I found out my ex is making our 4-year-old sleep on the floor: Advice?

Buy some night time pull-ups or tell him too …

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If she wants to sleep in a bed and he is making her sleep on the floor because of bed wetting then yes, its abuse. If she likes sleeping on the floor and is not upset by it, then its fine.

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Whether its considered abuse or not I do not know but I don’t think its right for a child to have to sleep on the floor because it seems more like a punishment to me. Children have accidents, I would definitely talk to him about it and maybe look into night time pull ups or something to protect the bed. In time she will be able to sleep without wetting the bed but being forced to sleep on the floor can cause lasting effects down the road. Best of luck to you all.

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Just have her wear a pull up at night that way she isn’t sleeping on the floor… Your baby girl doesn’t deserve to sleep on the floor every time she goes over there she isn’t a dog just pack her pulls up in her overnight bag an tell her dad that you did

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Now, he makes her sleep on the floor. Without trying to set his alarm to do a nite toileting, or use rubber sheet, chucks, or overnight pull ups!?

So, what happens next…

What happens in the future if the older one gets moody, and slams her bedroom door, is he going to take it off?

What happens if the older one gets her period in a few years, will he deny her feminine products???

Basically same thing. There is a medical need, and he is denying her appropriate care. Report him. Make a list, calendar, chart it.

Failure for appropriate care is neglect. Neglectful parenting is abuse.

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Hell, peeing on themselves or not… no child should be made to sleep on any floor… he need to take the initiative to parent the correct way. If he got to put her in pull ups at night, then fine… but he need to do it. You should not have to supply. It’s called be a parent and find a useful or more suitable way to alleviate the situation. If he has to cut down on what she is given to drink before bedtime… or even if he has to wake her up first thing in the morning to make sure she goes. A parent will find a way. But there is nothing you need to do but tell him she better not be force to sleep on any floor and for him to help with the parenting when it comes to this situation when she is over there.

Maybe get plastic sheets for underneath bed covers or start having the little one wear pull ups during the night. There is NO excuse for making any child sleep on the floor for any reason at all. YES THAT IS ABUSE.

Let the authorities decide that

My ex told the judge my daughter slept on the floor one night I spent the night at my parents with the kids visiting and the judge lost it :unamused:like your joking right … ? She wasn’t my daughter has way more then she needs and I have never ever abused my babies but apparently judges don’t like this even if it’s a sleep over :woman_facepalming:t3:

If you are in my area I have a toddler mattress its plastic lined she can have for her daddies house. If she pees innit all well wipe it down with some bleach water or soap and water and it’s good to go .
Pull ups
Nap mat
Bed cover water repellent
I’d much rather wash a blanket and clothes than clean my floors every night lol just my opinion on that.

I also have a bed wetter at night time. He is 2 years old potty trained gets up in the middle of night to go potty and takes his pull up off and he pees the bed when he falls sleep again. Every night same thing. I just wash all his bedding every day. And we have a bed pad from the hospital I lay down for him to help keep the matress clean .

She will get over this stage with time. <3

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Just straight up ask why he makes her sleep on the floor. Its not ok to force a child to sleep on the floor. I would let my kid piss on me by accident before telling them they CAN NOT sleep in a bed. He can put a pull up on her. You need to set him straight. Dont even bring up how you know.

According to cps they dont care if child sleeps in bed as long as they have one. But I’d think a plastic liner would be easier than cleaning carpet. Or get the 4yr old a toddler bed… Because they are plastic.

He can not aloud that, if someone calls C P.S. he will lose them to the county you live in it happen to my oldest daughter and it took months to get her children back.

Buy a little mattress with a protective water-resistant cover and a sheet. Buy an additional set. When you pick your daughter up take the soiled sheets and wash them. Let him put on the new sheet. When you bring her back return her with the washed sheets. You’re going to have to help handle this. Pee smells bad and he doesn’t know how to handle it. A little help goes a long way!

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My daughters have beds and i still find then on the floor cuz they want to sleep on the floor. It’s not hurting the kid so no it’s not abuse just shitty parenting on his part. There is no excuse to not have pullups they come in sizes all the way from small to large adult diapers

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Yes get pull ups for night time

its only abuse if someone’s forcing her and making her sleep on the floor like a dog without a “pallet” or something similar. But it could be shaming which is emotional abuse. Talk it out ask you 4 year old and give dad other options

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I don’t give a flying fuck-idc if we have to put plastic down, three towels and then a sheet. I don’t care if I wake up did times to escort your little self to bathroom. No. Child. Sleeps. On. The. FUCKING. Floor. What he gone do if baby wets the floor? Make her sleep on the porch!??
Beat her ass? Say mean shit to her!!??
If she could help it, she would :angry::angry::angry:
Ain’t nobody waking up cold and pissy by choice. That’s monster mentality.

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It’s not ABUSE in the legal term but it’s not right and there are things he can do instead of putting her on the floor, pull ups, rubber sheets, towels down. Many, many options. I would tell him he needs to do one of those or you will be contacting Child Services

I would ask why she’s been sleeping on the floor and offer to purchase a waterproof mattress protector for his place. My ex husband and I help each other out all the time. Maybe he’s clueless to that being an option. And maybe it has nothing to do with the bed wetting.

Try talking to him to find out what’s going on. Then potty train your child, and put diapers on her at night. This is NOT abuse. Definitely don’t violate a court Order, like some are telling you to do. Talk to him about your children, instead of jumping to conclusions, you both have 50/50 custody. Communicate!! Geez

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Just talk to him. Send pull-ups if needed. My son has a mat we put on the floor once in while 🤷

The dramatic comments are hilarious. It’s a kid sleeping on the floor. This child has a roof over its head clothes on its back and food in its belly and y’all over here talking about cps gonna take the kids from him :roll_eyes:. My child would choose to sleep on the floor if we let him. Nobody here has ever had slumber parties where everyone slept on the floor? Geeze

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Floor or mattress??? Cause kids are exaggerating as hell. So I DOUBT she sleeps on the actual floor. Maybe there’s a mattress, blowout mattress, futon or something. Also you BOTH should look into night time pull ups.

Question are the girls sleeping in the same bed and maybe that’s why ? The other might be complaining and I know I’m a dad we don’t sometimes go about things like moms do ! My kids are always falling a sleep on the floor and they got beds so I’m not thinking it’s abuse I’m thinking he is just a Dad :man_office_worker:

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What if he makes her a pallet on the floor so the mattress won’t smell like urine. Yes there are other ways to deal with bed wetting but every one does it differently. Confront him about it, not angrily, but inquire about sleeping arrangements and try to come up with a solution that works for everyone.
There is no child abuse about this… unless circumstances change.

Jeez all he has to do is get those protective mattress pads that they have in nursing homes or hospitals. That’s what I did for my son who was special needs and wet the bed every once in a while until he was 16. Thou can get then at Wal-Mart for gods sake. Making that poor baby sleep on the floor, while it isn’t “abuse”, it’s totally messed up

I would get more information.

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If she wets the bed BFD its life confront him and tell him that she’s to sleep in a bed and if not then go back to court and see what the judge says …good luck.

Tell him that she is having accidents at night…ask if he is having the same issue…tell him you bought pull ups and they also have single use mattress protectors…they also have plastic mattress protectors…and rubber sheets…ask him what he is doing…you have to have communication…if you go in with both guns blazing he will get defensive…ask him what he is doing since you are having the same problem…if he tells you she is in the floor…than you can tell him it’s not ok…

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Legally, a bed is one of the very minimal things considered to be a necessity.

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Option1: Next time y’all meet up, tell him you know the child is still wetting the bed and tell him you have an extra plastic bedcover and then give it to him. Should you have to do this? No. But it will prevent the 7yr old from getting yelled out (or worse) and it will keep the 4yr old off the floor with no confrontation.

Option2: Next time y’all meet up, tell him you know he’s been making the child sleep on the floor and he needs to get a bedcover because if you EVER find out he has made your child sleep on the floor again or does ANYTHING that you think is wrong, inappropriate, or abusive, you will do everything in your power as a mother to make his life a miserable fucking hell and he will wish he never pulled that bullshit on one of YOUR kids and if you have to you WILL talk to the authorities AND a lawyer.
Personally, I went with option 2. It worked for me, but to each his own…

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With all the true abuse going on out there, this seems pretty minimal. There are children out there who are beaten on a daily basis, starved or burned or left in their cribs for days at a time. There are children who are born with drugs in their systems. There are children with fetal alcohol syndrome. He apparently wants to spend time with his kids. Good for him. We did a lot of camping with my kids, they slept on the ground in a sleeping bag, so did we. Didn’t harm any of us.

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It’s considered neglect. A child has to have a bed. I’d contact DSS.

We wrap my sons bed with a plastic liner, pulled tight obviously so it doesnt come loose then a pee pad fitted sheet thing and his sheet. If he has an accident o can easily put it in the washer and just spray off the plastic liner and his bed doesnt get ruined and the smell of pee doesnt stay in his bed or his room. Maybe just get a liner for him to put on the bed or TALK to him about her peeing problems at night and suggest a liner.

There are so many other things he can do than make her sleep on the floor. Plastic covers, pull ups, he can set an alarm to wake her up and make her go potty, he can buy a nap pad and they have bed liner pad things that elderly use like geesh. Wth

We had one of those really thick mattress toppers my step kids slept on when they came to our house for the weekends mainly because we only had a one bedroom apartment at the time i needed something i could roll up and put away and still be comfortable but they loved it they would put a bunch of blankets on the top of it and pillows and we would watch movies and eat pop corn their momma knew that’s what they slept on and before my step daughter was fully potty trained She wore pull ups at night my niece to when she would come over most of the time they woke up dry

Call department of children services. There’s pads he can put on bed.hes an asshole

he should have her own bedroom with a damn bed, smh that’s dumb as fck

Say she has wet the bed at your house and ask and or tell him what you did about it so that way 1) you’re finding out information about what’s going on in his home 2) you’re not letting on that the 7 year old said anything 3) you’re empowering the father to feel responsible to fix the issue and not cause a riff in any co-parenting going on thus far.

You know it’s not something you want your child experiencing and you’re confronting the issue with a more peaceful approach.
Hope this works for you! :v: :heart: :blush:

Why can’t he buy her diapers for night use?

Send a mattress he might not be able to afford one

I don’t think it’s considered abuse. It’s not right, get her nighttime training pull-ups problem solved!

I know in Ohio all children have to have a bed and CPS can be contacted because it is neglect

Personally I don’t think it’s neglect/abuse. People make pallets for children all the time, especially when I was growing up. Hell I preferred one over a bed. I’d pull chairs around it, throw an extra blanket overtop and enjoy my fort. As long as she’s not beating beaten or starved she’s ok.