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Waterproofing & Bedding - help please!

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So we'll have a waterproof mattress, and then there's a mattress pad, regular fitted sheets, ultimate crib sheet, and also these little sheet savers that only cover a small part of the mattress. I know we don't need all of this - which ones? what do you use together, and what would be redundant? 

 

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Re: Waterproofing & Bedding - help please!

  • emisiemisi member
    I took the advice of someone - I think on this board - who suggested layering.  Sheet, waterproof mattress pad, sheet, waterproof pad, sheet.  Should make middle of the night sheet changes faster and easier.
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    We just have the mattress (the outer part is plastic), a quilted mattress cover (thin, not puffy) and a sheet.

    The number of times I've had to change the sheet in the middle of the night...seriously not more than 2 or 3 times in DS's 21 months. All that layering is not worth it IMO. Simplify!

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    imageSarahKate31:

    We just have the mattress (the outer part is plastic), a quilted mattress cover (thin, not puffy) and a sheet.

    The number of times I've had to change the sheet in the middle of the night...seriously not more than 2 or 3 times in DS's 21 months. All that layering is not worth it IMO. Simplify!

    Ditto the simplify advice! The very few times I've had to change DS's sheets because of a leak, I didn't find the leak until the morning so it was easy enough to change the sheet and pad then.  I do have 3 sheets and 3 thin mattress pads so in the chance DS has leaks two nights in a row and I haven't done laundry yet, I still have a back up. That has actually happened to me before.

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    imageSarahKate31:

    We just have the mattress (the outer part is plastic), a quilted mattress cover (thin, not puffy) and a sheet.

    The number of times I've had to change the sheet in the middle of the night...seriously not more than 2 or 3 times in DS's 21 months. All that layering is not worth it IMO. Simplify!

    This. I heard this advice before DD was born, but we never got around to doing it. Now Im glad, bc I really cant think of many times we've had to change her sheets during t he night time. 
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  • abell77abell77 member
    We just used a mattress pad and sheet.  Maybe we were just lucky, but my son never woke in the middle of the night if he had wet through his pajamas, we could just change them in the morning.  He always wore halo sleep sacks so that probably added a layer of protection too.
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  • tracy41tracy41 member
    With my first I only had 3 ultimate crib sheets that I used during the period he was peeing through in the middle of the night. Getting one off and a clean one on was pretty quick even in the middle of the night in the dark. But like some said not every kid has this issue so you may not even need anything. I didn't buy anything new for my newborn.
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  • happytotmomhappytotmom

    We used the Naturepedic Waterproof Mattress Cover on the mattress with a regular sheet on top and our son had a number of accidents and the mattress cover did it's job!  I only had one mattress cover so if it happened during nap/nighttime (versus when they first wake up), I would just put a receiving blanket over the mattress cover area that was wet and whip over a new sheet and then clean it all when he got up.  I think you will need just a good waterproof mattress cover and you should be fine!

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