You might already know that I cloth diaper my babies. When it comes time to potty train, I stick with cloth as well and don't use Pull-ups or the other disposable pull-ons. For night-time, though, sometimes they are necessary. I have two kinds of kids--the kind that wets at night and the kind that doesn't. Children numbers 1 and 3 are the night-wetting type and children number 2 and 4 have stayed dry at night even when they weren't even toilet-trained yet. The oldest outgrew the night-wetting shortly after he turned 5 but I am still waiting for Frugalgirl2 to outgrow it at 5 1/2.
As many, many, many cloth-diapering, cloth-diaper-sewing moms have discovered, a practical night-time cloth solution for a 5-year-old is the Holy Grail of diaper sewing. It is virtually impossible to sew something that will be absorbent enough to hold a flood without being so bulky it won't fit into any pajamas, plus the materials need to be breathable so the child doesn't sweat to death in all those layers. I have sewn my share of failed attempts at night-time pull-on pants, and I have resorted to paying nearly 50 cents each for Goodnights, the disposable pants for bigger kids.
The last time I bought a package, Frugalgirl2 was with me, and I let her choose Pampers UnderJams instead of Huggies Goodnights because they were the same price and she liked the pictures on the UnderJams better. I will never let her choose them again, because I have changed wet sheets in the middle of the night at least a half-dozen times since she started wearing them. They seem to not be as absorbent as the Goodnights. Changing sheets in the middle of the night is never any fun, but try doing it when you're nine months plus one day pregnant.
I'm not quite mad enough about the whole situation to send an email, but I'll definitely not buy them again.
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My 9 1/2 year old daughter
My 9 1/2 year old daughter who potty trained 2 weeks before she turned 2 still wets at night. She is a scrawny little thing, and we have found the Underjams work great for her.
Poor thing, she is the oldest. My 8 and 6 year old stay dry all night. My 3 year old stays dry about 50% of the time at night. He's been day trained since about a week after he turned 3. My poor 9 year old really feels badly about not staying dry.
Landon was on Goodnights for
Landon was on Goodnights for the last couple of years. He would wet every single freaking night! Then he got hand foot mouth and ended up with some blisters on his butt.. We told them it was because he kept wetting his pullup.. NEXT day Dry. We stopped putting a pullup on him.. and now he wets maybe once every couple weeks. Horray. I hates paying that 20 bucks a month.
In general I only use
In general I only use Huggies. They are the only ones absorbent enough (especially at night).
ditto
You know Robert- almost 8 still can't stay dry most nights. The Goodnights won't even do it on some nights. I cannot wait for this to end!!!
Good to know!! We do cloth
Good to know!!
We do cloth as well but I do pull-ups at night because I don't like the build up of laundry from washing sheets everyday. My almost 4 year old has been potty trained for 2 years now but not at night. My 1st 3 were dry at night within a few months after day.