Do any of your kids wear "pyjama pants" and how old are they?

pigpen

cookie54 wrote: »

when my eldest was 8 we went to the doctor and got tablet that he took at night and it stoped the bed wetting . i forgot what its called but it was brilliant and when he went to camp . we told the leader and they gave it to him no problem ..........

desmopressin.. BUT it only works if the problem is overproduction of the diuretic hormone which may not be the case here. It didn't make the slightest bit of difference to my daughter.

Mine is almost 10 and going to camp with school in November.. she is wearing her pj pants.. they are not allowed to discriminate against any child for anything like this as it is classed as a disability rather than something they choose to do.

Speak to the leaders I am sure they have had plenty of experience of this and have at least 1 or 2 every year.

denton6

hi my son is 7 and had same kind of problems. dr told me to stop putting him in pj pants, get some waterproof sheets and put one over mattress , cover on top then waterproof and then cover. if bed wet in night just take off top cover and so not to much disturbance. my dr gave my son desmopressin tablets, been very hit or miss some nights dry others soaking wet. maybe worth a try though. come in different strenghts so i may have to get slightly stronger ones next time. good luck it is hard work

chocolatepennyfarthing

Son used to go in such a deep sleep he would not wake up to go loo. We bought a little machine that had a sensor that let off an alarm at the first sign of any wetness. This would wake him and then he would get up and go to the loo. We only used it for a short time, then he seemed to wake himself to get up and go. Was quite expensive but seemed to do trick.

Mics_chick

I'll contact the Beaver leader and see what she says

galvanizersbaby

Mics_chick wrote: »

I'll contact the Beaver leader and see what she says

Neither of my 2 have ever used these but on a recent kit list for DS's Beaver camp I noticed these were on the list with an (if needed) beside them so I wouldn't worry too much

Loopy_Girl

I've often wondered that if these kind of garments didn't have such cool names and were called nappies (which they are) then if there wouldn't be as many older kids still needing them.

I would have also thought that if kids that are older are wearing them then there is no real incentive to learn to be dry at night as they know that they have 'night time pants' on.

inkie

OP - your DD will be fine going on camp. My DD has been away numerous times with brownies (even to Paris) and as she is an occasional wetter, we sent her with PJ Pants to save any embarrassment. I told the guider that she would be wearing them and the way it was managed was that I put them in a toiletry bag for DD, with the same amount of carrier bags in the toiletry bag. Last thing at night DD would take toiletry bag into bathroom , go in the loo and put them on. In the morning, same again - toiletry bag into the loo, take them off put in carrier bag, fasten it, drop into bathroom bin. The guiders then went in soon after to empty bin. Simple. There are ways around it, and your child can take part in things.

Mics_chick

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

I've often wondered that if these kind of garments didn't have such cool names and were called nappies (which they are) then if there wouldn't be as many older kids still needing them.

I would have also thought that if kids that are older are wearing them then there is no real incentive to learn to be dry at night as they know that they have 'night time pants' on.

Why bother to post if you're comments aren't helping anyone???

julie03

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

I've often wondered that if these kind of garments didn't have such cool names and were called nappies (which they are) then if there wouldn't be as many older kids still needing them.

I would have also thought that if kids that are older are wearing them then there is no real incentive to learn to be dry at night as they know that they have 'night time pants' on.

is this a serious thought.

this has been a common problem in children for many yrs, it was problem in the 70s when these "nappies" were not available, it just wasnt talked about, it was kept secret.

and i should know , i was one of those children and the only person it was discussed with was the doctor.