How Do I Keep My Son Dry at Night?

Honestly, he's not old enough for you to withhold fluids (my opinion.) Get up an change his diaper while he's asleep. That way maybe he won't be soaking his clothes.

R.,

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Since you said "middle of winter", I am guessing you live in Australia. That's the only place it's winter right now...and "nappie"... :)

Twelve hours is too long between diaper changes. Sorry.

You might have bought nappies that are too big for him and leaking. Diapers/Nappies MUST fit snugly in order to keep them from leaking.

While I've never had to do it myself, a friend doubled up on the diapers for her daughter who would urinate very heavily during the night.

The other thing you can do is cut back on fluids before he goes to bed. He's getting a LOT of sleep. You're lucky he goes down for almost 12 hours. He is getting to the point that he will need to go to bed later. Try putting him to bed at 730 and cutting back on fluids. Going 12 hours without a diaper change is too long, yes, I repeated myself.

Good luck!

We just woke up and changed DS's diaper when that happened. I would never restrict liquids.

When this started happening to my son....I ended up looking around the diaper aisle and found a diaper called Goodnights or Overnights (or something like that and it was a super absorbent diaper only for night time use). It was amazing!

No more soaking through his cloths or changing his crib sheets in the middle of the night.

It came in different sizes and we only used one a day as they were a bit more expensive.

Good luck I hope this helps and they still make them!!

Nappy? Winter? You aren't from around here.

Most of us just cut out fluids a few hours before bedtime so they pee and we change them before they go to bed.

Try the overnight diapers

Glad he's sleeping through for you :)

This is unrelated, but I used to go in when they woke crying at night because it could be something like an arm through the crib or something - if they were just tossing, no - but cries, yes.

One time we let our child whimper a bit and he'd thrown up. So I learned my lesson.

I found if I used diapers that were value ones, sometimes they'd leak. So I don't know what brand you are using, but I'd go all out and get the super absorbent ones for nighttime if you aren't already.

I think this might have happened the odd time, but wasn't a regular occurrence for us - so I think trying different brands of diapers might be the way to go.

Good luck :)

Your profile says you're in Colorado, but you use the term "nappy" and talk about winter, so I wonder if you are in the Southern Hemisphere somewhere. And I'm not sure what brand names you can find where you are. If you can find the overnight ones mentioned below, great. If not, or even so, there are diaper liners you can buy in some areas that add more absorbent material to the diaper in the wettest part. Also, make sure the larger size aren't too big and leaving gaps at the waist and in the leg area. That can cause a lot of leakage.

I would be careful about restricting fluids for hours beforehand in a child who sleeps over 12 hours, but I hope you are not giving him a bottle in bed. That's bad for the teeth, and maybe it's really too close to bedtime.

My sister had the same problem with her little man so she put 2 giant maxi pads in his diaper and it worked great.

We used Huggies Supreme at night, and that worked well for us. We found the regular diapers were great most of the time, but we used Huggies Supreme at night. I'm pretty sure Huggies Overnight are even more absorbent.

I would agree that using an "overnight" diaper might solve the problem.

As he ages his body produces more urine. He has zero control and won't until he's about 3-4 years old. Even then he might not until he's 8 or 9.

I think you can add stuff to the diaper but as he tosses and turns he's going to get it all crooked and then he'll pee out the side. Seems like you just need to change his diaper before you go to bed.

Do you get up early to go to work or something? Why does he need to get up so early? I'd rather put him to bed later so he'd sleep later.

Well yeah, I think where I come from it's not really important. I am peruvian and my husband is kiwi. We just moved to NZ a few weeks.

Thank you! Cutting fluids is the way to go I think because he's been a having a bottle before bed.

Yeah we don't let him cry, we recognize when he is just grouching to go to sleep or if actually something's wrong.

Thank you all! This was very quick and helpful :D

nighttime dryness is a hormone controlled thing -- asking him to be dry or expecting it is like asking a 10 yr old girl to start her period and get boobs - it won't matter how much you want or expect it, until their body says it's ready it just won't happen

They sell overnight diapers that are more absorbent for this reason.

Don't stress yourself out, add in more absorbency, stick in a sanitary pad to absorb more for instance, and just let the kid and you sleep.

I agree with Wild Woman, limit fluids before bed time. My parents gave us nothing to drink after 6:30pm, we were in bed by 7pm. However, the little ones, we woke them up just before the last older child, or mom and dad went to bed and put that child on the potty. If they need help, turn the water faucet on and let it run; for some reason that helps.

Try an overnight diaper. :)