Hello,
My profoundly autistic adult Down Syndrome darling decided some months ago that removing his night clothes and diapers and relieving himself over his bed was the BEST way to spend a sub-tropical evening/night/morning...
So the onesie seemed the way to go. Comment of a sexual nature coming so tune out if natural human activities offend one: I was hesitant at first as access to one's pleasure centres seemed to me a human right. Rising power & water bills however over-rode this humanitarian view, as some nights he'd go through all four of his multi-layered mattress protectors/sheets and I'm getting too old and poor for this!
So, anyway, first night in new onesie my talented young man simply wriggled right out of it within moments. Urinated everywhere as per usual. :(
Second night, the same.
Third night incredibly brilliant mother decided to put a t-shirt over the top. Took him a few more moments but still Houdini'd out of it.
I kept trying and soon there was one night where he kept the onesie on long enough to actually wee into his diapers at some point and THEN took it off. This was seriously gold!
I'm sure you smarter people can work out what I tried next: Put a T-shirt UNDER the onesie...
First night was mysteriously odd. He wasn't settling in his room as normal so on checking I found him seriously messed up with his arms and torso tangled up with the t-shirt and onesie, yet his overnight diapers were somehow off?! Ok 🤷♀️ so I just resettled him in sleep shorts and thought it was a bust.
The next night though! Getting all tangled must have spooked him because he left his night clothes in place all night! And the next night! The third night he got them all off without incident but it was after he'd done his first wee, so the bed wasn't wet. The three nights since he's left the onesie, diapers and t-shirt in situ all night. :)
So I'm here to call this a 'limited success'. I am so thrilled that the only laundry I've done for three days has been CLOTHES!
I'll be buying a short sleeved onesie soon as autumn approaches and I suspect this will be harder to wriggle out of.
Size is great! He's takes 3XL in t-shirts and shorts but your XXL is well big enough.👍
Thank you for giving me hope. All our loved ones have different challenges and gifts and we mustn't expect there's an immediate solution to our individual problems. I'm simply so happy we have something to work with that will make my life easier and help my son remember how nice it is to get through a dry night.
Kindest regards
Carolyn M.
X.X.X.
