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toddler training pants (cross-posted)
My 2.5 year old stays dry at nights 90% of the time. I put her in
diapers at night just in case if she has an accident. I'd rather not waste diapers anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify her regular underpants and add a liner, etc that I can wash and re-use? If she has an accident she wakes me up immediately. She's not going to go back to sleep unless I change her. I just want to get rid of diapers all together. The training pants are rather expensive and I'd rather sew them if I can. Any ideas are appreciated. |
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On Jun 13, 2:14 pm, Nan wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:04:17 -0700, wrote: My 2.5 year old stays dry at nights 90% of the time. I put her in diapers at night just in case if she has an accident. I'd rather not waste diapers anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify her regular underpants and add a liner, etc that I can wash and re-use? If she has an accident she wakes me up immediately. She's not going to go back to sleep unless I change her. I just want to get rid of diapers all together. The training pants are rather expensive and I'd rather sew them if I can. Any ideas are appreciated. Why not just put her in regular underpants and line her bed with several layers of bedding: a fitted sheet with a waterproof pad underneath, then another fitted sheet, etc. Then all you need to do is change her, peel off the top fitted sheet and she goes back to sleep. Much less expensive. Nan OP here. Thanks for your suggestion. The reason I'm asking this is because it's much easier for me to wash underpants than fitted sheets and mattress protector sheets. |
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wrote in message ups.com... On Jun 13, 2:14 pm, Nan wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:04:17 -0700, wrote: My 2.5 year old stays dry at nights 90% of the time. I put her in diapers at night just in case if she has an accident. I'd rather not waste diapers anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify her regular underpants and add a liner, etc that I can wash and re-use? If she has an accident she wakes me up immediately. She's not going to go back to sleep unless I change her. I just want to get rid of diapers all together. The training pants are rather expensive and I'd rather sew them if I can. Any ideas are appreciated. Why not just put her in regular underpants and line her bed with several layers of bedding: a fitted sheet with a waterproof pad underneath, then another fitted sheet, etc. Then all you need to do is change her, peel off the top fitted sheet and she goes back to sleep. Much less expensive. Nan OP here. Thanks for your suggestion. The reason I'm asking this is because it's much easier for me to wash underpants than fitted sheets and mattress protector sheets. Line her undies with a cloth diaper? |
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toddler training pants (cross-posted)
wrote in message ups.com... On Jun 13, 2:14 pm, Nan wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:04:17 -0700, wrote: My 2.5 year old stays dry at nights 90% of the time. I put her in diapers at night just in case if she has an accident. I'd rather not waste diapers anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify her regular underpants and add a liner, etc that I can wash and re-use? If she has an accident she wakes me up immediately. She's not going to go back to sleep unless I change her. I just want to get rid of diapers all together. The training pants are rather expensive and I'd rather sew them if I can. Any ideas are appreciated. Why not just put her in regular underpants and line her bed with several layers of bedding: a fitted sheet with a waterproof pad underneath, then another fitted sheet, etc. Then all you need to do is change her, peel off the top fitted sheet and she goes back to sleep. Much less expensive. Nan OP here. Thanks for your suggestion. The reason I'm asking this is because it's much easier for me to wash underpants than fitted sheets and mattress protector sheets. I agree. But they sell bed liners that you just put on top of the sheet. It is plastic on the bottom and some sort of absorbant material on the top. If she wets, you can just throw it out and the bed is as good as new. But the advantage of wearing training pants is that she will feel wet and perhaps start to wake up before she wets. In my experience, the only thing to work at night is a diaper. There can be quite alot of urine and it will probably soak through liners and rubber pants. Kirsten (speaking from experience) |
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:21:01 GMT, toypup wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:14:46 GMT, Nan wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:04:17 -0700, wrote: My 2.5 year old stays dry at nights 90% of the time. I put her in diapers at night just in case if she has an accident. I'd rather not waste diapers anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify her regular underpants and add a liner, etc that I can wash and re-use? If she has an accident she wakes me up immediately. She's not going to go back to sleep unless I change her. I just want to get rid of diapers all together. The training pants are rather expensive and I'd rather sew them if I can. Any ideas are appreciated. Why not just put her in regular underpants and line her bed with several layers of bedding: a fitted sheet with a waterproof pad underneath, then another fitted sheet, etc. Then all you need to do is change her, peel off the top fitted sheet and she goes back to sleep. Much less expensive. Nan Not OP here. We have the waterproof pad, but we use Pull-Ups, because the comforter gets wet and it is a pain to wash. Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. Nan |
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When my daughter was little, before Pullups, I just used a wool diaper
cover. Worked pretty well. Cathi "Nan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:21:01 GMT, toypup wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:14:46 GMT, Nan wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:04:17 -0700, wrote: My 2.5 year old stays dry at nights 90% of the time. I put her in diapers at night just in case if she has an accident. I'd rather not waste diapers anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify her regular underpants and add a liner, etc that I can wash and re-use? If she has an accident she wakes me up immediately. She's not going to go back to sleep unless I change her. I just want to get rid of diapers all together. The training pants are rather expensive and I'd rather sew them if I can. Any ideas are appreciated. Why not just put her in regular underpants and line her bed with several layers of bedding: a fitted sheet with a waterproof pad underneath, then another fitted sheet, etc. Then all you need to do is change her, peel off the top fitted sheet and she goes back to sleep. Much less expensive. Nan Not OP here. We have the waterproof pad, but we use Pull-Ups, because the comforter gets wet and it is a pain to wash. Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. Nan |
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toddler training pants (cross-posted)
I agree. But they sell bed liners that you just put on top of the sheet. It is plastic on the bottom and some sort of absorbant material on the top. If she wets, you can just throw it out and the bed is as good as new. Pampers do them, they are called "Pampers BedMats", if she's dry 90% of the time, this is probably by far the cheapest method, a pack contains 10 or 12 and you'll probably use 1 pack. My mum saw them and bought us a pack, we've used 2 or 3 with the first child, maybe we'll finish them with the second! But the advantage of wearing training pants is that she will feel wet and perhaps start to wake up before she wets. In my experience, the only thing to work at night is a diaper. There can be quite alot of urine and it will probably soak through liners and rubber pants. I agree, the training pants I've seen don't seem to have enough there to absorb everything, to convert regular pants to this wouldn't be too difficult, you'd just need a bigger size and something to line it with (old towels?). I recommend joining a local freecycle group and asking for any cloth diaper supplies anyone can donate, with the (in)frequency she is wetting, you'd only need a couple of wraps and maybe half a dozen diapers, if you say you are prepared to pick up from multiple people and would accept a donation of just one diaper, you might manage it, if you were in my area, with the age of my child now, I'd manage a wrap and a couple of diapers. Cheers Anne |
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