Do you always do a diaper change if your LO wakes up in the middle of the night?
My LO isn't STTN yet, he at least gets up once a night anywhere around 3-4 am. I have always consciously just changed his diaper and then put him back to sleep. I was just wondering if others automatically jdid a diaper change or if you just put your LO back to sleep. I just wasn't sure if doing this is habit forming that maybe he is waking and expects that diaper change just as if he was waking to be comforted by the breast.
Re: Nighttime diaper change??
my LO sleeps through the night but on the rare occasion she wakes up, I don't do a diaper change..
My LO has been STTN for a long time. But on the very rare occasion she wakes up, I may do a quick diaper change.
In your case, I probably would.
Sometimes DD wakes up around 11pm and I don't change her diaper then but if she wakes up around 3am then yes I change her diaper. Especially lately she has been drinking a ton so by 3am or so her diaper is really full.
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Well yeah....you're right. But if my DD wakes up from a wet diaper then I will change it for her, even if she didn't go right back to sleep. I don't think you are starting bad habits by changing your child's diaper, even if it is in the middle of the night. In my particular case my DD would not ever go back to sleep once she's woken and realized her diaper is wet, so I always had to change it. Every child is different and you act accordingly.
this exactly