Leaky Diapers - Perry, MI

We use Luvs and rarely ever have a problem with leaking. I've also read before that people with this issue put a pair of plastic training pants over their baby's diaper at night and that caught anything that leaked out of the diaper and kept the pj's dry. Hope this helps!

I used to change my kids when I put them down, and then again, before I went to bed, and then again first thing
in the morning when my husband left. That was the only way to solve it for us. I know that diapers are not what they used to be. You may try plastic pants over top. Good luck....

Try a larger size at night. Sometimes that just does the trick. If she will sleep through a 11 pm diaper change, you may try that too.

I have found that Pampers are not the best for overnights, and will leak. I prefer regular Huggies, not the supremes, they will also leak.

Hi S.,
I had the same problem with Pampers, I switched to Huggies and we don't have that problem anymore. I tried all of them and Huggies were the best at not leaking. Hope this helps.

J. (mother to 16 month old daughter)

Hi S.,
My oldest would wake up drenched too. First we would not give her any juice or milk aleast one hour before bed. Then we moved her up a diaper size. We also used Pampers and swithed to Huggies. Because Huggies just holds more than Pampers. By cutting her back and upping her diaper size it put a stop to it. If we started having problems again. We had to think about how much she had to drink the night before. If she didn't have that much and it happen twice more, then we move her up another size. Then it would stop. Hope this helps. M.

I seemed to have better results with the Huggies when my son was still in diapers. We used cotton diapers during the day but I'm about as sleepy as they come and wasn't about to do that at night so we just used the disposables at night and did not get into the guilt thing. As it turns out, being an older mom, I had to get up during the night myself to pee, so I'd just check my son's britches and change him too.

There's also no law against doubling up and using TWO diapers, although you might have to fold back the one diaper so that the absorbant side is used sort of as a double layer on top of the other diaper and use the "outside" diaper as the "wrap" to hold the whole mess together!

It really just depends - but if you or your husband are up in the night anyway, just check her and change if wet then. My son got used to having his pants changed and he basically stayed asleep...or I just changed him immediately after I nursed him... it varied!!

as he got older and not breastfeeding, we just cut back on the liquids he drank before bedtime and made sure he'd used the bathroom before he went to bed (like during the pottytraining time, which he started at about 18 months and was pretty much pottytrained by 2.5 years.

My daughter had this problem also. Huggies makes an overnight diaper that is more absorbent. I never had a problem once I started using them.

My oldest son had that problem. I bought an extra diaper liner for him to wear at night. It looked like a big kotex pad, but it kept him from leaking out of the diaper. I don't know if these are still available as it has been a while since I've bought diapers.

When that happened to me, I switched to Luvs and it worked. They hold better than any other diaper I've tried.

be sure you have the right size. if they are to big they will leak. there is a diaper out that is like cloth that is real obsorbant. Huggies I believe.

I use huggies, it seems to work the best. You might also try going up to the next size diaper. When my son started leaking through consistently during the night we finally tried changing diaper size and that seemed to be the problem. Good luck!

Try using the next size up at night. I had the same problem with my son and it worked great because there is more aborsorbant material the larger the diaper. Also I've found that Pampers work the best. It you want to save money Luvs are ok during the day but they aren't great for night. Also I don't think Huggies are worth the extra cost. They don't work any better then Pampers and they leave gel material on baby's skin. Believe me I have tried them all. I have 3 boys 13, 7, and 1. I best diapers I have ever found for the price is Snuggems but I haven't seen them in a while. BTW I live in Belleville too and have a 1 year old so if you hear about any good baby activities in the area let me know.

I had the best luck with luvs with my daughter. That is one of the worst things to have to do in the middle of the night--change a soaked baby bed. :(

I never had much luck with Pampers I used White Could brand from Wal-Mart, they were the only brand my kids did not leak with

My daughter wears a 3 in the day and a 4 at night for the extra absorbancy. We love Huggies Snug and Dry

It has been over 8 years since my son was in diapers but at that time I found that Huggies Overnights were the only thing that worked for him at night. They hold alot of wetness.

you could try a smaller diaper size. i always use the ones that they are on the bigger end of the suggested weight for so that they fit more snugly around the legs. The absorbency should be good enough in any of the major brands like pampers, luvs, and huggies, although we have always used huggies. i did notice that when they leaked it was because they weren't as snug, as when we had moved to a bigger size.
my sister would use a bigger than needed size because she thought she needed a lot of waist tab room to adjust the size there but i noticed that her son's diapers leaked an awful lot. i suggested she go with a smaller size to help with that and that worked for her too.
hope this helps,
B.

I have found that only Huggies diapers seem to survive the night sleep!! They may cost a fraction more than others, but you save that in washing and covenience. I tend to use another brand in the day, but always Huggies at night.

Hi S.,
We had the same issue with our daughter, we also used Pampers...but at night we started using the Huggies overnights and that worked well...the only time it's leaked is if it's not on quite right, and that's only happened a couple of times in a year.

My daughter did the same thing until I switched to having her wear a size bigger diaper at night time. Don't feel bad!

S.- My daughter is almost two and have tried almost every diaper out there. Through trial and error we use the Sam's brand and they are amazing. Love them over the name brands. They are cheap (size 4 140 for $28)and very few leaks at all. We also put a good coat of Target's diaper rash cream on before bed time and works wonders to keep dry. Hope this helps and good luck to you!

I use Loves diapers. I have experimented with different breands and have found that loves work the best. My 2 year old son used to wet through his diapers at nights also.

We used to have this problem with my son's diapers when he was a baby...we switched to Luv's and that worked like a charm. My sister also had leaky diapers when her kids wore Pampers brand. I really liked Luv's - they have never leaked when my kids were in them. My friends who have little babies have also had very good luck with that particular brand. I hope you figure out something that works! :)

My daughter had a similar problem after moving up from size 1 to 2 in the Target brand. We now buy Huggies (in bulk) at Costco and have not had any further problems.

Old-fashioned plastic pants, that go on over the diaper, are still available, too.

I had a friend that would put two diapers on. One regular size and then a bigger size over that at night. It worked for her. We used Pampers Baby Dry, that were the only ones that didn't leak for us.

I use Huggies overnights. Pampers also makes a stay dry or something - it's in a greenish package. I don't know if they make the overnights in a small enough size for you, but you might look into it!

We use "Huggies Overnights," and they work great! They are specifically for wearing through the night, so they have extra protection. Otherwise, maybe you can adjust how much milk/liquid your baby is getting before bed and try to adjust it. Hope this helps!

My son was born November 9th 2007 and is sleeping threw the night (approx 9pm-7am), we use luvs or huggies (which ever is cheeper or has the better deal when we buy). They both appear to do a great job.

Huggies Overnites have worked for us so far. We buy them at Wal-Mart in Olathe.

They've worked well enough we haven't gone looking for other solutions!

I laugh reading the posts about sizing... I'd always complain to my friend 'his diapers are leaking' and she'd say - 'what size diaper is he in?' There was once we'd gotten ahead of ourselves, it turned out the diapers were too big! Haha!

Best of luck finding what works for you!

T.

I like Pampers because of the waist, but I use Walmart's brand and I have had no issues with leaking out plus I spend half the money!

Try Huggies overnights. One of the children I babysit for was having the same problem. They cost a little more but the end result is no mess in the morning, and less laundry!

I am a big fan of the luvs diapers. Great on price and little leaks. We have tried alot of brands over the years and found that all diapers have some leak problems, but we have had the best success with luvs.
I am a mother of three wonderful children; 5 1/2 yr old son, 3 yr old daughter, 13 month old daughter, and expecting another boy in June.

We had that problem with my daughter's diaper, but we switched to Huggies Overnights, and I usually buy one size bigger for extra protection. They really work - you can usually find them on sale at CVS or Target for under $10.

I had the same problem with my oldest I went to Huggies and occationally I did use luvs. Pampers was the worse for him didn't seem to keep him dry as you said.

Also, I am not sure if you lay her down with a bottle or not but if you do I recommend you not. You give her the bottle and then about a hour later change her. I started doing this with him and giving him a little cereal by spoon right before bed and he was held over and dry a lot better. You have to understand though he is 20 now and he was a huge baby so they allowed me to give him a little cereal when he came home from hospital. Talk with you doctor if she isn't on cereal already. Giving her the bottle a hour before bed gives her time to go to the bathroom before laying her down. If she is like him the wetting through woke him up.

Huggies makes a nighttime diaper! they are the only thing that worked for us!
good luck!

S.,
We had the same problem with my son. The only diaper that works for us at night are the huggies night time diapers. I get them at target. They work great, and we only use one a night so the pkg last a long time.
Hope this helps.
Steph

I have never had luck with Pampers. My kids would leak right through them. Huggies have been working the best for us. They don't leak through the night.

Try Huggies overnights.

S.,
We had the same problem with our son. We started using the Huggies Overnights and we used a size larger that he wears during the day and it really helped...

When I first had my son, my sister told me to only use Huggies. I did and never had problems with leaks. I absolutely loved them. I did once try another less expensive brand, but went right back to Huggies.

T. P.

In addition to Huggies Overnights (work great for us right now) you could use the plastic training pants to help contain the leaks so at least all of her isn't getting soaked. As she is drinking less milk (depending on age of course) close to bedtime and overnight, that should help too! Good Luck!

Believe it or not, with both of my daughters I had the best luck with Sam's Club diapers. I found they didn't leak as badly and also didn't seem to smell as strongly of urine when wet. My 14 month old went through a few nights of the same problem and it was solved by moving up a size, even though she wasn't quite to the next weight range.

Good luck and hope you find a solution!

I found that Huggies are great for the overnight diaper. I used all kinds with my last one and Huggies worked the best. Try the overnight style just for night time and make sure the top is tight around her waist. You might be getting them too big for her. If you go online to the Huggies website and sign up for coupons it will help with the extra cost of this brand. But you will save time on cleaning sheets and clothes.
I hated leaky diapers. I bet it is just the size being wrong and not fitting properly. My kids were long and had skinny butts so I had to stick with the smaller diapers a lot longer.
Good Luck and get some of those absorbant pads so you don't have to do too much laundry.
C.

I have always used Luvs for my kids, because I had trouble with Pampers leaking too. I also use Huggies overnights with my son because he was leaking at night too.

Hi S., We are a Pamper's family during the day but at night, we use Huggies Nighttime diapers. We had similar issues w/ my son waking up w/ a soaking diaper and now he doesn't even complain if we don't change his diaper the minute he wakes up! Give them a shot!!

Hello, at first i thought all diapers were the same untill i put my oldest in huggies. They are slightly more expensive but they really hold up! Maybe the new baby shape huggies will do the job!

I found that I had to put my daughter in Luvs at night and pampers during the day. As she got older I also had to cut back on the amount she was allowed to drink before bedtime also.

This post hits SO close to home - we're going through the same thing right now! I know a few months ago when we had this problem, I just needed to go up a size. So, you may try that.

This time for us, however, it's not a size problem ... it appears to be an overflow problem. Huggies worked great with my oldest daughters, but they're a problem for the newbie. Luvs have been holding up through the night and I haven't tried Pampers since she was super small. So. If you find the answer to this perplexing (and MESSY) problem, please let me know!!

Thanks for posting this question and my best wishes for peaceful and dry nights! ;)

Best.
J.

S.,

Huggies makes an overnight diaper and I have had great success using that with both my kids. (girl and boy) You can find them at Schnucks, sometimes at Target. Good luck!

D.

Huggies Overnights did the trick for my kids.

I really like Huggies brand diapers. I use the overnight styler diapers, they are extra absorbent and they will keep her dry all night long. They only thing is they don't make the overnight diapers until size 4. You could also try using one size larger than she currently is. Hope this helps.

We used Pampers overnights. I think pampers made them, but I'm not sure. They were definately called overnights. Look them up on line. They worked great.
Good luck.
V.

hi S., I have an 11 month old son and I got all kinds of diapers for shower gifts, so I've tried them all. I really like the Luvs the best and their also the least expensive. He sleeps for 11 hours at night and we don't change him all night. NO LEAKS!! in the morning.

Hi S.,
different brands fit babies differently
but you might try huggies or you might try going up a size. I know that on the diapers they say for recommended weight such and sych but some babies are built different then others. My youngest is 16 months is around 20 pounds give or take and she is in a size 4 huggies, she was wearing pampers size 4 but they were to small, we tried 5's but they were way to big.

I always went by my childs belly button, if I could see it then it was time to move up a size in diapers.
Another one is when you lay it underneath them and you go to pull the front over their belly and the bottom comes out at the sametime. Time to move up a diaper size.

There is a diaper made by huggies that are just for that you can find them with all the other diapers...

I would try a bigger size. It may be that the diapers that she is wearing now are just a little snug and you don't notice, we had that problem with my daughter, bought a bigger size and switched to Huggies. Seemed to do the trick!
Good luck
Jennie D

Dear S.,

My son had the same problem all the way up until he was off of the bottle at night. Once he gave up the "Ba Ba" he did not urinate near as much. If she is off the bottle, I would suggest not giving her anything to drink at least 2-3 hours before she lays down for the night.

Thanks,
E.

I have heard of people buying inserts that you put in the diapers for extra absorption. You can find them at Babies R Us. We did have leakage problems with certain brands, but Pampers are the only ones that do work for us. Try Huggies or Luvs. Or sometimes the cheapest storebrand diapers end up being the best. Just experiment.

Huggies Overnights! I love these diapers and they are a lifesaver. Every morning our daughter would have leaked through and her bed, pj's and everything else was soaking wet. I switched to these and they are wonderful. Also if your daughter is on the border of sizes go up a size. Our daughter was really a 3 but we used a 4 and it worked perfectly. Good luck!

Make sure she doesn't need the next size up in diapers. I always seemed to have to change the size as soon as that started happening. Otherwise put a larger size on at night and the size she is in now during the day when you can change it more often. I didn't find the overnight diapers to work any better. good luck.

I had the same problem with my son. Iwas trying all brands of diapers, finally someone told me to move him up one size. It WORKED! Good luck.

Huggies, Huggies, Huggies!!! I love 'em! They make different types, but the "Natural Fit" is great. The first time you put one on her, you'll see why. They also make the "Overnights" (not the "Good Nights") that are ultra-ultra-absorbent. They are worth the money. CVS Pharmacy has frequent rebate specials and you can use manufacturers coupons at the same time. You may want to check it out.

Hi S.,
My friend and I have Daughters that are 4 months apart in age and we both had that problem with Pampers, we started out on Pampers because that is what the hospital sent us home with. We both switched to luvs, we also both tried Huggies and found that they did not work for our daughters either. I did find that even with the Luvs when it was time to go up a size in diapers this happened, I actually called the company and told them the problem and they told me to try a bigger size that sometimes if the child is not as tall but near the weight limit, and my baby was always a healthy breast fed little chunk, that the diapers might leak. Hope this helps.
Thanks, M.

S., my now 4 year old son would leak thruogh his diapers when we used anything besides Huggies the plain ones. He would even leak through the other Huggies. Good luck!

use luvs they are the best for absorbing. Pampers are one of the worst for leaky diapers. They are more expensive too. All 3 of my kids were allergic to huggies and we just didn't like pampers so always used luvs. They don't tear up so bad that the gel is all over their bodies when they drench them. They are the best brand out there in my opinion and have heard other mom's say that as well. I haven't found anyone that had babies that were allergic to luvs either and luvs are cheaper. I didn't move my kids up in size either until they couldn't fit in the smaller sizes anymore and they didn't leak out.

I had the same problem with my 8 month old, we just switched her to Huggies and they're working fine :) I know they're more expensive but she hasn't been leaking thru during the night and she's alot happier in the morning!

I use pampers also and my son was waking up every morning wet. I just went up a size in the diapers and it seemed to help. Haven't had any accidents since.....knock on wood.

My son also had that problem and I use Pampers Cruisers, they are better than reg. Pampers. Most of the time they last though the night, but I still have to get up sometimes at 5am to him screaming because his clothes are soaked. I have tried every brand and these work the best for us. (He just turned 1) Hope this helps.

I use Luvs. I think they seem to be able to hold it a little better. She would everynow and then leak through but not as much as with the Pampers. Huggies do alright too.

S.-

This may sound really wierd, but our baby-sitter told me about it and it works. She puts two diapers on, one over the other, so the second one soaks up what the first doesn't. And if the outer one doesn't get wet you can still use it.

Hope this helps!

I know this may sound wierd, but my neighbor had the same problem with her little boy. She started using a diaper and a pull up over the diaper. This seemed to help.

well i had the same problem with huggies and pampers. switched to the parents choice at walmart. then my son started devolping a rash. so switched to luvs. they work GREAT. so it still didnt solve the problem completly. if changing brands doesnt work that well then try reducing the amount of liquid before bed. dont send baby to bed with bottle/sippy. if baby wont go to bed without it reduce the amount in bottle/sippy slowly till she doesnt need it. make sure whether shes sleeping or not u change her diaper right before u go to bed. u will get better at doing it without waking her. all this has helped me ALOT. my son is 19 months and hasnt woken up wiht a soaked through diaper in almost a year.

Use Huggies Overnights. They work wonders with my leaky daughter!!!

Move up one size in diapers.

Have you tried using a bigger diaper at night?? This might help.

We often put our babies (triplets) in the next bigger size of diapers when we change them for bed. Our babies no longer leak since we do this. They do fine with Size 3 during the day. But, we put them in a Size 4 right before bed.

Luvs!They are great on leaks and less expensive!Also make sure that they fit her good.If they are too small or too lose that can cause problems.I used a size up at night on my daughter.Also Huggies (which is the other brand I buy) has an overnight diaper that works really well but I don't think it comes smaller than a size four.

Hi S.,

Try Huggies Overnighters. We used these with my son and never had anymore leaky diapers.

When my 10 year old was a baby, Huggies had a separate line called "Huggies overnights" or something like that. I don't know if they still make those. Hopefully this phase will end soon.

All 3 of my girls had that problem. It seemed like luvs didnt leek as bad. You might give them a try. Or try to get up and change her maybe once a night.

I've never had any problems with Pampers for both of my baby's. But they both leaked through with Huggies. Make sure you have her in the right size too, when my son leaked that's when I usually knew to increase the size. Just try them all out on package at a time.

S. - We've experienced the same thing with all 3 children. We resorted to using the Huggies Overnights diapers and they seem to work pretty well. I always gave my kids a bottle before bedtime until they were about 1, so during those times I would use a nighttime diaper and put an insert in to catch extra heavy episodes. Once I stopped the bedtime bottle, or cut back on the # of ounces at bedtime, I was able to go with just the nighttime diaper. Good luck!

you might want to try the next size up, that way its a little bigger and might hold more. I used to use pampers and switched to huggies supreme. I love them and wouldn't go back.

Huggies are the best for night. Well they were for my children and niece

I had really good luck with White Cloud for my daughter, but I had to get one size higher than normal and we didn't have any problems after that.

I have always used huggies supreme. They are the best and hold a lot. They can leak right around the time you need to go to the next size. I have also heard you can put a maxi pad inside the diaper to absorb more if she is still over filling the diaper and leaking.

I have the same problem with my DD. I tried Huggies, then Pampers, briefly, but the best diapers I've found are Target brand! They're really absorbent and about 1/2 the price. Even with the more absorbent diapers, though, DD sometimes would soak through at night. Then I started putting an "overnight" maxi pad in her night time diaper. That works incredibly well. Instead of soaking through an average of once a week, it's more like an average of once every 6-8 weeks.

Try costco kirkland brand - both of my girls wore them. My 7 month old does the same thing at night but they do good. We usually do a changing at 11pm and 5 am to avoid changing all of the bedding every day too.

You may want to try Huggies. I used them entire time my son was in diapers & I never had that problem. Good luck & God Bless!

My usual sign of moving up in size of diapers is when my son leaks at nap or at night. That is usually the que for us. Pampers really is the only brand that will actually work with us until he has out grown that size. I would try moving up a size. Also, another good guideline to go by is the weight on the packages. As soon as my son would hit the minimum weight of a diaper size we would switch to that next size. So for instance, my son was in newborn (I believe 8lbs - 12lbs) however #1 size is from (I believe 11lbs - 15lbs...this is a guess), I would switch as soon as he would hit 11lbs to the #1's even thought it still said he was okay for newborns. This helped prevent wetting out of the diaper.

good luck!

congradulations on your first, I'm mom of three had the same problems with the diaper deal. my first child (16 now) i did use pampers and had no problems. so when i had #2 (now 4) i started with pampers and did not have any luck. We went to huggies and they WORK. Every once in a while i would buy other brands just to check them out but always went back to huggies.And with baby #3(now 2) we still are using them. but some times nothing works good luck

I do daycare and all but one of my parents use pampers and we haven't had any problem. What I would suggest if she goes down to sleep before you is change her again before you go to bed. The one family I care for uses huggies and oh my they stink they are always leaking, we used loves when my son was a baby but that was 12 years ago and things have changed very much over those 12 years. I would just make sure you change her, has her intake on breastmilk/formula changed at all? That could be the reason for the leakage also.

My son did the same. Try the overnight diapers with Micky Mouse on them. They do a great job, and he wakes up dry!

I agree with all the other ladies who recommend Huggies. Diapers are one item where you get what you pay for. We've tried other brands but always return to Huggies. LUVs seem to work okay as far as leaking but they have such an annoying scent.

Try putting your daughter in one size bigger diapers during the night, that solved the problem at our house! FYI, we use pampers and that was the only problem we had, leaking at night and using one size larger fixed it.

I had that problem as well unless we used Luvs. I made sure to change my daughter right before she went to bed and rarely had a problem.

I used Huggies Overnight diapers with my oldest son when we starated having this problem. They are more absorbant than a regular diaper - I don't think he ever leaked through one of the overnight diapers. They used to be in a purple package, I'm not sure if they still are or not. Hope this helps!

I use Luvs, and love them, have never had a leakage problem, and they are cheaper than Huggies and Pampers. I think Pampers also makes an overnight diaper you could try.

Hey S.,
My daughter is 14 months old and was going through the same thing. A friend of mine said to get her the overnight diapers, she had done so for her son and no more accidents!!
I went to Walmart and got some and have been using them at night and no more leaks at all!!!! They are kind of pricey but I only use one a night and they work SO well I think they are definately worth it! Good luck!

I loved Pampers when you bring baby right home but after that is was all Huggies for us...nothing else seemed to keep them dry at night. We're 3 & 5 now and still use the Huggies nightimes to stay dry.

If you are looking for deals on them go to either Sam's or watch for coupons at your local ToyRUs or BabyRUs. Another "off brand" diaper that worked for us was the ToyRUs or BabyRUs brand...don't remember what the name of it was but it was a blue & yellow box and was fairly inexpensive. Never found Luvs to work on my kids (one skinny and the other chubby) unless you are sending them to daycare and they change them right after they wet once.

Congratulations on your new arrival.

Well I have found that at least for us Luvs seem to work a little better. I would also suggest limiting her fluid intake if you can right before bed and we also had to use a mattress pad right under where the baby sleeps. We put it on top of the sheet and it caught all the mess. Good luck!!!

When my son was a little younger the only diaper I could find that worked on him was Huggies Supreme. They are well worth the money even if you only use them at night. I know that for our next child that is what I will stock up on. Hope this helps.

I had the same problem with my daughter. We ran into a woman in the diaper aisle at the store who looked at us like we were crazy to buy Pampers and told us that Huggies were the reason that her daughter slept through the night b/c she was dry and not leaky. There was instant improvement.

We use Huggies. I've tried Pampers and I wasn't impressed.

My husband has always insisted on using Huggies Supreme diapers. I protested at first bc of the cost. However, we have saved so much in laundry detergent and sleep that it has been worth it. I have never had to change a crib sheet due to a leaky diaper in all of his 13 months. Give them a try.

My son had this problem! It turned out he was too tall for his size of diaper. We purchased the next size up, closed them snug around his waist, and he was fine after that. We also had a good experience using "Huggies Overnights."