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Diaper Crystals? HELP

SafaribabySafaribaby
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I went to change my daughter this morning after she woke up from the night and she was a mess - there were crystals all over her - I can't describe it any other way - her diaper was SUPER wet and there were crystals all over her poor body.........weird.

 Was this from the diaper because it was so wet?

Do you guys change your daughters in the middle of the night?  She's 5 months old (6 mos next Thurs) still not sleeping through the night but we don't change her diaper.

I felt so bad this morning - HELP!!!

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Re: Diaper Crystals? HELP

  • unknownuser3596unknownuser3596
    Was it a pampers diaper?
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  • fortworthmomfortworthmom
    My LO was STTN at 6 mths and is at 8.  However if she did happen to wake up during the night, I always changed her diaper!  I also use the Fisher Price night time diapers which I LOVE!!  We have not had any leak problems since using those whereas she can leak through her pampers or huggies just during a nap.  Sorry I don't know what the crystals are.
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  • emily0829emily0829 member

    DS has had that in the past. I've heard briefly about Pampers Dry Max causing chemical burns, but I don't use them. I use Huggies, and the crystals are there sometimes, but I wipe them off with a wipe, or I'll take him to the bathtub and run him under some warm water.

    I don't change his diaper in the middle of the night unless he wakes up. He hasn't had so much as a diaper rash since he was about a month old, so in my expeirence, the crystals didn't necessarily mean anything except that the diaper was really full. Those crystals are what absorbs the wetness.

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  • Married2003Married2003 member
    Occasionally DS will get diaper crystals if he goes a long period w/o being changed.  This usually happens at night so we try to change him if he's really wet.  What kind of diapers do you us?  I've noticed Kirkland diapers tend to have more crystals.  We also use huggies overnight and no crystals so far.
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  • carrotcake06carrotcake06 member

    The crystals are the chemicals that absorb the wetness.  We use Pamper's Baby Dry & sometimes see a few.

    We don't change DS in the middle of the night anymore unless he poops (which doesn't happen often at all).  

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  • CiconradCiconrad member
    It's just the asorbant gel in the diaper.  Unless her skin seems irritated, it's no big deal.  Try a overnight diaper.   I use Huggies Overnight and never get any crystals or leaks.
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  • SafaribabySafaribaby

    We use Pampers Cruisers Diapers.

    Should I use something else?  Or not worry about the crystals?  Today was the first time I saw this but I felt so bad for her it was all over her

    :-(

     

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  • BonnieG79BonnieG79
    The crystals are nothing to worry about.  Like the PP said, they are what expand to absorb the wetness.  We use Huggies and they break open and let crystals out the front when DH doesn't point my son south.  They are not a big deal or something to worry about. 
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  • BonnieG79BonnieG79
    The crystals are nothing to worry about.  Like the PP said, they are what expand to absorb the wetness.  We use Huggies and they break open and let crystals out the front when DH doesn't point my son south.  They are not a big deal or anything to worry about. 
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  • blissfully_caffeinatedblissfully_caffeinated

    Are the crystals red-orange? Because I think those are urate crystals.

    If they aren't red-orange they're probably from the diaper. I would try overnight diapers at night and change frequently during the day. The night diapers can absorb more and the cotton between the baby and the gel is thicker so it is less likely to tear and deposit crystals on baby.

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