Less expensive alternative to Goodnites?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to wake him up and take him and not let it be the brother's responsibility.

+1, you need to parent here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to wake him up and take him and not let it be the brother's responsibility.

+1, you need to parent here.

I woke him up around midnight for years. But we quickly learned that he's not on any kind of a *schedule* as far as nighttime accidents go.

Additionally, regardless of when I woke him up, he'd still wake up with a wet pull-up nightly. So it wasn't serving anyone to wake him up twice a night (once by myself, and once with his brother). I've never been a fan of waking up a sleeping child without a VERY good reason, especially not one that's such a deep sleeper as him. It's not his brother's *responsibility*, they just simply like getting up together, because his brother doesn't like the dark/being up by himself in the night. So it works out. They both know they're welcome to come and wake me up at any time, I'm a night owl anyways, and don't mind. That isn't the concern.

[Anonymous]

Have you considered just using a size 7 overnight diaper?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Target brand- up and up

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to wake him up and take him and not let it be the brother's responsibility.

+1, you need to parent here.

I woke him up around midnight for years. But we quickly learned that he's not on any kind of a *schedule* as far as nighttime accidents go.

Additionally, regardless of when I woke him up, he'd still wake up with a wet pull-up nightly. So it wasn't serving anyone to wake him up twice a night (once by myself, and once with his brother). I've never been a fan of waking up a sleeping child without a VERY good reason, especially not one that's such a deep sleeper as him. It's not his brother's *responsibility*, they just simply like getting up together, because his brother doesn't like the dark/being up by himself in the night. So it works out. They both know they're welcome to come and wake me up at any time, I'm a night owl anyways, and don't mind. That isn't the concern.

I would stop the brother waking him up every night. The one who wets might need more sleep. My kid does better when not overtired.

[Anonymous]

dollar general has their own brand and they seem to work fairly well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you considered just using a size 7 overnight diaper?

This is what we did. We never found the pull up style as absorbent and were always more expensive. We just always used overnight diapers.

[Anonymous]

If you have an FSA, you can purchase Goodnites on the FSA car. Just a PSA!

[Anonymous]

For some kids it's genetic and they will outgrow it but you really need to make this a priority. He's at the age where it's embarrassing. Take him to a urologist to make sure things are medically ok, and wake him several times a night if you need to.

Try the cloth ones but they are pricy to get a set and then you have to regularly wash them.

[Anonymous]

Target brand up and up ads great. My 8 year old also cannot stay consistently dry.

[Anonymous]

Maybe he can start in a goodnite but only provide the cheaper ones in the basket in the bathroom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have an FSA, you can purchase Goodnites on the FSA car. Just a PSA!

This. I just buy from Amazon and use my FSA card. Quite a few ppl mentioned Target Up & Up. I believe their largest size is 7.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cloth diaper, large size and wake him up 2 hours after he goes to sleep for a pee.

I'll admit I have ZERO clue about anything cloth diaper related...do you have a suggestion for a 45~ lb boy? I assume we'd need to buy 3-4 or so and cycle wash them throughout the week?

Super Undies were such a money saver for me! My son wore them for about a year, he was peeing through Goodnites and these held so much more.

We had three and washed every third day. Kept them in a wet bag hanging in his bathroom and washed the bag, too. The website has videos on how to launder them, but it’s easy! My son stopped wetting at night about a year after we bought cloth, but we still saved lots of money.