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[ellenmillion]

I need some parent advice!



A little over a week ago, Elsa started peeing through her diapers at night. Consulting the Internet yielded the advice to move up a size in diapers... She's not technically at the listed weight, but it seemed to work just fine, for about a week... I also moved from Pampers Swaddlers to Pampers Baby Dry (size 2) for the nights. Worked great, right up until two nights ago, when she started peeing through again.

I'm not testing that 12 hour claim that Baby Dry makes, I am changing her every two hours (at LEAST) through the night, up at the first little 'Eh!' she makes, and by that point, she has often half-filled her diaper and her sleeper and sheets are wet. I'm changing her bedding at least twice a night. It is exhausting, and can't be comfortable for her. She goes through plenty of diapers through the day (ridiculous amounts, actually... 20 diapers in a 24 hr day is not that unusual), but does not usually leak. The diapers at night are mostly, but not fully saturated. Once or twice they have looked a little loose (like she's wiggled them out of place), but for the most part, they seem snug. The leakage appears to be in the center of the back.

Thoughts?? Ceasing to feed her would probably be frowned upon.

Comments

[jenny_evergreen]

You are using Pampers. Try Huggies. Also, from your description, you might not be putting them on snugly enough at the waist. I'd be cuter, but I on my tablet & typing takes forever. :p

[jake67jake]

I completely missed the Pampers .. yes, Huggies are MUCH better...

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I've got the husband out getting me a bag of Huggies to try! Thank you!

[jake67jake]

She is probably hitting a growth spurt and the resulting movement and such that goes with that (wiggle-baby).

I would definitely recommend a waterproof pad below her (they come in about a 12x18 inch size that fits nicely... and most of them are covered in a flannel-type cover that is actually sealed to the plastic/rubber). That would at least save the bedding.

You can also DOUBLE diaper (use the smaller size inside, and the bigger size outside)... but that gets a bit awkward.

Another solution would be to use plastic pants over the diaper. This would get hot in the summer, but hopefully this is a temporary situation.

Mostly, you are looking to protect the bedding and if possible the sleeper. Save yourself. Baby's skin really isn't as sensitive as the commercials make them out to be... except with bowel movements, which are acidic and can literally burn the skin. Urine is sterile and pretty neutral pH-wise.

Hope this helps.

[jenny_evergreen]

I second the waterproof pad; we did that, too. Much easier. Get a few and you can switch them out and not worry about it.

Also, yes, don't worry about it TOO much. It smells bad, but it's not really harmful.

Finally, I use Huggies Snug 'n Dry for nighttime. They also make special nighttime diapers that hold even more, but I found the snug and dry was fine. I used generic during the day.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Very helpful, thank you! I will be hunting for some waterproof pads to switch out and will be trying Huggies. The double-diapering was something I was wondering about too - we may try that if the Huggies don't do the trick.

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

If you're talking about double-diapering, you may want to look into the boosters we use with the cloth diapers. They're essentially absorbent strips of cotton, and I can't think of a reason for why they wouldn't work with disposable diapers -- except for having to extract and launder them, with all the related infrastructure that implies (as in, a covered container of some sort to put them in until you do wash them).

Mainly suggesting it because there doesn't seem to be a good disposable solution.

[puffbird.livejournal.com]

I second the above. I have NEVER had good luck with Pampers; they ALWAYS leak. Huggies are MUCH better. (Heck, I even use the store-brand disposables before I'll use Pampers.)

[ryokomusouka.livejournal.com]

I always used Target's store brand and never really had issues. The occasional blow-out, yes, but NO diaper's gonna hold THAT.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I've got a bag of Huggies and a bag of generic coming home with the husband tonight... thanks!

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

We have the same problem. Cooper has *always peed through his night night diaper. We use Luvs during the day and Pampers at night and move up in sizes frequently. We had NO luck with Huggies.

His mattress is plastic so, honestly, I just change his sheet and matress pad (a folded up king sized sheet or towels) every day. I am just kinda over getting annoyed now. There isn't a gd thing to do about it.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I've got a plastic mattress, too - thank HEAVENS. We're going to hope we have better luck with Huggies, and buy some extra sheets...

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

We went through that too and I use huggies and you have to tighten down the top good. Also make sure the flaps around the legs are set and pulled out so they aren't bunched up which helps a lot and blocks the leaks.

I noticed that a lot of the leaking happened with the band gaping in the front and once I realized I needed to tighten int down and make sure the size was right it was all better.

I also second the water proof pads. I have 8 sets of sheets for the crib and one water proof mattress cover. Works great.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Oh! I found that trick about the flaps around the legs out the hard way. :P I will definitely be looking for some waterproof pads - thanks!

[mckenzee.livejournal.com]

Rose is almost two.

We use 7th Generation disposables at night and don't any leakage problems. Various other brands have leaked. Since the wet spot is the center of her back, then the waistband is not high/wide/tight enough. Those disposables will swell up pretty big before leaking if they have a good seal (be careful not to squeeze).

We use cloth diapers most of the time, but they soak through at night, so we use disposables for sleeping and traveling :)

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Chiming in on the suggestion to change diapers. Also chiming in on the waterproof mattress pad.

I will admit to being lazy and semi-conscious MacGuyver and sometimes putting a full-sized towel down under the baby, instead of completely remaking the bed. It's not ideal by any means, but it's easier than trying to make the bed again that night.

I also used something like this. I don't know if having your darling little WiggleSquirm sleeping on her side will help prevent as many leaks, but it might be something to try.

http://www.amazon.com/Piyo-Safe-Side-sleeping-Pillow-Blue/dp/B005GNQQXG/ref=sr_1_2?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1336611868&sr=1-2

[selinafenech.livejournal.com]

If you want to go green with nappies(at least semi, no disposables are all that great, but at least partially sustainable resource and partially biodegradable), I use Moltex, and have had very little leakage issues that I had with previous brands (pampers, and some other eco brand I can't remember).
Sephy went through a phase of leaking through a lot, before I switched to Moltex, and I considered all kinds of things like using a cloth nappy over disposable nappies and things like that. Now she sleeps on her tummy all the time (can't stop her, still considering velcro-ing her on her back...), she wets through more again as well cos nappies just aren't designed to work that way up :p So good luck if Elsa becomes a tummy sleeper!
But then, I'm also lazy and often leave Sephy in the one nappy overnight, or just one change middle of the night, so if Moltex can manage that, it might be ok for your wiggle-baby.
I'm getting Sephy in cloth nappies as much as possible now but still not game to put her in them for night time! Middle of the night clothing/bedding changes are the worst. I feel for ya!

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Use Hu...oh. I see a lot of people have suggested this already. Yes, well, use Huggies. :)

[ht.livejournal.com]

yeah my sis in law tried Pampers found they were no good and went back to Huggies. And having changed a few leaky diapers myself (usually after number 2s, joy.) I always double-triple check to get those VERY snug around the waist and legs.

[sparksbydesign.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm apparently the odd one out and had a horrible time with the Huggies leaking everywhere, and absolutly no problem with Pampers. I haven't used cloth, but I know there are a number of different types out there that are more absorbant than disposibles, though to be fair, who want to add to the pile of laundry we already do with the babies :)