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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

[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.