so that he pees through the underware, which I assume feels a bit uncomfortable, but the pull ups catch all excess, because I too was changing sheets every morning. I tell him at night, if you wake up, go potty. It's okay to go by yourself (he goes maybe once a week without waking me), but he goes.

My 4 year old has the same problem! We use the Huggies nighttime pull-ups. They work wonders!

Hi S., my son started wetting the bed recently. The one and only thing that has guaranteed us pee pee free sheets is waking him up in the middle of the night and even on top of that in the early morning (since he sleeps until 8 or 9) to go to the bathroom! Its sort of hard to wake yourself and your kid up but it works!!

Have you tried simply getting him up to go to the bathroom just before you go to bed? For most children the time their parents go to bed is about two to three hours after the child goes down, and a good time to go to the bathroom for the child. If you can do this and he'll go back to sleep, that might work.