Do I need to buy another waterproof mattress cover

Pinkypants

Always use a good quality mattress protector on a childs bed, even waterproof if need be. We sweat about half a pint a night and most mattresses are designed to abosorb the moisture.

Decent £20 plus waterproof mattress proctectors are not noisy or too hot.

Far cheaper then buying a new mattress that's for sure.

Parents with young children should have them on their double or king size beds too. The amount of times I have had customers tell me that their child has been in their bed and had an accident be it toilet or spilled the milk etc.....

barbiedoll

daska wrote: »

Mind you I'd rather a stained mattress than then DS1's party trick of hurling from the top of the ladder :eek:

Oh yes, I had that last year, it was the first time that DS had thrown up in years. It's a lovely job, clearing splattered puke from carpets, walls, the bookcase, the gaming chair AND the bed....all at 3am! (We got him a "normal" bed pretty soon after that)

I got a couple of free samples of a product by (I think) Pampers, it was a waterproof, quilted disposable sheet, about the size of a handtowel. I used to put it under DS's bottom sheet when he was small. They probably still sell something similar, I used the same one for ages, in fact I only threw out the unused one recently!

SingleSue

daska wrote: »

Have to disagree with you on that one LOL, it really does depend on whats coming up. As I said earlier, DS2 can soak right through the quilted protector to the waterproof - if he didn't have that the mattress would be soggy. Mind you I'd rather a stained mattress than then DS1's party trick of hurling from the top of the ladder :eek:

My middle and eldest would completely miss the bed, mattress etc and hit the clothes in the cupboard 5 foot across the room, I took to putting pulled apart bin bags on the floor at distance of approx 4ft out to 6ft from the beds and over the front of wardrobes, or toys :rotfl:

Floppy valves can be so much fun!

valk_scot

I've had three kids and not one of them threw up over their beds at night after they were about two or three. Is this really so common? Are kids all over the UK regularly throwing up all over their beds past the age of six? (Ongoing health issues excepted of course.) If mine felt pukey at night I put a plastic bucket by their beds on a plastic backed picnic rug and told them to throw up in that. Seemed to work just fine. I don't think I ever had to strip a bed at night for vomit. (The boys were pretty bad for bedwetting though, must admit.)

Valli

When the kids were small I bought terry towelling rubber-backed fitted mattress covers. They are washable and can be tumble-dried!

Both the kids beds have mattresses which still look new.

I wish I had bought the one on MY bed when the bed was new, too:o

tyllwyd

valk_scot wrote: »

I've had three kids and not one of them threw up over their beds at night after they were about two or three. Is this really so common? Are kids all over the UK regularly throwing up all over their beds past the age of six? ...

Well, my DD (who has no health/developmental issues) is nine and has certainly managed to throw up on her bed a few times in the last year. It probably depends quite a bit on the child - she's got a sensitive stomach but doesn't like to admit weakness, so I think she probably tries to pretend to herself that there is nothing wrong until it is all too late!

But even if they aren't ill, it is still reassuring to know that if they manage to spill a drink all over the bed etc etc the mattress won't be ruined. And if you have teenage girls, the mattress protectors become useful all over again ...

Oh, and when we went on holiday to a static caravan this summer, I took all the mattress protectors with us, and since the mattresses in the caravan weren't as lovely as I might have hoped, I was pleased I had them along.

daska

Well, DS2 is still only 5 and has special needs so surely he can be forgiven but DS1 would have been about 8 the last time he didn't get to the bathroom - I can pinpoint it quite accurately because it was the first time DS2's dad visited, and bless him he helped me clear it all up - washing the lego and everything.

I tell my kids to throw up IN the bed if they can't get to a bucket in time because it's easier than cleaning the carpets/toys/curtains etc.