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.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Using discreet incontinence underwear like GoodNitesDid this help you?
- 2Wrapping pull-ups in pajamas and changing in the bathroomDid this help you?
- 3Bringing a sleeping bag and claiming a dislike for sharing a bedDid this help you?
- 4Packing used protection in a small baggie to bring home discreetlyDid this help you?
- 5Using bedwetting alarms like TherapeeDid this help you?
- 6trying various pull-ups and overnight underwearDid this help you?
- 7looking into specialized cloth training pants like Super UndiesDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, 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 ↗
“My 7 year old still pees every night. We’ve tried various pull-ups and overnight underwear but still leaking a lot.”source ↗
Where this came up
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