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.

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

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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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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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)

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.

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

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:24:54 -0700, wrote:

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 see. Stephanie's suggestion is a good one, and you can use the
cloth diapers as rags later. Perhaps you can get some used ones from
a thrift shop.

Nan

When my daughter was little, before Pullups, I just used a wool diaper
cover. Worked pretty well.

Cathi

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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

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