Son Soaking Through Diapers at Night

I am in the same boat - 2 1/2 year old son with little to no interest in potty training and a diaper that must weight about 20lbs in the morning. I switched to Huggies Overnights several months ago and they work great. They are a bit more expensive but do go on sale at Target and a Huggies coupon works on them too. It beats washing bedding and kids daily!

Yep, the Huggies overnites or Goodnites pullups are the best for not soaking through, but I'm just letting you know where to find them...Walmart! (I couldn't find them at Target or the grocery store).

I've had the same problem, but it seems like if I give him milk in his cup before he goes to bed, he doesn't soak through....not nearly as much anyway.

Hi A.,

My suggestion is that you try to potty train him...he is definitely old enough....and it will help him know what he is doing and maybe at least slow it down. I have done daycare in my home for 28 years and only had one child who wasn't potty trained by the time she was 3. Wouldn't it also be nice not to have 2 in diapers. It might be a good time to use the words "Big Brother" and with positive words get him to want to go potty...even though you are running it a little close to having a new baby in the house.

Good Luck!!!

C.

Try a pull up night time over the top of a diaper. Extra protection. My son didn't potty train until he was 3yrs old and even though he is trained during the day he still will wake up wet in the morning. I am not sweating it at all. He will get it....but the nite time pull ups do work great! But if your son is soaking a diaper I would double up for sure.

I used to change his diaper (even when he was asleep) before I went to bed. This usually got us through the night (and used Huggies/Pampers size 6). We also potty trained him at 2 1/2 (well, my Mom did which we were on vacation) and that's helped him hold more in at night (still poops only in the diaper when sleeping -- oy!).

Just a quick thought, Have you tried putting a plastic diaper cover over his diaper at night, that might help cut done on the lanudry. Juat a thought.

We've had the best "luck" with Huggies Supreme on our 26 month old boy.

I have 4 children, ages 5-12. They have all been bed-wetters until about age 5-6 years. I have found "goodnights" pull-ups to be the most effective against leaks. Drs. have assured me that some children just have immature bladders. They were all day dry by ages 2-3 years.
This brand also goes up to high weight capacities. My 5 year old is in the smallest size (he is about 44#). It is worth a try~ they have worked well for my family.

Ive been thru that with my youngest and its not easy thats for sure, but give this a try its what we did.But since your due soon your going to need some help from boyfriend or husband whom ever is around. Get those pads they use in the nursing homes and place one right under his sheet in the main spots where he sleeps use 2 one for if hes on one side or the other you get the idea. Also and hes gonna be crabby but it majorly helps the soaking thru. Get up and change him at midnight or 1 am, I know you want your sleep but if you want him to be a "big boy" and not have this continue once his sister is here it needs to be started right now so hopefully he wont regress. Also starting to potty train, has he shown interest? But give the latenight wakeup/change a try for a few months its going to take time and patience. I wish you luck and many blessings on the addition to your special family.

I had this same issue with my 2 year old girl. We use Nighttime Pullups for her. I don't really like spending that much money on expensive pullups, but we do only use one per day. And, I'm not changing sheets every morning any longer!

Have you tried the nitetime diapers that Huggies makes? My twin sons had the same trouble, being boys it came out the top. We used the Nitetime diapers and haven't had that problem again.

It might change when the new baby is home. If he is called the big brother that might work also. There is also the trick of cutting out water/drinks early or changing him at night.

Mike R.

Diaper doubles work great- you can only buy them at Babies R Us and they are about $3.00 for 30....

good luck.

Kristine

Huggies overnights work great for our 2 1/2 year old. We've had the same problem. I think they make them to size 6, but I'm not sure I've seen them that large or not. Our son is 36 lbs and I have in size 5's. Most kids don't stay dry at night for quite a while.

Good luck!

Hi A.,
I trained my son during the day with triple layer underwear and told him to run a hundred miles an hour(to avoid accidents) and then the nitetime, I had an automatic alarm that went off in my head around 230am and I would either pick him up or walk him to the bathroom(no lites one, only nite lites unless you have enough of outside lites). They don't remember waking up and mom can go back to sleep when that little chore is complete. Mom's need to sleep the REM sleep from 10pm -2am and then she doesn't loose any valuable sleep. Also, no water or anything after 7pm was my moto. And bed by 730-8pm so they grow healthy.

Huggies Overnights got us through the night with dry sheet ;)

Dear A.,

I had also tried all the usual techniques to prevent leaking overnight. What I found that worked best was to use one size up with the disposable diaper with a cloth diaper doubler lining the inside of the diaper. I bought my doublers from babybunz.com (great customer service!) and washing up the doublers was much easier than changing out a whole bed of wet bedclothes and giving my kiddo and extra bath.

we use the Huggies Overnites which have worked pretty well.

Have you tried the goodnited Pm diapers from Kmart? They worked good for my kids.

My son had the same problem at about the same age and we ended up buying those plastic pants that you use during potty training. (Although we didn't potty train until he was 3 1/2 years old.) He just wasn't ready before then. Those seemed to work really well in keeping his bedding dry. I have heard that those "Overnights" diapers work really well, but it seems like those are really for older kids with bed-wetting issues. I got them at Target. Good luck!

have you tried Huggies overnights? They are hard to find. the only place that I know that has them consistantly is k-mart in Burnsville. I usally like pampers better but this is the only kind of diaper I have found that works overnites. I am not on my third child with this brand and it seems to work great! I only use them at night and I have never had any leaking when they wear them. good luck,
B.

Hi A.! My son went through this too and we used Goodnights. They are a bigger size pull-up and they really work. You can usually find them where the diapers are in the store. They have various sizes. I hope this helps!

This may sound weird but well I also had that problem with my kids and i would put a maxi pad in the diaper to help soak up some of the wetness. I had very few problems after that.

Huggies Pull-ups have a night time version that is extra absorbant and there is velcro on the sides that can be used like a diaper closing instead of a training pant.

I love Diaper Doublers. I get them at Babies-R-Us.

We had the same issue. We used the over night diapers and a mattress protector from the magazine One Step Ahead (I bought 2)see following description....
Dri Nights Waterproof Mattress Protector

http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId...

No more changing the sheets at 2:00 a.m.! Simply place over the fitted sheet and tuck in the extra-long side flaps. It stays put, yet lifts off quickly when needed (buy 2, so you'll have a replacement handy). Triple layered, with a soft, quilted top, absorbent core, and waterproof bottom. Choose Crib/Twin (34" x 36" pad) or Full (36" x 54" pad). Machine wash.

Huggies Overnites! Only way to go. I have twin 13m old boys. Same problem times two! Started using these and problem has been 99% solved.

Here's a trick a girlfriend of mine taught me for saving time (and my back) from stripping the bed constantly...I triple layer mattress pads and sheets. That way, I just strip off the top layer of sheet and pad and the bed is pre made!!

Depending on what time you go to bede. I would go in and check on his diaper. If he is too wet at that time I would change him. It does get to be a little tiring but it save you from the wet bed in the morning. I had to do this with my Daughter at the same age. She finnally started to want to go to the bathroom when I went in to change her. It was great and after a few weeks fo this she started to get up and go by herself at night. Hope you have good luck with this.

A.,

GoodNights are your best bet and they have bigger sizes because they are meant for older children; go up to age 12. FYI - children wetting the bed at night is considered perfectly normal up to age 7-9, so don't let that be your only measuring tool that your boy is ready for potty training.

If you are looking for bladder readiness, naptime dryness or staying dry for a couple hours in the day is a better indicator.

Good luck,
S.

I use Overnight Pullups. They work well!

I have a 2 1/2 year old and an 8 month old. I've used Pampers and Huggies for my boys (and sometimes generic brands) and nothing has kept the linens dry throughout the night except for Luvs. They are very absorbant and have managed not to leak even @ "maximum capicity"! My 2 1/2 year old even drinks his sippy cup of water throughout the night and we don't have amy problems- except breaking him from the cup! Good luck!

A. B.,

I had a friend who had a similar problem. She bought Huggies Goodnight diapers and they seemed to work. She also bought Kirkland brand diapers at Costco and they worked too. I hope this helps.

Take Care,
J.

I have a 3 year old and we went through the same problem. He is potty trained exept at night. We use the goodnight pullups and haven't had the problem since. Good luck

My daughter did that for a time about 6 monts ago. After awhile it went back to normal. Maybe it's something they just go through. Her diaper would be saturated so I tried over nights and those helped some, but I was confused by all the pee to put it frankly. She'll be 3 in June and we don't have that problem anymore. Good luck to you. Let us know how it goes.

I am a mother of 4 that are all now beyond this stage. What we needed to do with our boys is to wake them up right before we went to bed, which was usually 2-3 hours after they were put down, and bring them to the bathroom. Then most mornings they would wake up dry or close to dry. Eventually we got to the point where they were either waking up on their own and going, or staying dry through the night.

Everything your doing sounds right! I have a daughter the same age who is potty trained during the day, but still wears a diaper at night. Which is fine with me! The advice I wanted to give you though is that I heard or read somewhere that if you put an extra absorbant maxi pad in his diaper, that it will help soak up urine too. Your husband might think it's
wierd but it's better then washing the sheets every morning!
Good luck!

I have a 2 year old son that has been potty trained for a while. We had the same prob!!! I started buying the huggies night-times and they are a god sent!!! They work to hold all night long.

My daughter did the same thing! I suggest the Huggies Goodnights. They worked for us--THANK GOD. The daily bedding washing is soooooooooooooooooo tiring. Good luck, m'dear.

Hi A., my son is going to be 2 next month (he's 38 inches tall and 39 pounds) he's just a big kid and I have had the problem of him soaking through diapers and I have tried every diaper. I got really desperate so I went to target and found plastic diaper/underwear things in the baby section. (Target is the only place I have found them) My son has been in size 6 diapers for almost a year now so I got the size 3T and they come in a pack of 2 for $5.99 or $6.99. I put that over my son's daiper at night and that so far has kept me from having to change the sheets all the time. I suggest you give it a try. I did try the pull ups and the goodnights and he still wet throught those. Good Luck.

My children would often soak through at night as well. I have found nightime diapers and/or pull-ups to help the best. Also, possibly a rubber-pant to go over the diaper at night would at least keep everything else dry :) Good luck!

The only advice I can give that worked and works for me and my son (2 1/2) is Huggies overnight or night time diapers. My guy drinks milk like crazy and this has seemed to work for him.

S. K

Mom of three.

My son was allergic to the disposable diapers so I had to use cloth diapers and rubber pants. Cloth diapers are a lot more absorbent then the disposable ones. I would use two when I put him to bed at night and change him before I went to bed even if it was a little wet. Cloth diapers are hard to find sometimes. If you can find them I would try that only when he goes to bed. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Boys are usually later than girls in this. I would assume that if he is wetting that much at night still that you are going to have a bed wetter.
There is a natural product for children that they can take for bedwetting. It is just little tablets that dissolve under the tongue. You can find them in the health care aisle of the grocery store.
Another thing I do is to give my kids a tablespoon of honey every night. I don't know why it works, but it really helps with bed wetting. Even with drinks before bed we have infrequent night wetting. Local raised honey is usually best, but I have had success with all honey. (kids under 1year shouldn't have honey, but your child is well past that age.)

We also switched to cloth diapers. Not the cloth of old, folding and pinning, but new fangled cloth diapers go on and off just like a regular diaper. For my heavy wetter (she is 4) I have a fantastic fleece diaper with a major absorbant liner. She has NEVER leaked through that. She pees right through pull ups when we aren't using the honey. (we go in spurts)

My son went through the same thing and were using huggies and we used luvs and they worked the best for him.

I feel your pain! Gordi is 19 mos. old, over 3 ft. tall and approx. 35 lbs. He's in a tight 6 diaper; you're right, there is no place to go from here. I'm going to try a mini pad in his diaper to see if that works - he's always pointed down so that's not the issue. Now that he's going to pre-pre-school it's a concern........help!

My son went through that for a while. I used Diaper Doublers. They're sort of like maxi pads that you can put inside a diaper. I never found them up here in WI, but you can order them from http://www.healthpursuit.com/diaper_doublers.html
Hope that helps.

My nearly 3 1/2 years old still has yet to be dry overnight even though she's been potty trained for a year. I do have to use pull ups at nap time (she occasionally is dry when she wakes from a nap) and also overnight.

I was also at a size 6 diaper and no where to go. I did try pullups (Huggies are strongest as Pampers sides are wimpy in my opionion esp when child starts to pull them up and down). Then I discovered the Huggies nightime pull ups. They hold so much more than a regular pull up, but aren't diapers...

Hope this helps!

Dear A.,
Does your son really need water after 7 pm? I htink his drinking after 7 might be your problem. I know that if I drink to close to my own bed time I get up in the middle of the at times to use the bathroom why would your son be any different than any adult. I think at 2 1/2 it might be a good time to start introducing the potty..who knows..he might be telling you in hiws own way that he is ready. I think that all diapers are the same when it comes to the amount they hold, but if you are tired of changing sheets maybe you sgould look into the Keep-me-dry crib pad. This little miracle item might help you out with the laundry. Good Luck!

H.

A.,

Hello, my name is Jackie B. and I have four young children, 7yr, 6yr, 5yr in June, and 2yr in May. I have had this issue with my fourth child and went through several different types of brand name diapers thinking that this was the solution. I figured out what worked with him is not the most expensive diaper, but the time we ate dinner. I purchase the cheapest diaper brand from Walmart (Parents Choice) in a size 5, but we eat dinner at 5 to 5:30pm. By the time he is done eating and drinking his sippy cup, it is around 6pm. At this point, he has been bathed and changed once and he will go to bed between 8 and 9pm and we always make sure to change him RIGHT before we lay him down. If we don't, he will soak through his diaper, into his pj's and onto his bed and bedding. We have been doing this for about 6 months now and I haven't had to worry about changing his bedding every morning or him soaking through his diaper. I hope this helps with your challange and good luck to you. By the way, congradulations on the addition to your family. I have four beautiful, wonderful children and wouldn't change it for anything. God Bless.
Sincerely,
Jackie B.

Just wanted to let you know that Pampers does make a size 7 diaper. They are harder to find but i have had good luck finding them a toysRus. My daughter always used Good nights.

first off what diapers are you using? we were having the same problem with our 19 month all day long not just at night. we went back to using pampers and have not had the problem since

Hi A. -
Try diapers that are labeled night time. They are made to hold more. It was the only thing that worked for my two year old a few months back when he had the same problem. God Bless.

Get diaper doublers they are great! And they are pretty cheap. You can purchase them at toys and babies r us. 2.99 for a pack of 30. It is like the absorbant part of the diaper that you add to your current diaper. Hope you can get to the store soon! Laundry is the pits!

Pampers now has a size 7. Some of the Target stores have them.

I don't have any technical advise, but my son did the same thing at the same time. Just when I was going to start potty training, he was waking up soaked every morning even though it hadn't been an issue before. The situation didn't last long, only a few weeks, then he was potty trained within a month. He didn't really ever start waking up dry until he was potty training. I also tried the larger diaper and limiting liquids after a certain time. He has been potty trained for 6 months now and has only had 3 accidents at night. I'm sorry I don't have concrete answers, I hope this information helps.

How about Huggie's night-time pullups? They hold a lot :) Then, when he was big enough, I switched him to Good Nights - which are actually for older kids, but worked well for him. He wore those until recently and he's 5!! (my attitude was - I'd rather him wear nighttime pullups until he was 12 than cleanup wet bedding!) One of my nieces actually did wet her bed until she was 12.

Hi A.! I have found that Huggies overnights have worked, but they only go up to size 5 I believe, which is 27-40 lbs. I will check with some other mothers I know and see if they have any ideas.

Try working with him during the day potty training him. Most Boys at 2 1/2 are already trained. Put Big Boy Underwear on him cuz once he sees he is a Big Boy now he will not want to get his Underwear wet. Put some Cheerios in the toilet and have him aim at them. Boys are the easiest to train and with him waking up almost every morning wet is a sign that he needs to start learning and even try getting him up in the night to go the the bathroom will help him to. Expecially with a new baby comming you don't want 2 babies in diapers. Its time to help your son grow out of the diaper stage and put him in Big Boy's underwear. Good Luck

Have you tried the overnight diapers? I know huggies makes some and they are supposed to be for bigger kids that still wet during the night. They are made to hold more urine since they don't wake up to get their diapers changed anymore.

sorry, I amswered this and then realised you had all sorts of great answers. You are right not to potty train him now. If he is not ready he will fight it and you do not want too many changes right before your baby comes (plus, he will likely want to go back to being a baby in diapers anyway, I know we are fighting my 4 year old on that)

Have you tried night time diapers? I know Huggies makes them, and I used to use them for my daughter and they seemed to hold a lot more than the regular diapers.

Huggies overnights are very absorbent we use these at night. During the day we use cloth and often use what's called a doubler. They are used when you need to increase the absorbancy of a cloth diaper. The hemp doublers are extremely absorbant. Hemp is much more absorbant then cloth. You can just place the doubler inside the disposable kinda like a pad. They are sold anywhere that sells cloth diapers. In madison, WI they have good hemp doublers at Happy Bambino. Good luck!

Huggies Overnights are the only ones I've found that do the trick.

SAHM of seven