over night CD solution for boys

HSartteach

So, L is turning into quite the heavy nighttime pee-er.  I bought some hemp doublers and quite frankly, I wasn't impressed.  I bought some MF doublers and they are better since they spread the pee out more.  However, L is still leaking a little from the top front...he's a boy, what do ya want.  It's not a lot, but enough to dampen his pj's and I have to get new ones every night.

So...suggestions.  We are not thrilled about having to maybe go to disposables overnight.  Do I add another doubler so his butt is like a shelf butt?  Do I wean off the nighttime feeding?  I use flips...should I invest in a different diaper for over night?  Any advice is welcome!!!

ETA: the flips inserts we use are the organics.

Thanks.

Cathie111

For boys I was told you should fold in and down the top front of the diaper...but I diaper girls so I'm not sure. 

Nikki1007

I have a girl, but I love love love the monkey snuggles overnights with a wool cover.  Its pretty bulletproof. 

tammy79

My DS is a super  super heavy wetter, so far what has worked for us, is a

1) B4 with a piddle poddle bed time buddy with a fleece liner on top, and a dancing bear fleece cover, it's bullet proof. 

2) A earth mom and baby Bamboo diapers with 2 extra inserts/fleece liner,and a grobaby booster and a blueberry pull cover.

3) A blueberry Minky with 2 bamboo/organic inserts, AFF hemp, and a grobaby booster folded in two. 

 

The issue I'm having now, is that DS's diaper always, always smell like ammonia in the morning, al ways. But not my DD's, she's not a heavy wetter like DS, she can last all night with a smartipants CD with 2 MF inserts, that would last DS 4-5 hours only. 

spark&echo

We use a tri-folded prefold with a hemp insert inside and then a fleece liner on top of the prefold.  For covers, we use a fleece Stacinator.  His butt is extra fluffy but it works.  It took us a long time to figure out a good nighttime solution.  Good luck!

diamondcks

I use a Fuzzibunz OS with both (4-layer) MF inserts with a hemp sandwiched in between.  His butt is huge, but it works, I can do one night feeding without changing and with no leaking.

flyer23

Thankfully, DS isn't too much of a heavy wetter yet, but I swear, DD used to pee her body weight overnight. What worked for us for a long time was a VERY absorbent fitted underneath a wool soaker. Wool is great because it can absorb some on its own, so anything that escapes the diaper gets soaked up by the wool. As for fitteds, we used mostly Very Baby Simply Nights, because they are fleece-lined so she wouldn't feel wet and wake up.

These days, she is in a pocket diaper with a Greenhorn Super Sleepytime insert (https://www.hyenacart.com/greenhorn) and that works pretty well.

If you don't want to invest in new diapers or inserts, you could just throw a wool soaker over his current diaper. It'll catch the little bit that leaks out right now and keep his PJs dry. You can easily find a recycled wool soaker for under $10, or they're easy to make if you sew at all. Wool can go for weeks without being washed, so you could get away with just one, or maybe two if you want a spare while you're washing -- very cost effective.

roundtheworldgirl

I have a girl, but it sounds to me like you have an absorbency issue, not necessarily a boy-specific issue.  Our non-mf inserts also seem not to spread the moisture around evenly - I don't know why this is but have given up trying to figure it out.  A few weeks ago DD was peeing through her diapers every night.  I finally found a solution that works for us: a pocket (we use BG 3.0s or Blueberry OS) stuffed with a medium microfiber insert and an AFFF hemp insert (it's two layers of hemp, about 16 inches long, and I fold it so that there is extra absorbency in the front, which is where DD needs it most). 

HSartteach

flyer23:

Thankfully, DS isn't too much of a heavy wetter yet, but I swear, DD used to pee her body weight overnight. What worked for us for a long time was a VERY absorbent fitted underneath a wool soaker. Wool is great because it can absorb some on its own, so anything that escapes the diaper gets soaked up by the wool. As for fitteds, we used mostly Very Baby Simply Nights, because they are fleece-lined so she wouldn't feel wet and wake up.

These days, she is in a pocket diaper with a Greenhorn Super Sleepytime insert (https://www.hyenacart.com/greenhorn) and that works pretty well.

If you don't want to invest in new diapers or inserts, you could just throw a wool soaker over his current diaper. It'll catch the little bit that leaks out right now and keep his PJs dry. You can easily find a recycled wool soaker for under $10, or they're easy to make if you sew at all. Wool can go for weeks without being washed, so you could get away with just one, or maybe two if you want a spare while you're washing -- very cost effective.

  how does the wool not let the urine out?  I just can't wrap my head around it.