Bed wetting, help!

[Pookles]

DS is still wetting the bed, as I assume are many other children who visit Disney. We have a waterproof cover on the bed at home, do they have something like that in the hotels? I'll bring my own if I have to but would rather not lug it. And thinking about it now, what about wet blankets and sheets? At home we can run through our stacks of extras and do laundry. We get one set on the bed at the hotel I assume and that's it...with no extras am I stuck washing laundry each day or??? Towels don't really seem a great option either as we will still need to use them for bathing.

We stopped drinks at bedtime long ago, he goes potty before bed and still manages to pee through many nights and naps, even with the pull up on. So any ideas for dealing with this at the hotels would be appreciated!

 

[DisneyOma]

Buy the disposable pads, get him pullups, and call housecleaning if you need new sheets. My oldest wet the bed the last night on our first trip - we stripped down the bed ourselves, left a note, and a huge tip

 

[lanejudy]

We always travel with GoodNites disposable bed pads. They stick to the sheet, can be peeled off in the night if necessary and put a fresh one down; minimal interruption to others sleeping in the room. You can find them in the baby diaper aisle at most stores.

You can always ask for extra towels. But I agree that isn't always the best option, at least for us, because the towel bunches up and moves around; never stays beneath the kid where needed. Plus it soaks through. You can also ask housekeeping to leave an extra set of bedding in case there is need for a night-time change.

As for laundry... make sure you bring plenty of extra PJs. I still end up doing laundry at least once.

Enjoy your vacation!

 

[DogwoodDisney]

Use the pull-ups specific for night-time.

 

[cheap traveler]

My DD is 9.5 now, and thank goodness is down to wetting the bed only once every few months. I was a bed wetter occasionally until around 11, so I was prepared for this. When it was frequent, she was small enough for pullups. You can buy the goodnights, which are for older kids with bigger bladders.

http://www.amazon.com/Select-Kids-D...s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1449601757&sr=1-3
That will take you to an example of a diaper insert, for extra absorbency if you need it. Use a goodnight, add an insert right in front where he needs it, should wake up with a dry bed.

As DD got older, and the bed wetting was less frequent, I started using the bed pads. Started with the goodnights, but quickly realized the stores sell them for adults much cheaper - Depends makes some, but there are plenty of knock-offs. I always put hers under the sheet, to keep it in place. You could ask housekeeping for an extra fitted sheet, and double it up on his bed. If the bed does end up wet, its just the top sheet and probably his blanket. Much better than the mattress, and if he wakes in the middle of the night wet, you can strip the top layer and get back to sleep.

One additional trick we used that you didn't mention - I had DD stop drinking by 7, pee before bed, and then I would also wake her before I went to bed. That extra 10pm bathroom trip really worked wonders - it always amazed me how full her bladder already was after just 2 hours!

Good luck

 

[blackpearl77]

I read on this board last year - someone posted that they go to the dollar store and get a plastic shower curtain and put that under the sheets in case they wet they bed at hotels.

When we went when my son was 2 he wore pull ups at nights and I brought the disposable good nights bed pads to put under the sheets.

 

[Pookles]

Thanks all for the helpful tips. We have a mattress cover at home and wash our piles of laundry each week so we're set here. But I just didn't even think about it until I was changing his bed yesterday.

I especially am excited about those pads that stick to the bed! And I happen to have a plastic tablecloth so I'm bringing that too since it's so flat.

It just shocks me though how (and I looked around on other boards too AFTER starting this thread) none of the posts are saying "oh, don't worry, housekeeping can provide a mattress cover. Honestly, I'd think with as many kids as the hotels must see, and with all the turnover they see in their rooms..it would just make sense for Disney to be prepared and to even offer one when you check in. LOTS of kids are going to backtrack too on vacation, with all the excitement and water they have to drink. Just to save their mattresses and the time housekeeping must spend dealing with the issues, well, makes sense to me anyway.

 

[Jingle]

There are some good ideas above about how to protect the bed. In addition to that, I would say don't stress about it. It won't help anything and may hurt. Hope you have a great vacation!

 

[DisneyOma]

I think the mattresses are protected - hotel grade have different covers than home versions, don't they? I seem to remember a thicker, slightly plastic feel to the mattress.

 

[cjparker0110]

I wet the bed until I was like 8 or 9...not often..just on occasion. One of the things my parents had to do was give me a cut-off time on drinks. I think it was 6:30 or so...been so long now. That is a suggestion for him. Another thing you can do is simply set an alarm and wake him up maybe halfway through the night. Supposedly this helps train kids to be able to get up. We haven't tried it with our oldest yet as she still used nighttime diapers (age 4). However, I think we may start to. If you do homeopathy at all, there is one for bedwetting.

 

[nugov2]

I recommend the good night real underwear with the inserts.

One thing I will pass on as we see a specialist because my son has issues with his kidneys is that limiting liquid isn't going to change anything, unless you are allowing them to drink a significant amount and waking a child (lifting ) can make the bedwetting issue worse. You are preventing your child from learning to recognize the signals that their bladder is full while they are asleep. Also look into if your child is constipated. That can actually contribute to bedwetting issues and even a child who is going every day can be constipated. HTH

 

[Pookles]

DS is just turned 4. He did well at training and then backtracked. He puts the pull ups on when he wakes up rather than the underwear. Now I wet the bed until I was 8. Dad had to wake me up in the night and eventually it stuck, so I'm aware it could be something else, I'm just not concerned that it is yet.

He's going to get it eventually. Daytime has gotten better again and no accidents yesterday. Hoping we can get really good this next month and do undies in the park. We were there, he was good for so long and just went backwards right before Halloween.

I'm really just concerned about him peeing on someone else's mattress at this point.

 

[disneypolybride2008]

we just experienced this yet again last night.. at home... we have a waterproof mattress cover, and it was not cheap! (it was a SafeRest), and her mattress smells! i thought the idea of that cover was to keep liquids from penetrating it. now her mattress smells. At Disney she was on her inflatable toddler bed and her pull up leaked, thankfully it wasn't when she was on their day bed. I was just thinking this morning that on our upcoming trip she will have a day bed to sleep in. I think i will pack the 'pack n play' size waterproof mattress cover to slide under the sheet.

Question... we have always had her in a 'night time' diaper (seventh generation training pant) but she rarely stayed dry so last night she did not get one and was told to get up to use the potty, which she did in the early morning but there was a small puddle in her bed that was already dry. Should i keep up with the new method or give her the training pant and tell her to try not to use it? thanks!

 

[Pookles]

Funny, my waterproof mattress pad also gave similar results. I ended up buying a twin size waterproof cover at Walmart for his toddler size mattress. It's a bit baggy, but works, and is essentially like a plastic bag that zippers around the mattress and keeps the wet out better than the actual pad did. For us anyway.

 

[maxiesmom]

Thanks all for the helpful tips. We have a mattress cover at home and wash our piles of laundry each week so we're set here. But I just didn't even think about it until I was changing his bed yesterday.

I especially am excited about those pads that stick to the bed! And I happen to have a plastic tablecloth so I'm bringing that too since it's so flat.

It just shocks me though how (and I looked around on other boards too AFTER starting this thread) none of the posts are saying "oh, don't worry, housekeeping can provide a mattress cover. Honestly, I'd think with as many kids as the hotels must see, and with all the turnover they see in their rooms..it would just make sense for Disney to be prepared and to even offer one when you check in. LOTS of kids are going to backtrack too on vacation, with all the excitement and water they have to drink. Just to save their mattresses and the time housekeeping must spend dealing with the issues, well, makes sense to me anyway.

I'm sure lots of nasty stuff happens to and on the beds. They probably can't protect the bedding from everything that happens.

 

[Pookles]

I'm sure lots of nasty stuff happens to and on the beds. They probably can't protect the bedding from everything that happens.

haha, good point.

 

[BLAZEY]

What about something like the washable pads the use in hospitals and care homes. I used on while pregnant just in case my water broke during the night. Then used it when DD was potty training.
http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/bios-living-reusable-underpads/6000095749496

 

[piglet1979]

My son wet the bed until he was about 7. I would always cut drinks off at 6 (he went to bed at 7 -7:30), have him go to the bathroom before bed and I would wake him up at about 11 to have him go again. There were nights that he would have an accident between bed time and 11 when I would take him again and then again before morning. When we went to Disney when he was 6 he did have an accident one of the nights with having a good nights on. We were in a 2 bedroom room at Saratoga with a washer so we just washed them the next day. I am sure house keeping will give you extra sheets and towels if needed. I wish I knew about the good night bed pads then. It would have helped a lot.

 

[MissBelle]

On past vacations I have used the goodnights bed pads that stick to the sheets and he was in a pull up as well. If he leaked, and was off the goodnight bed pad (which happened because he moves around a lot) I just told housekeeping in the morning and it was never an issue. Recently we have been staying in a condo with a washer and dryer so I just did the sheets and blanket if he had an accident.
For the past 3 weeks we have been using a wireless alarm, there has been progress, but its been slow. I heard it could take up to 12 weeks!

 

[pregnantw4thprincess]

One additional trick we used that you didn't mention - I had DD stop drinking by 7, pee before bed, and then I would also wake her before I went to bed. That extra 10pm bathroom trip really worked wonders - it always amazed me how full her bladder already was after just 2 hours!

Good luck

I brought my daughter to the toilet before I went to bed and then when I woke up to pee for a long time...It worked for us until she learned to get up herself...

Also, maybe ask your mousekeeper when you arrive what she suggests? Maybe she has access to a plastic cover? They must have something in place...you are not the first family to have night time wetting issues at WDW <3