G'day

Phoebe & Allyson wrote:

I'm sleeping with a waterproof pad
(like a lap pad but much bigger) under me / us now, because
it's more comfortable for me than a towel, and because
Caterpillar is prone to leaky poopy diapers in the night.

On advice from a friend who had twins a few months before DS, I
purchased a full waterproof mattress cover for our bed. It's got pretty
nice padding on top of the plastic bit, so it doesn't feel like we are
lying on plastic or anything horrid like that.

She had told me that she had bought hers due to a worry of her waters
breaking while in bed and destroying her mattress. The water breaking in
bed didn't happen to either of us, but we are both so glad we got
waterproof mattress covers. It catches wee, runny pooh, snot, drool
(wait till teething time - you'd be amazed how much drool comes out of
one small child) and vomit (our last stomach virus was great.
Fortunately DS was smart enough to vomit on DH not me.)

I slept for a while with a small towel folded up under me because of my
overly leaky boobs.

DrRuth
Mum to Joshua Eamon (Nov 15th, 2001)
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~drruth/joshua/