My mom can hold her urine for approx 2 or 3 hours depending on how much liquid she has had. What are some pull up and diapering methods that active families use when they take their incontinent moms out? My mom doesn't feel herself having to pee while she is sitting and will wet herself. But when she gets up, she can feel herself pee. The goal is to have a schedule but that is not perfect yet or even close, so I more or less judge by her liquid intake which sometimes results in dry pads and sometimes they are wet and I have to change them. I use Tena pull ups and then I layer them with two hour glass pads on top of the pull up. But I leave the strip of paper that covers the sticky tape so it does not ruin the diaper below. But sometimes the pee rolls out the sides and her pants get wet. 90% of the time we are good. SO I should not complain. I am just wondering what else could be out there as far as other methods? I just bought a box of diaper doubler lining for babies hoping it might make a regular pull up more absorbent for night time since my mom does not hold it during the night or wakes up anymore to pee.
I know it is simpler to change a pad than a pull up, but I think you need to forget about the pads and rely on the pullup alone. Someone on the forum once posted a method to change a pullup without getting undressed....
First, most pullups can be removed easily by tearing the side seams. Now, with pants around the ankles place the new pullup by her feet, pull the side of the pullup down through the leg of the pants and over the foot and back up the leg, one leg done. Now repeat with the other leg. I had to sit down and practice this on myself until the light bulb went off, but OMG once I had it mastered it was nothing short of miraculous.
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I would say to truth told master that art and take Mom to a rest room every few hours and prepare to change the diaper if she is wet. Naturally put her on the potty at the same time.
The pullups can hold an astonishing amount of liquid, but I'm not sure it would be very comfortable to keep wearing one that was more than a little wet. Other than doctor's appointments it may be that you need to plan shorter outings. And be thankful she can still hold her bowels.
I always take my mom to the rest room after being out two hours even if she signals that she is peeing in her pad on the way to the rest room. I have her try and get more pee out and i change the pad anyway even if it only has the center wet with pee and there is 75% more space for pee. ( i also have a pull up which the pad is resting over) But i would like to skip the bathroom brake lately since we aren't making it on time anymore because of mobility and cognition issues. If the pad can hold two pees and push our outing for 4 hours, that would make things a little easier. If the pad can fill up and NOT leak out and NOT cause skin irritation, i would like to have that option for some days. They seem really absorbent and i use coconut oil spray on my moms privates so she is never irritated.