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Thanks. I did watch those. I like her, but sometimes the videos don't offer enough specifics. For example, how bad is it to put two booster pads (one in front, one in back) in a high functioning adult brief? My LO eats his regular diet (which is healthy!) and has to toilet many times a day (which is healthy!) and a few times at night.

I guess I'll continue searching. I'm pretty sure I'm not handling somethings in the right way and it causes distress and loss of sleep when it happens at night.

Thanks. I will think about the limiting fluids late in the day. He always drank a lot of fluids, juice especially, his whole life. But I may need to curtail that.

Thank you. I started it but felt it didn't provide enough specifics for me. I did nonot get to Chapter 5 though. Will try again.

Iris, thanks for asking...but it may be TMI for a public forum. So continue only if you can stomach the description of our problem.

How safe is it for someone to wear an adult brief and two booster pads for overnight?

My DH has always gone to bathroom several times during the night. But now he doesn't remember to pull down his pants far enough and ends up peeing on his clothes. I've asked him to call for me if he thinks he needs to go, and that sometimes works. I go in with him and pull down the clothes/briefs so he doesn't wet himself.

I tried bag urinals and he hated it (I don't blame him.)

1) That means we don't get much sleep.

2) when he goes by himself, then there is a massive cleanup.

Bulking up the adult brief seems uncomfortable, and I wonder if it is sage. Also, if he urinated a couple of times a night, that brief with double pads are going to be ugly.

Ugh

Really? I was dying typing that TMI out. Shame that I can't figure this out, sorrow for my previously fastidious husband for having a partner who cant figure this out, and having access to a major university who after diagnosis sent us out the door with nary a pamphlet. Sigh.

I have been buying adult briefs and booster pads from ParentGiving, not CVS (did I say that? I apologize if I implied I was purchasing from retail stores.) My worry is if this is safe for him to be wet/or soiled if I can't get him changed quickly enough.

thank you for responding.

My new best friend! --- smile ---

Thank you these details. And do the Blue Glove Club members get matching t-shirts? I feel like we need matching t-shirts.

Your dad sounds exactly like my husband. He used to complain when my girls (his step daughters) took long showers until I suggested HIS three showers a day probably used more water! Hug your mom, take it from me, this degradation of my sweet husband is hard to witness.

And that's what we are. Witnesses.

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