Nappy leaking!

adamantine

fluffnutter wrote: »

You shouldn't limit the amount a child drinks. At best it doesn't actually help with night-time wetting, at worst it leads to dehydration.

i said at night time not all day. by all means offer as much to drink during the day but before bedtime it can cause a child to wet the bed. no need to scare monger! im not saying not to allow the child to drink at all and no drinks before bed are not going to cause dehydration!

shellsuit

I limit when my son drinks from 5.30pm.

Before that he can drink as much as he likes!

adamantine

shellsuit wrote: »

I limit when my son drinks from 5.30pm.

Before that he can drink as much as he likes!

same here. after tea time there are no drinks here. i have to limit coming up to meals too otherwise my boys fill up on water or milk and dont eat their tea. never have they been dehydrated excpet when DS1 was hospitilised with norovius! somepeople just like to over-react!

mildred1978

ZsaZsa wrote: »

I dont have a solution, but I can sympathise as my son is nearly 4 and we have tried EVEYTHING. The only things that helped us get more dry nights than wet were

Pampers babydry
Go one size larger than daytime nappies
Change nappy when you go to bed (we are STILL doing this)

We're a bit stuck now as he's outgrown the size 6 nappies, but is too skinny for the big boy pyjama pants, so we're back to endless washing again!

Good luck

Shouldn't he be potty trained by now??!

shellsuit

mildred1978 wrote: »

Shouldn't he be potty trained by now??!

How rude! Not all kids are fully trained 24/7 by the age of 4.

adamantine

mildred1978 wrote: »

Shouldn't he be potty trained by now??!

thats quite insensitive. maybe there is a medical reason he isnt potty trained yet. children alot older wet the bed frequently yet are dry during the day.

shellsuit

adamantine wrote: »

thats quite insensitive. maybe there is a medical reason he isnt potty trained yet. children alot older wet the bed frequently yet are dry during the day.

Too true.

A friend of my sons when they were younger still wore night time pants when he was 7 and there was nothing physically wrong with him at all.

All children come on along at different ages, there is no right or wrong, especially when it comes to toilet training.

mildred1978

Sorry. Didn't mean to offend anyone. Had no idea it might be so long that a child was in nappies! I've never known a child that wasn't trained by 3 at the very latest.

kingfisherblue

My son is 13 and is unlikely to ever be out of nappies - but he does have a medical condition (well, several actually, but one which causes incontinence). having said that, boys tend to be slower than girls to become dry at night. That's why pyjama pants have such a good market.

pinkladyof66

mildred1978 wrote: »

Shouldn't he be potty trained by now??!

My son is 3 and is no where near being toilet trained and wont be for a long while and he has special needs too not all children can be potty trained at an early age.

We limit what our little boy drinks after his tea at 5.30 he just has a small cup of milk and we have found this to work as we were having this problem too