How to handle bedwetting during sleepovers and trips
Bedwetting and leaking overnight underwear make it difficult for children to participate in social events like sleepovers without embarrassment. Parents need practical advice on managing nighttime accidents while helping their kids join friends away from home.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using discreet incontinence underwear like GoodNites
- 2Wrapping pull-ups in pajamas and changing in the bathroom
- 3Bringing a sleeping bag and claiming a dislike for sharing a bed
- 4Packing used protection in a small baggie to bring home discreetly
- 5Using bedwetting alarms like Therapee
- 6trying various pull-ups and overnight underwear
- 7looking into specialized cloth training pants like Super Undies
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“only problem is he still has some bedwetting issues..anyone else in the same boat and any advice for handling bedwetting and friends.”source ↗
ActionJacksonNJ · r/Parenting · 22 upvotes
“My 7 year old still pees every night. We’ve tried various pull-ups and overnight underwear but still leaking a lot.”source ↗
PunkMama1619 · r/Parenting
Where this came up
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