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December 2, 2021 by Bailey

Updated: Reusable Options for Bedwetting Children

Potty Training doesn’t just happen overnight. If it did for you, kudos. For the rest of us puttering our way through the chaos of teaching a tiny, but fiercely independent little person about how to pee here’s to the joys of conquering a dry night. For some kids, dry nights are elusive and might not happen until the child reaches 5-8 years old.

Coming soon – cloth diapers for bigger kids! Yes, I’m working on building a resource for parents cloth diapering beyond 45lbs.

  •  Why do accidents happen when Potty Training?
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I’m of the mindset that this is a skill that comes with time and it can’t be forced or trained into a child. So if you’re tired of buying disposable pull-ups at the exorbitant price let’s switch it up with reusables. I warn you now, the marketplace for night time quality training pants isn’t cheap, but it’s less financial waste, and environmental waste?

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Reusable Options to Conquer Nighttime Bedwetting

Absorbent reusable options are not cheap. As a cloth diaper advocate and educator, one part of the cost of a reusable product is the textiles. Textiles that are made of higher quality fibres, denser weaves, and can absorb high rates of liquid cost more money than their counterparts. Yes, you can buy a low-cost reusable training pant, but it’s not going to offer the same absorbency as a Mother-ease bedwetter. It might catch a small pee, if you’re lucky!

Modern Mattress Protector

Skip the cheap mattress protectors that go under the sheet, and opt for something that absorbs and repeals. So many of the cheap mattress protectors don’t have enough absorbency and a cheap PUL coating. So when an accident does happen, the weight of the child, plus the poorly build mattress protector leaves you with a wet mattress.

My favourite waterproof bedwetting mat is the PeaPod mat. We still use them every day as back up protection for bedwetting, spills, and vomit. They’ve never let me down and incredibly easy to clean. I have a 3×5 that lays on the single bed for each kid. PeaPod mats are often available at your local baby boutique or shop. I find them online and in person at Lagoon Baby (Maple Ridge) or Baby Footprint (Alberta)

For cribs, the Lil Helper Mattress Pad is a must-have choice. Built to be durable and long-lasting this is one of the most stylish ways to keep the crib mattress protected from any middle-of-the night drama.

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Overnight Training Pants – or Bedwetting Pants

If you’re looking for something to wear, just like underwear, but with padded protection, a few options to consider would be a style of cloth diaper that is designed to adjust absorbency, fit larger bodies, and give a pull on feeling. These products are adaptable and more costly. The are sometimes sold without inserts, and then you can use simple materials from home to make the most out of your budget and absorbency.

  • Omaiki Nightime Hero Training Pants, available in sizes up to 12Y, these made in Canada, cloth training pants are the perfect addition to your bedtime routine. Absorbent, functional, and easy to launder, add Omaiki into your life for bedtime confidence.
  • Super undies Bedwetting Pants, Also available in bigger kids sizes, Super Undies offers customizable absorbency and easy-to-use function with these pull on covers. Pricer, but worth the transition for bedtime comfort. Find the Super Undies store on Amazon.
  • Motherease Bedwetter Pants

There’s also products that are sold as regular cloth training pants but could be amplified to work overnight. Some of these products sell extendable size options to expand, and some of them are gracious in their fit and function.

  • Bebeboo Grow Trainer is a transitional diaper with side extensions, and sold without inserts. Available direct.
  • Rig N Gig Trainer provides an 20 inch waist with extensions adding another 6 inches. Visit this retailer.
  • Nicki’s Trainer is another larger fitting trainer with adjustable absorbency that can work for some smaller bedwetter. Shop their store to find this product.

And if you’re looking for larger fitting cloth diapers that might do the trick? Check out these brands.

  • Snap- Ez provides a wide range of adult size cloth diapers including toddlers and preschooolers. But they really do specialize in providing you with high quality incontience products for adults and big kids. (Shop Snap-EZ).
  • Blythe Life Fixed Flats – along with many other work at home makers, you can often find XL and larger sized cloth diapers custom designed to fit bigger kids and manage overnight super soakers. (Shop Blythe Life)
  • Wool Diaper Covers can be custom sewn to size. Check out Bumby Wool (Shop Here at Bumby Wool)
  • Toddler Size Fitted Diapers such as this one from Lilly & Frank (Shop Here)

Not all Bedwetting Products are the same.

A quick search on Amazon brings up many products using these key words. What I know is that textiles are expensive and if you need overnight absorbency, it’s unlikely to happen with a $3-10 product. You pay for the quality of the material, the customer service to get you there, and a product that works.

Let me know what works for your young child? How have you tackled bedwetting in bigger kids?

I’d love to know if you have any other suggestions of Reusable Options for Bedwetting children! Share some great products in the comments below.

And remember, there’s no shame in needing to use disposables. If a box of fancy Ninja pull ups does the trick, it does the trick. One of the biggest advantages of considering a cloth diaper for a bigger kid is that you can often get the custom sizing you need, especially if you seek a local seamstress.

Reusable Training Pant Reviews

  • The Absolute Best Cloth Training Pants for Bedwetting Preschoolers: Mother-ease Bedwetting Pants
  • NEW PRODUCT – Bebeboo Grow Training Pants Review
  • Super Undies Nighttime Undies
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Comments

  1. Jackie says

    April 13, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    We are going through this right now! I was so sick of spending money on disposable pull ups so we switched to cloth. We started with the super undies but I didn’t love them. They are ok in my opinion and we use them, but I like the apple cheeks we got a lot better. The fit is better, less bulk, more comfortable and less leakage problems.
    (I still have to write a blog post about it)!!

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  2. Donna says

    March 29, 2020 at 3:20 am

    2 bedwetters ages 7 and 5. 2 toddler pre-folds pad-fold inside underwear with plastic pants on over everything. Very very few leaks and it is usually that underwear legs may have crept outside plastic pants. Have cloth diapered from the beginning and tried a lot of different things over the years and basically settled on the old cloth diaper plastic pants way.

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    • Julie Holstad says

      February 17, 2021 at 5:39 am

      When our daughter started puberty at around 12 and a half,she started bedwetting.I got her goodnites,and some other disposables,but she got rashes from them and said they itched her. I then got her the Gerber flat cloth diapers in the 24×27 inch size that come 10 to a package.I sewed the 10 diapers together to make one diaper out of them and got velcro to fasten it on her with.I then got three pair of adult size rubberpants that fit her blousy over the diaper.That first night,i fastened the diaper on her,then put a pair of the rubberpants on over it and she wore them to bed.After a week,there were no rashes and the 10 ply thick diaper was doing its job!She is now 14,going on 15 and still wetting and the cloth diapers and rubberpants are working for her.I got her several more cloth diapers and 3 dozen pairs of rubberpants,she is okay with wearing them!

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