u/Kephielo

I've decided it's time to get a chest freezer for the basement. Does anyone have any recommendations on brands and size for a family of 3?

We couldn't go grocery shopping yesterday, because we've all been feeling sick and my fridge was surprisingly bare despite spending $150-200 a week on groceries. We are going through so many fruits, vegetables, and meat just for me and two kids, it's been eye opening as I try to create food stores. I have a smaller size fridge and freezer, nothing like the modern ones they make now. So I can fit some things in there, but maybe only two weeks worth of food. I plan on using a chest freezer to store extra food and rotate it through my kitchen freezer. I've been reading up on them, but reviews are all over the place. I'd like to stay under $300 if possible.

I have boy/girl Twins, who turned five recently. My daughter has always done really well with toileting, has been out of night diapers for a long time. My son has struggled with peeing at night. He just doesn't wake up when he has to go, he sleeps really hard. He gets really mad when he has to wear a diaper or a pull-up to bed. He says they're scratchy, and he does have issues with eczema and rashes in the past.

About six months ago I let him stop using the diapers and he did really well. He would still wet the bed, but maybe once a week, or once every other week. Otherwise he would be able to make it until morning. In the past few weeks, he started wetting the bed three or four times a week, pretty much every other night. I had just gotten rid of most of his overnight diapers, but I saved a few. I tried to get him to wear them, and he threw a massive fit. He's really resistant to the idea. He did give in and wear one last night, but he wasn't happy about it and he did wet it.

But we've tried other things, I've woken him up when I go to bed at 11 or 12 at night and put him on the toilet. When I do that, he physically can't go, and then he gets really upset and starts crying. So I put him back to bed. We've cut out liquids after dinner time, so he doesn't have anything to drink after 6 PM, and he doesn't really seem to want anything to drink. He only really drinks water throughout the day anyway. And not much of it. Some days I really struggle with getting him to drink water. But when he pees at night, there's a ton and it makes a huge mess. His mattress is waterproof, but the sheets, blankets, comforter have to go in the wash. He has to get changed in the middle of the night and wiped down. It's a whole thing and it upsets him.

Sometimes he wakes up in the early morning hours, and comes into bed with me. I've told him to go and use the toilet then, but he doesn't. Beyond setting an alarm for 3 AM, and waking up to put him on a toilet, which I know is going to make him horribly upset, are there any other options here besides wearing a diaper/pull up that makes him physically uncomfortable?