What do you do?

[Kaybaby]

I think it would depend on the kind of protector being used. i use one that absorbs the wee so child feels dry if they stay asleep but the mattress doesnt get wet. I change it anytime it gets wet. I have a friend who has a plastic protector so she just wipes away the excess wee and has a spray bottle with disinfectant in it which she uses to clean it before remaking the bed which seems fine also.

This.
We had a plastic top style protecter when my DS was toilet training. Rather than washing it every day I would spray it down with disinfectant and give it a good wipe. Would get washed every few days. In a hospital (I'm a nurse) all the mattresses have a plastic/rubbery cover and between patients/if soiled, it will get wiped down with disinfectant..I don't see the difference?
But if it is a fabric style protecter you couldn't wipe it as the urine would absorb..that would get pretty stinky!

[Myztiks#1Fan]

At work we use a drawsheet with a piece of plastic underneath it. If someones bed is wet for whatever reason, i will chamge the plastic or give it a really good wipe over.

If i had a bedwetter and we had plastic, i would wash plastic at a minimum every 2 days.

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[LifeInShadesOfGrey]

I would have 2 x mattress protectors and wash the dirty one and put the clean one on. I think wiping the mattress protector down and putting new sheets on is just unhealthy. There will always be residual urine that is missed when wiping. May only be a tiny bit but after a while the bacteria there would be enormous. Yuck.

[SpongebobMummyPants]

I always had two water proof mattress protectors on my kids beds so I could just pull off the top layer.
I made the bed twice, so protector; sheet, protector, sheet then when they had an accident I'd just remove the top sheet and protector and still have a made bed. No fuss, back into bed and I could wash the soiled sheet and protector in the morning. Worked well for me

[SassyMummy]

If it's one with fabric over the top then I think it's kind of gross not to change it, but if it's just a plastic one, then I don't see the point in removing it... I mean, it's not exactly going to get any cleaner by going through the wash than it will to be wiped over with disinfectant.

My daughter has wet the bed twice in her life, so it's never really been an issue for me though.

[Dannielle]

I think it would depend on the kind of protector being used. i use one that absorbs the wee so child feels dry if they stay asleep but the mattress doesnt get wet. I change it anytime it gets wet. I have a friend who has a plastic protector so she just wipes away the excess wee and has a spray bottle with disinfectant in it which she uses to clean it before remaking the bed which seems fine also.

This.

If its one that absorbs it then it needs washing but a plastic one doesn't need to be washed. But it still needs to be cleaned. I had one of the ones that absorbs wee etc each for my twins and then a plastic one spare each that would go on to replace the good one while it was being washed or dried. I would always keep the plastic one on for a while even if the good one was dry if they had gastro/vomiting as it just made it that little bit easier.

[erinn]

Ours is a fabric-y kind of mattress protector but we have 2. So if we ever have a wee through (we are still in nappies) I change the sheets and protector, put the spare one on and wash the dirty one. I keep the spare exactly for this reason.