How to Use Diapers for Bedwetting

Bedwetting is a common childhood occurrence that often leads to embarrassment and reluctance to visit friends for overnight stays. According to Goodnites, up to 7 million American children, including 20 percent of 4- to 12-year-olds, wet the bed. Many things cause bedwetting, but most children grow out of it. Some adults also wet the bed, for a variety of reasons. You can use cloth or disposable diapers to help eliminate stained mattresses and repeated nightly pajama changes. By placing a puddle pad beneath the fitted sheet on a mattress, you will have extra assurance that urine will not soak into the mattress materials.

Things You'll Need

  • Disposable diaper pants or cloth diapers and plastic pants
  • Puddle pad

Instructions

    • 1

      Place the appropriate-size disposable or cloth diaper on the child or adult. Disposable diaper pants for children, such as Goodnites, come in a wide array of colors and sizes. Disposable diaper pants for adults, such as Depends, come in assorted styles and sizes. If using cloth diapers, user waterproof pants for extra waterproofing.

    • 2

      Place a puddle pad beneath the fitted sheet, on top of the mattress. Puddle pads are waterproof pads that protect the mattress from urine stains. They are made from a wide range of materials, from plastic to wool.

    • 3

      Put the child or adult's pajamas on as usual, and put them to bed on top of the sheet, and on top of the puddle pad.

    • 4

      Wash cloth diapers and plastic pants in the washing machine, and dry the diapers in the clothes dryer. Plastic pants are best air-dried. Dispose of disposable diaper pants in the trash. Puddle pads can be washed in the washing machine and dried in the dryer as necessary.

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