Little one wetting bed but refusing nappies

egon

Hi,

My DS is 2y 6m. He is refusing to wear nappies, but still regulary wets his bed.
It is getting a little streneous(sp?) for us. We have matress covers on our beds (2 on little DS's). But sometimes he wets the bed up to 3 times.
We do take him to the loo at around 10pm and if I am awake (which is quiet regularly) at 2/3am. 2 nights out of 7 seven he is dry. I just don't know what to do by now. I am so tired most days now, as I haven't had a proper nights sleep for years (DS1 is 4 and only recently started to sleep through the night!). On top of that, I now have to change beddings in the midle of the night for up to 2 times.

Any ideas/ help is very much appreciated!

Thanks Egon

stef240377

Look at what time he goes to bed. Have a cut off point atleast an hour/ hour and a half prior to that where he has no drink at all.
Obviously take him to the loo as he goes up to bed then attempt to wake at 2 hour intervals to get him to go again. I know it sounds a lot but i was advised to do this with my 2 boys and within a fortnight we were down to an occassional wet night but no where near the volume you would get when you first go in to it.

Do you use proper nappies or pull up pants for bed? Explaining that all the big boys wear the pull ups may be one way of coaxing him that he can wear them a little longer?

rosalie-lavender

My son wet the bed until he was in secondary school. This site have a lot of advice and also sell protective bedding.
http://www.eric.org.uk/

They used to sell washable absorbant pads that you could put over the mattress so all you had to do is remove the pad and the sheet was still dry. Unfortunately with little boys the wee does tend to go up and soak the quilt too but you can get washable quilt protectors too so you don't end up having to wash the quilt as well as the bedding.

As he is still quite young I would go with the pull ups suggestion if you can.

fernliebee

Part of the problem with children learning to be dry all night can actually be that their bladder has never stretched enough/ got used to holding more liquid, as they have nappies on and can just do little wee's through the day. At the enurisis (sp) clinic sometimes do suggest getting little ones to have big drinks through the day rather than lot's of little sips iyswim. This means when they need to wee they need a big wee and so their bladder gets used to holding large amounts. Sort of training in the day, for the nightime.

Also avoid blackcurrent drinks as these irritate the bladder and can make children wet more.

He is still very small, and I know GP's etc don't count night wetting as a problem until children are 7 at least.

Could you buy some of the pampers night time mat things, and layer a few up as they are very absorbant and would just mean swapping the mat rather than whole bed.

*Louise*

Does he see pull up pants as being 'nappies'??

I used to make a big fuss of them being for 'big boys' until my DS got past the bed wetting stage

egon

Thanks for all the replies.

Yes, he classes pull up as nappies as well. I've tried all sorts for him to accept them.

He has a mind of his own with this things. He started to refuse daytime nappies at the age of 20 month! And Since October he is refusing any type of nappy for day and night time.

I have 2 matress cover and sheets on his bed already and also a mat square thingy...., so when I have to change in the middle of the night, I just have to rip the wet layer off. but it isn't always (mostly) enough.

I always try and give them lots to drink in the day. Evening, they get just one small drink with dinner and milk when they go to bed.

Egon

mrcow

At 2 1/2 you can make him wear pull ups. They are pretty tight on. If he doesn't like it, then sorry but tough. He's wetting the bed and you've better things to be doing than cleaning up pee covered bedding.

Put your foot down. You're a parent. He can still go to the toilet as per usual, but until the pull ups are fully dry by the morning, they stay on. That's the rule. At 2 1/2, he's more than old enough to understand that.

xmaslolly76

Does he always wake up when he wets the bed or does he sleep through the whole affair? My lad wets the bed occasionally but we dont find out until the morning and the whole bedroom stinks ewww.

Can you not make him wear pyjama pants i know its not easy with a 2yr old but for your own sanity a bit of tough love may be called for :-)

CAPMguy

just before he goes to bet avoid giving him any water or drinking material and make sure he pees before he goes to bed like daily

Apricot

Can you not put a nappy on him once he is asleep? I have regularly changed children's nappies whilst they are sleeping so that they don't soak all the way through. If he is able to take a nappy off then put a pull up on him or put all in one pyjamas on backwards (you will have to cut the feet off) but he will not be able to get them off.

Loopy_Girl

mrcow wrote: »

At 2 1/2 you can make him wear pull ups. They are pretty tight on. If he doesn't like it, then sorry but tough. He's wetting the bed and you've better things to be doing than cleaning up pee covered bedding.

Put your foot down. You're a parent. He can still go to the toilet as per usual, but until the pull ups are fully dry by the morning, they stay on. That's the rule. At 2 1/2, he's more than old enough to understand that.

Exactly what I was thinking!! A 2 year old dictating things? I think not!!:eek: