Bedwetting...

[tpettie]

I'm planning a 15 day trip to disney and one of the children we are taking has bedwetting struggles. He is 11 years old so is an older child which means there often is a large amount of liquid released. There are extenuating circumstances as to why bedwetting is an issue for him that I won't get into here. Were just trying to work out the best way to cope with this issue while on holiday. We will be staying on site.

At home it is easy enough we have a medical drop sheet like the hospitals use to protect the mattress but don't really want to have to spend out time worrying about doing laundry and taking away from park time.

We would use pull-ups however when he has one on then he makes no effort to us the bathroom and saturated the bed entirely.

Not sure how to cope with this what house keeping will or won't do in these situations??? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[deegack]

Does he have special needs? Or a medical problem? I would plan on bringing the drop sheet. I know housekeeping will give you more sheets if your child wets them but I don't know if they will do it every night.

 

[busymama04]

The Goodnites brand makes disposable bed mats. They cover half of a twin size bed and they really work. They stick to the bed so as your child moves at night the pad stays put. My 3yr and 6 yr occasionally have accidents and these have truly been a life saver and keeps me from doing extra loads of laundry. Check them out
http://www.goodnites.com/our-products/goodnites-bedmats/?WT.mc_id=GNG&WT.srch=1

 

[BensDaddy]

We went on a Disney Cruise last year with my 6 year old. He still wets his bed. We used the largest sized pull-ups we could find, and also a disposable bed-mat and our own sheets. bed-mat, then our sheets on top. If he managed to leak through his pull-up AND his jammies, AND our sheet...the bed mat would stop it.

 

[tpettie]

The Goodnites brand makes disposable bed mats. They cover half of a twin size bed and they really work. They stick to the bed so as your child moves at night the pad stays put. My 3yr and 6 yr occasionally have accidents and these have truly been a life saver and keeps me from doing extra loads of laundry. Check them out
http://www.goodnites.com/our-products/goodnites-bedmats/?WT.mc_id=GNG&WT.srch=1

I was thinking about these I'm not sure if they will hold the amount of urine he releases at night but thought a trial of it at home before we go might be good. Just have to see where I can find them in canada.

 

[dzorn]

I'm planning a 15 day trip to disney and one of the children we are taking has bedwetting struggles. He is 11 years old so is an older child which means there often is a large amount of liquid released. There are extenuating circumstances as to why bedwetting is an issue for him that I won't get into here. Were just trying to work out the best way to cope with this issue while on holiday. We will be staying on site.

At home it is easy enough we have a medical drop sheet like the hospitals use to protect the mattress but don't really want to have to spend out time worrying about doing laundry and taking away from park time.

We would use pull-ups however when he has one on then he makes no effort to us the bathroom and saturated the bed entirely.

Not sure how to cope with this what house keeping will or won't do in these situations??? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Dsiney will give you a waterproof pad for the mattress.

The first thing DD urologist told us is nothing to drink 3 hours before bed and to go immediatly before getting into bed. That should elimainate the volume. He also said to eliminate sugary drinks. Not sure what your other issues are but one of the main causes with bedwetting is chronic constipation, even if they go every day. It builds up and causes constant pressure on the bladder so they no longer feel spasms that indicate the need to go.

Good Luck.

Denise in MI

 

[bekkiz]

Could you put underwear on under the pull up? It might deter him from wetting while awake, but still protect the bed.

Could you just pack a bunch of chux pads, and layer them to help keep everything dry? You could order from Amazon, and just have them shipped to the hotel http://www.amazon.com/Champion-Blue...ef=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1341783720&sr=1-1

 

[clm10308]

When my son had issues of his pull ups leaking at night I knew it was time to move up a size even when he didn't hit the weight limit.

Could he try adult size products?

 

[tpettie]

Dsiney will give you a waterproof pad for the mattress.

The first thing DD urologist told us is nothing to drink 3 hours before bed and to go immediatly before getting into bed. That should elimainate the volume. He also said to eliminate sugary drinks. Not sure what your other issues are but one of the main causes with bedwetting is chronic constipation, even if they go every day. It builds up and causes constant pressure on the bladder so they no longer feel spasms that indicate the need to go.

Good Luck.

Denise in MI

Can you tell me more about this water proof pad do you ask housekeeping for it?? How do you get one?? Does it just cover some or all of the mattress ???

When my son had issues of his pull ups leaking at night I knew it was time to move up a size even when he didn't hit the weight limit.

Could he try adult size products?

I was looking at these today in Costco thinking this too might be the way to go the challenge is to try not to set him back in to old habits of just wetting cause he can... But at the same time trying to keep the work load does for keeping thing cleaned and orderly as well.

 

[dragonfly57005]

You might also consider having him void 30 mon before bed and again right before bed. Aldo a cranberry supplement an hour before bed with a sip of water old help with minor bladder spasms.

 

[dzorn]

Can you tell me more about this water proof pad do you ask housekeeping for it?? How do you get one?? Does it just cover some or all of the mattress ???



I was looking at these today in Costco thinking this too might be the way to go the challenge is to try not to set him back in to old habits of just wetting cause he can... But at the same time trying to keep the work load does for keeping thing cleaned and orderly as well.

You would just call housekeeping, button on the phone.

Denise in MI

 

[Samar]

I'd have a pull up on right at bed time and then one of you can wake him in a few hours to have him use the bathroom. This is what my husband does for our 7 year old who still doesn't wake up to use the bathroom. My son has an accident maybe once a year but the slightest bit of pee wakes him up and he is able to reach the bathroom before complete letting go.

 

[BensDaddy]

My six year old still wets his bed. Last night he woke me at 2:30am because he had a nightmare. His pullup was wet. I took him to the bathroom before taking him back to bed. He woke again at 7am with not only a wet pullup but also wet PJs and a wet bed!! He hadn't had a sip since dinner. Crazy!

 

[tpettie]

knowing they have a plastic mat I think will be good we will likely do the no drinks 3 hours before bed and then a pull-up of some sort. Hope that will be enough to keep the undamaged and minimize laundry.

 

[deegack]

Can I just ask, does he help clean up his mess? In your original post you said that he makes no effort when he wears a pull up. Unless he has some kind of disability or delay, I would make him clean up and wash the sheets etc. it's one thing if he could not control it at all but it appears that he has some control but choses not to use it when wearing a pull up.

 

[miami305]

There is medication for children with overactive bladders. I'm not sure how it is diagnosed, but I've known a child on the medicine. She was about 7 and small framed so pull ups still worked for her.

For non-medical condition bedwetters, try waking the child to go potty every hour on the hour until 2am. I tried this with a friend's child and it worked! By the 3rd night the habit was broken. This was one of those "heavy" sleepers who wasn't waking even with a soaked bed.

My dd had a rapid growth spurt around age 4 and her bladder didn't get the memo. We cut off fluids an hour before bedtime and had her empty her bladder immediately before bed. Worked most of the time so we didn't need pullups. For an 11yr old, I would cut off fluids 2hrs before bedtime.

There are so many diaper choices now that I'm sure you'll find something to reduce the morning mess factor. I never knew people could ask for plastic sheets! Didn't know about the constipation factor either. Thanks for sharing the knowledge ladies. Everyone knows someone dealing with this problem so it is great to trade tips.

 

[tpettie]

For this child bedwetting is a gamete of issues.... First he is fetal alcohol, reactive attachment, they believe there is some kind of emotional link to the bedwetting as he will just lay in it... for example when young children bed wet they then get up quickly once the wake to realize their solid and don't like the feeling then tell and adult he won't he will lay in bed awake and not say a thing or get up and leave the sheets and do nothing about the fact there is a mess. He is the sib to my foster sons and has been in care since he was an infant came to our home 4 yrs ago after breakdowns in his two other home both we had active relationships with in order to keep the sibs connected. So the bed wetting is a bigger issue than the normal kinds other families deal with.

 

[clm10308]

For this child bedwetting is a gamete of issues.... First he is fetal alcohol, reactive attachment, they believe there is some kind of emotional link to the bedwetting as he will just lay in it... for example when young children bed wet they then get up quickly once the wake to realize their solid and don't like the feeling then tell and adult he won't he will lay in bed awake and not say a thing or get up and leave the sheets and do nothing about the fact there is a mess. He is the sib to my foster sons and has been in care since he was an infant came to our home 4 yrs ago after breakdowns in his two other home both we had active relationships with in order to keep the sibs connected. So the bed wetting is a bigger issue than the normal kinds other families deal with.

What does his therapist and/or dr say? I am a little confuses as to if he is currently your foster child or someone else foster child that you are think in vacation to go with his siblings.

With all those issues I would just get the adult size product and not worry about it while you are on vacation. Bathroom issues like some food issues are are one thing kids have control over that an adult can not control. Bed wetting would be the last thing I would worry about with this poor kid.

BTW, my DS10 has bed wetting issues and ADHD withou all the other issues your young man is facing, and he will have accidents and not tell me that it happened until it is time to go to bed the next evening.m

 

[KristenFNJ]

My oldest fortunately moved passed the night wetting phase probably 2 years ago, at age 8... posting because I can completely totally relate to the quantity overflowing the max-capacity Good Nights that are made for their age! We were changing his entire bed several nights a week for years, until we started using the pads (my mom gave us ones she had used for my aging grandparents, cloth with waterproof lining, probably similar to what's been mentioned but I can't say if it's exact).

Because I feel the pain of having that middle of the night bed change (may I add, on the top bunk, while pg w/#3, for dramatic effect? LOL) I would probably layer and layer and layer to minimize the damage. I would definitely ask for the waterproof mattress pad, and I would put down the cloth pad, and put the disposable pad over that. Plus the best-fitting Good Night you can get.

I don't know what the body size of your young man is, but my guy at 8 was in size 7 clothes-tall and skinny. We tried the smallest version of adult-capacity "depends" (and other brands) but they were ginormous on him. They were very uncomfortable and bulky, had way too many gaps to even be effective in protecting against leaks, and were probably humiliating (poor boy, even though it was just us!). If your boy is bigger/closer to the weights suggested on the smallest adult brands, give it a try as I imagine they'd hold the capacity better than the Good Nights. But if he's slight in size I would try them at home first, and not assume this is a a good solution for traveling until you're certain they're a good fit. If he's borderline with the size, you could try a Good Night layered underneath a XSM Depends, if it's not too bulky/uncomfortable for him.

(for us, we stay in a timeshare off property with laundry, so we're used to doing laundry while there and it's very easy for us-we just used the cloth pads and pull-ups when we went to WDW during his wetting...)

Good luck-I hope you land on the right combination of supplies and preparations that make for the easiest possible situation, and hope that everyone is able to get good nights of rest to enjoy some wonderful Disney days!

 

[BeveMom]

For this child bedwetting is a gamete of issues.... First he is fetal alcohol, reactive attachment, they believe there is some kind of emotional link to the bedwetting as he will just lay in it... for example when young children bed wet they then get up quickly once the wake to realize their solid and don't like the feeling then tell and adult he won't he will lay in bed awake and not say a thing or get up and leave the sheets and do nothing about the fact there is a mess. He is the sib to my foster sons and has been in care since he was an infant came to our home 4 yrs ago after breakdowns in his two other home both we had active relationships with in order to keep the sibs connected. So the bed wetting is a bigger issue than the normal kinds other families deal with.

I was a foster care case manager for many years before my DS was born, so I am actually very familiar with your specific situation. I really don't have any advice, but I would suggest seeing if his therapist can give you some ideas as to how to handle the situation while you guys are traveling (i.e., how to help HIM cope) as well as trying to figure out how to keep the laundry to a minimum. What strategies are used when he ISN'T traveling? Good luck!