early waking because of dirty diaper- solutions?

Mnerani · January 2014

DS will normally sleep until almost 7am, but lately he's been waking at 5:30 or 5:45 with a dirty diaper. At that point, it's too late in the morning for him to go back to sleep- I've tried! And he absolutely can't sleep if he's dirty (nor do I want him laying in a dirty dipe). I'm thinking of moving his dinnertime later, in the hopes that will lead to a later morning poo.

Has anyone experienced this? Is there anything to be done? Mama's tired, and he is too.

kbeach82 · January 2014

I know this can be frustrating. Changing meal times may make a difference, but that's not always the case. Mine seem to have changes in their dirty diaper times every so often, unrelated to changes in schedule (there generally haven't been any changes) when I notice this. I know I'm not super helpful. Hang in there. Most likely he will get himself on another schedule soon.

Ruthie04 · January 2014

I'm with @kbeach82. We go through these phases as well. We've recently had to add prune juice to their diet per the pedi's rec for some big time constipation issues. I notice I have to offer it well before dinner to avoid the early morning issue. Same could be said for offering high fiber foods at dinner. Either way, the phase is usually short lived and often resolves without me doing anything.

Hope it improves soon!

mcgeeva · January 2014

Is it pee or both? DS like today if he had a random blowout I would change change him and not really talk and put him back down. He may fuss for a second but eventually pass back out. I'm too afraid to just get up and then it messes up our good schedule. I feel like if it's poop then it was a random occurance it was happening in the am. If it's pee then get a bigger night diaper and stop drinks right before bed.

itsmevkb · January 2014

I agree that this may change on it's own given just a little more time. Does he seem to wake up right after going? I can remember sneaking in to change diapers in the middle of the night for one of my kids to avoid an early wake up but if memory serves that was more a peeing out the diaper issue than pooping.

Mnerani · January 2014

Thanks, ladies. It's definitely poop. He wakes up as soon as he has a poop. We use Huggies overnites and they don't leak or explode, it's just that he can't sleep with poop in there.

I was hoping it was a phase but it's lasted like a month off-and-on (mostly on). So it's beginning to feel more like a routine. Again, if he doesn't poop, then he'll sleep much later.

Ruthie04. How many hours before bed did you give it, to get a pre-bed poop?

I don't turn on the light or talk when I go in to change him, and then I try to rock him back to sleep and soothe him but he's like "It's MORNING, woman!"

Ruthie04 · January 2014

I've been offering it around 1-2pm and they go down around 7. DS1 generally has firmer poops and he has been having a much more healthy consistency we we started. He really doesn't strain at all anymore and has one big diaper between 6-7 pm and one right after waking around 7:30 am (it doesn't wake him, he waits for a clean diaper then does it). DS2 is the one who is struggling (crying when pushing, having small, hard poops), so he was the one the pedi really wanted on juice. if I can get him to drink any juice at all (which is a challenge!), he will have a couple of softer, easier ones later in the day. We never offered juice until now and pear wasn't getting the job done, so we brought out the big guns in prunes!! I have a friend who offers her son one prune/day to keep him regular and I'd rather do that, but they won't eat it. Fresh pears weren't helping much either.

I only put 2oz of prune juice with 2 oz of water and they split that sippy cup. I hate to rely on juice, but the pedi said we needed to do something to avoid behavioral issues related to holding it in.

HTH!

luvboston · January 2014

I would def change dinner and do prunes but also use a super thick overnight diaper and see if it makes a difference.

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