Bedwetting is an annoying problem; about 15% of children between the ages of 6 and 18 suffer from it. If your child suffers from bedwetting, it is a good idea to always use a mattress protector under your child's mattress sheet. Cleaning a mattress at night is of course no fun, using a waterproof mattress protector prevents your mattress from getting dirty after an accident and you and your child can quickly get back to sleep.
An accident
So what do you do when you are woken up at night by your child because he/she has had an accident? The first thing you should do is comfort your child, of course. Being a child who wets the bed is annoying enough! In this article we will give you some tips on how to best clean your child's mattress after bedwetting.
Tips: cleaning the mattress
Take all the sheets off the bed and first dab the stain with kitchen paper. Don't rub, but dab! Sprinkle baking soda on the stain. Let this soak in for 4 hours. The baking soda will soak up the rest of the urine. The next morning, you can vacuum the baking soda off the mattress with a vacuum cleaner. When cleaning the mattress after bedwetting, it is very important that you let the mattress dry completely before putting new bedding on it.
Another way you can clean a mattress after bedwetting is with soapy water with detergent. First, pat the mattress as dry as possible with paper towels. Make a lather of Biotex and dab the stain with this. Then further clean the mattress with water to which you add some vinegar and a few drops of TeaTree oil. With this you can wash the stain well. Again, it is important to let the mattress dry thoroughly.
Immediately clean your mattress after bedwetting
The most ideal is to clean the mattress right after bedwetting, but what do you do if you want to get an old stain out of a mattress? If your child suffers from bedwetting more often, chances are you will forget to do it once after bedwetting. What you can then do to get a stain out after bedwetting is to make and suds of water, fine detergent and a little ammonia. With a sponge dab the stain until it is completely gone.
Once the stain is gone you can clean the stain on the mattress by dabbing with water with white vinegar and TeeTree oil in it. A few drops are enough! Dab the stain with this and let the mattress dry completely. I hope we've helped you get these pesky post-bedwetting stains out of your mattress! You can always reach out to us for more tips against bedwetting.
Tips against bedwetting
Cleaning the mattress after bedwetting is important, but of course it is best if your child gets rid of the bedwetting problem quickly. The bedwetting method is the most effective method against bedwetting. Your child then learns to wake up at night from a full bladder.
Our Dryly bedwetting alarms work using the bedwetting alarm method. When you go to sleep, you put on special sensor pants. The moment your child pees, an alarm goes off. The Dryly alarm is in the back of Wizzu the panda bear. Wizzu helps your child on his way to dry nights. When your child pees, an alarm also goes off in the Dryly app; that way, as a parent, you know exactly when your child wets the bed.
What you can do yourself:
- Make the bed several times for a night with mattress protectors; that way you only have to take off the top layer at night.
- Let your child hear the sound of the alarm before bedtime. Say that together with your child; "tonight i'll wake up to this sound" or "if I hear this sound tonight I will wake up".
- Stick closely to the bedtime ritual as described in the Dryly app.
