I have a 10 son who has cerebral palsey. He is unable to speak and will never be toilet trained, that part of his brain has been damaged. He wears youth briefs. They are like toddler pull ups just bigger and holds more. However, he still wakes up wet, needing a bath, and having to wash his beding. I've tried doubling them. I don't think plastic pants will work because they didn't work when he was younger. Any other suggestions out there?
Sorry to hear about these challenges. One quick tip: doubling-up often doesn't work. Each brief has a plastic barrier in it that stops the urine from leaking straight through onto clothing, but when their is more urine than can be absorbed, it ends up leaking out the sides around the plastic barrier. When you double-up, the urine hits the plastic in the brief closest to the body and leaks out the sides, getting clothing wet before it even touches the second brief. Many companies make "boosters" that are used to line a single brief. The booster is simply additional absorbent product, without the plastic liner. This way, the urine goes through the booster into the actual brief, and when the brief gets full the booster can continue to absorb more.
Another thought: if you know that most nights you and he need to wake up for a change of clothing and a bath, perhaps you could try figuring out how long he can go before reaching that critical point, set an alarm for that length of time, and get up before the products leak to simply change into a new brief. You'd still have to wake up a time or two each night, but at least it would be shorter and easier each time.
Good luck!
Jasmine
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Best of luck. - MG
I am a 29yr old male and wet very heavily through the night. In terms of products available now, I can recommend the Abri Form Maxi, and the Depend Super Plus Briefs (the Depend have triple leg barriers - the only product I know of that do). I suffer from overflow, so there is a slow but constant stream. For me a product that wicks effectively ensures that I get the most out of each diaper, so I go for products that use a combination of absorbant gels and paper pulp (erring more towards pulp). If the incon is more urge in nature (i.e. whole bladder volumes are released at once) then it is important to go for the faster absorbing briefs (more gel) as otherwise the free liquid can leak before the brief has had a chance to absorb or migrate to "dry" areas of the brief. Finally, "doubling up": Back in the day, when adult product where pretty shameful I did play around with this and got it to work. The trick is to perforate the waterproof backing of the inner brief. Go crazy - basically you don't want the inner to try and hold anymore than it was designed to do. You want the excess to have a nice easy route to the next brief so it doesn't try and go anywhere else. I would make long incisions down the length of the pad concentrating on the front and crotch (being male). I would recommend the Abena or Depend first though as I'm sure your life is busy enough without having to do all this extra prep work. On the face of it these products are more expensive, but in reality you will probably only need one change for the night. Also try a cotton lined plastic pant over the top to catch any leaks. Best of luck - Simon
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