XP- need better night time diaper solutuion or may never get close to STTN
shocked77
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My LO is in a mix if cloth diapers and pampers. We switched back to
disposables a few weeks ago because of issues with leaking and him
waking up fussing from feeling wet at night.
He generally sleeps 3 hour stretches at night, but i feel like i am on the brink of getting him to go longer. One of the issues is not having a diaper that keeps him dry enough and doesn't leak to get through the night without a change.
Today and Tonight for example he has been sleeping really well. He BF and was changed at 9pm. Slept till midnight. Gave him a 6oz bottle of expressed BF. He hungrily drank it all and fell sound asleep 5 mins later. 3 am he woke up like normal. I did our normal nurse for that time. One side maybe 15 mins. Again right back to sleep no diaper change because not poopy. About 4 am i hear him fussing in cradle. He kept it up for about 20 mins. No crying just grunting and lots of movement. I Decided he wasnt going back to sleep and needed to be changed. He had a HUGE wet diaper that leaked at top and soaked onesie. It was as saturated as a disposable can get.
That diaper had been on for 7 hours. I know people who's babies are going 12 hrs in a disposable. So clearly I have a heavy wetter. Is it possible something is wrong that he pees so much? I asked pedi and he wasnt concerned because he is thriving. He weighed 12 lbs at 2 month visit and was a 23.5 inches. He is in Pampers Swaddlers size 2.
Any ideas on what i try for a diaper that will
get us through from 9pm-7am without needing to be changed (assuming no
poop) and wont leak? I know there are pampers overnights that claim to
be 12 hr, but from what I've seen they are only size 3 and up.
I am desperate. This has happened 3 times over the past 3 weeks. I like giving him the big bottle at midnight because i feel like its my only chance to pack enough BF in him if i want to ever get 5 hours of straight sleep. I feel like we are sooo close, but the diaper thing is killing me.
PS..he has also can leaked through a pampers in a long afternoon nap 3+ hours if it wasn't changed just before nap.
Re: XP- need better night time diaper solutuion or may never get close to STTN
A couple of thoughts...First, it doesn't sound like his pee is the only thing waking him up. If he's eating like that, even with diaper solution he's still not going to STTN.
I'm not sure what size diaper he is in but they do make Pampers size 2 dry max which supposedly last 12 hours, so you could try those. But again, even with a 12 hour diaper, it sounds like he is still hungry every 3 hours.
Since your baby is waking up anyways to eat though you way want to consider changing him before he eats. That's what we do because we have a super-pee-er also. Even if it stimulates him for a couple minutes, he always gets sleepy again once he gets the bottle. So you may want to consider him changing him at least at the midnight or 3am feeding. Just try it one night. Just make sure you do it before he eats.
If my DS is just waking up and is not hungry, I do not change the diaper.
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Just my 2 cents ... have you tried a different brand of disposable diapers? I have a friend with al boys who does not like pampers at all. But for my DD pampers works great. I would buy a couple small packs of different brands and try that.
And I wouldn't worry about his size. 12 lbs and 23.5 inches at 2 months is perfect!
He definitely needs to be changed every time he eats. When he stops eating as often during the night, he will also stop peeing as much - because there isn't as much liquid going in.
If you change him every time you feed him, he should be okay - a diaper will last a feeding's worth of peeing. As the feedings space out further, the diapers should last longer.
If that's still not the case, consider going up a size at night, or even double-diapering. I have a friend who puts her son in a size 2 diaper, and then a size 3 diaper over top of it, for the night.
We CD but have been doing one disp. at night becasue LO is also a heavy wetter and was leaking through all of my combinations.
Pampers Baby Dry have been the best but sometimes he still leaks. He leaked horribly in the swaddlers though so maybe try the baby dry?
For your CD, you can try hemp or bamboo inserts. Double stuffing those may help.
As for disposables, IME overnight diapers run smaller than normal diapers. For example, DD is in size 2 luvs, but can wear a sz 3 pampers overnight diaper. DS was the same way. So you may want to give overnight diapers a shot.
Last, if he is eating 12+ ounces at night, he's peeing a lot. There is only so much you can do. You may need to change him at one of the feedings.