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First Post! 03/21/2011

Happy Heiny's Trainer Pants Overnight Testdrive
Last year my children outgrew their overnight cloth diapers. I tried the bedwetting pants, they leaked badly. I tried Good Nites, they also leaked badly for my son. Huggies pull-ups worked, but with 2 children in pull-ups, I really didn't like how much waste I was creating for the landfills and how much I was spending each month. Every morning their pull-ups would be soaking wet, and many nights my son's bed would be wet too, which meant a middle of the night pj change and changing the sheets. When my daughter started waking up in the middle of the night to go potty, her pull up would be wet and she would want a new one, so sometimes, I'd use 3 nighttime pull ups in 1 night, SIGH. So, I began my quest for a cloth overnight alternative. I've used and been happy with Happy Heiny's cloth diapers in the past, when I saw they had training pants with pockets for stuffing, and claimed to work for 12+ hours, I decided to give them a try.

For each child, I got the pull on with no snaps, I stuff the pocket with 1 prefold diaper with 2 Happy Heiny microfleece inserts. They pull on just like underwear, except they are poofy and soft, which has not bothered my children. I had a talk with them and told them, this is your Big Boy and Big Girl night time underwear and I let them know I'd like it if they could try to go pee in the potty at night instead of in their pants, they were both excited to try, Yah, for me. My daughter is 3.25 yrs old and my son is 4.75 yrs old.

I let them go to bed with their water at night and I let them drink as much water as they want. I drink water at night, and I don't want to keep them from drinking, I know, if I take away their water, that might help, but I would not like it if someone took my water away. :)

DD = Dear Daughter DS = Dear Son
Here is our testdrive results so far:

Night 1: DD went potty 2 times before falling asleep, she slept for 13 hours, she wet her pants a little that night, the Happy Heinys did not leak and my bed was dry, DS went potty about 20 times before bed and told me that he would be dry in the morning, he slept 12 hours, his trainer was wet, his bed was dry. No leaks, good news.
Night 2: DD went potty 1 time before bed, slept 12 hrs, trainer was wet, bed was dry, DS went potty about 20 times again and woke up DRY!!!! WOW, it's a miracle.
Night 3: DD went potty 1 time beforfe bed, slept 13 hrs, trainer was wet, bed was dry, DS went potty about 10 times before bed and woke up DRY AGAIN!
Night 4: DD went potty 1 time before bed, slept 13 hrs, trainer was wet, bed was dry, DS went potty about 10 times before bed and woke up DRY for the 3rd night in a row, this is a record.
Night 5: DD slept 12 hours, wet trainer, dry bed, DS has become obsessive compulsive and is going potty 10-20 times before he falls asleep, slept 11 hrs and woke up DRY AGAIN, wow, I'm impressed.
Night 6: DD slept 13 hrs, wet trainer, dry bed, DS slept 12hrs and was DRY again.
Night 7: DD slept 13 hrs, wet trainer, dry bed, DS slept 12hrs, and woke up with a damp trainer and dry bed, no complaints here, I still cannot believe he was dry 5 nights in a row.
Night 8: DD slept 13 hrs, wet trainer, dry bed, DS slept 11hrs, and woke up DRY :)
Night 9: DD slept 14 hrs, wet trainer, dry bed, DS slept 11hrs and woke up with a wet trainer and dry bed, oh well, he's still doing fabulous
Night 10: DD slept 13hrs, wet trainer, dry bed, DS slept 11hrs and woke up with a wet trainer and dry bed

Tonight is night 11 of using the Happy Heiny's Trainer pants overnight instead of disposable pull-ups.

So far, they are a success. 10 nights and no leaks and 6 out of 10 nights my son was dry at night. I'm more thrilled than I could have ever imagined. To be continued.....

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Amy Vargas

03/21/2011 19:03

That's so awesome Connie! I will have to try them on Cameron. He is still in diapers. It's crazy to think how much waste we create with diapers alone. Aiden barely wanted to use the potty last september, and has done fantastic! No pull ups day or night!

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