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May. 9th, 2012 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenmillionI 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.
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.
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Date: 2012-05-10 04:09 am (UTC)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!