Is a rubber sheet necessary if I wear diapers to bed ?
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Q: Use of a rubber sheet
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9/19/09 5:05pm
Depends on how often you like to change sheets! A rubber sheet can trap heat and also may allow some leakage off the sides. They make different pads that are incredibly absorbent, allow more breathing so it's cooler to sleep on and trap everything inside the pad. Most major pharmacies, not Walgreens etc, but major local pharmacies particulary servicing elderly carry these pads which can run $20 but last forever.
10/ 1/09 2:45pm
It depends on how much you wet during the night and the diaper you use. Our son Alexander is a heavy wetter and although he wears thick night diapers and plastic diaper pants his diapers may sometimes leak. To protect his matress he has a rubber sheet in his bed.
/Anna
11/26/10 4:26pm
If You are in a good overnight diaper. 95% of the time you would not need a rubber sheet or pad. But after being disabled and doubly incontinent for many Years. I can tell You occasional leaks are a fact of life. I sleep on a disposable bed pad. You can get them anywhere incontinence products are sold.
11/27/10 2:40pm
Yes, I would say a rubber or plastic sheet or bed pad with a wetproof backing is necessary to keep the mattress fresh and dry. A mattress can sometimes cost a great deal of money and it would seem inappropriate to get it wet, especially if you are prone to bedwetting.
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