toddler training pants (cross-posted)

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?

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)

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 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

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!

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

The GoodNites do seem to hold quite a bit, and you don't have to throw them away every morning if she's been dry all night. That certainly drops the cost significantly if you're not going through one a day.

Best wishes, Ericka

You could fold an old washcloth in half and stitch it down. Then place it inside the training pants, and stitch down if you want. Barbara in SC

Can you line the regular underpants with some sort of hygiene type pad. Either incontinence or maxi pad kind of thing? They are really absorbent. I have to say this makes me appreciate my adult type kids. Taria

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I used the cotton training pants because my son would wake when it started and it wouldn't even get onto the bed really. I also had purchased a couple of wetting mat protectors from Right Start or something like that. They just really went over the part of the bed where the child was under the sheet, one side was cloth, the other plastic (I had a terrible time making DH understand the plastic part went on the bottom). It was not a hassle to take off and wash. I bet you could put it over the sheet as well too. The training pants may seem expensive now, but they last through several children and may turn out to be worth it in the long run. They are washable and bleachable and can be reused. My daughter just up night trained on her own before the age of 2, but I still put those cotton training pants on her just in case for the whole next year. She didn't mind because they were cotton and looked like undies. I will be searching for them and pulling them out again for my third baby too.

They looked like this, but both of these look bigger than the ones I bought years ago. Same idea though. I think each of mine also cost around $14 too.

You can never be too prepared! Just wanted to share what this Mom of a preemie did for CD's, so if you have a wee one this is a good solution

My SIL ishaving twins and isn't sure what she's going to do diaper wise, so I'mpushing for wee CDs!

We haven't had babies in the family for 10 years now, but I think I've seen discussions about using fleece diaper covers (with foldover elastic trimmed edges) to manage excess dampness. Wouldn't they also work well over training panties? Maybe you could check out

or to get more info.

Sharon

Trying bringing her to the bathroom just before you go to bed. Usually they never even know. We call it "the 11:00 squeeze". My dd (also 2.5) doesn't need it but ds did. Also, I have a waterproof mattress liner but she sleeps on one of those soft, rubberized crib pads so if she has an accident in the middle of the night I can just take that out instead of changing her sheets.

JennP.