OT - moms of baby boys

[gris gris]

My son who is 13 weeks old and sleeps on his stomach (no flames please, this is doctor approved) and sometimes wakes up with a soaked diaper and is soaked through to his jammies all the way up his stomach & chest. He sleeps 8-10 hours per night and I do not wake him to change his diaper.

We use Pampers Baby Dry.

Is there some sort of trick to putting a diaper on a boy??

Can you tell I've never had a baby boy before?

[Robmom]

The only thing I could think of is that maybe the diaper isn't tight enough and also remember to check that his wee wee is pointing down. :teeth: I guess you could try another brand of diaper. My 17 month old can't use Luvs - it leaks all the time with him.

[Microcell]

Maybe try Huggies. We used Pampers with DS and they worked. Oh- do they still have Swaddlers? Those worked best for us. Can you tell my boy is 4 years old now?

Also, I finally (after three years of Huggies for DD only) tried White Cloud brand from Walmart on a poor week with DS at 3 months or so, and that worked the best for DS, and thankfully he didn't have a reaction to it!

ETA: DH pointed out you don't want the wee wee facing up because of discomfort if nothing else!

[mrsbug]

Try folding the top of the diaper down in front. Not much, and fold it in towards the tummy. It will make a little "pocket" for the pee to go in so it's not going out the top of the diaper so much.
GOod luck!

[lovethattink]

My son still does this and he's 2. (we're working on potty training.) Anyway I have had to go to Walmart and buy those "rubber" pants to put over top of the diaper for night time.

[logan&tylersmama]

i have a 11 month old boy. he had the same issues. he may need a bigger size diaper or a different brand. DS wet through every night - what a mess then i tryed the next size up and that did the trick. no leaking through any more. what a mess, i would have to bathe him every morning at 5 am not fun for either of us! try the next size up of your favorit brand.
hope this helps.
JEnnifer

[HappyPappe]

Pampers did not work for us either, so we switched to nightime huggies and that did the trick.. And everyone else is right, make sure the tinky is pointed down and not up... But I think switching diapers will help you out tremendously..

We had boy / girl twins (almost 2 now) and we were challanged with both sexes..LOL..

Have fun with him, I bet he is a cutie...

[bartleby1]

Try another brand diaper or even move up a size for nights. Brands are constantly changing, so what works for one, doesn't work for another.

I have two girls and a boy. Pampers worked better for my girls and Huggies worked better for my boy.

As others suggested, make sure you point his "wee wee" down or he definitely will leak.

My sis-in-law used something called diaper doublers at night because her kids always soaked through. They look kind of like a sanitary pad and you place it inside the diaper. I know she had trouble finding them at times and when she couldn't get them, she used regular female sanitary pads.

HTH!

[Hillbeans]

Same issue here - we only found relief by using the Pampers Cruisers or Pampers Swaddlers (for sizes 1-2).

They are more expensive, but the difference in cost is worth the time and effort of changing sheets and clothes in the middle of the night. They also have a mesh cover on them which actually keeps the moisture off of their bottom - my little guy never ever gets diaper rash.

OT here - my son is close to a year old and never slept that good at that age - nor this age - ha ha.

Enjoy your little baby boy!

[sconnell]

Wow! He really is sleeping good. I'm going to have agree with those who said try different brand diapers. If you have some samples, try those. If you have some friends with babies, ask if you could buy just one (most likely they'll just say take it) of their diapers, because you are trying to figure out which will work best for you. (If you have a daycare or a church nursery, ask the other moms.) This way you don't end up with an entire bag of something that doesn't work.
It took us a while to find what brand worked for each of mine. They were both different!

[AUDramaQueen]

We use Pampers and found once they started leaking like that, I had to move up a size even if they were still in the weight for that size.

I would try that before switching brands. We tried switching once and he got diaper rash for the first time. Switched back and didn't have it again.

[bama-mom]

I have a 16 week old baby boy who also sleeps on his tummy. We have been using Huggies, but just got back from the beach yesterday and had used Pampers while we were there. We had to change his clothes and sheets every morning because he had leaked through. We have never had this problem with the Huggies. Dd(3) only used Pampers and slept on her tummy and we never had a leak, I guess that is just the difference between girls and boys.Girls are peeing in a different direction than boys!! Like pp said, make sure it is pointing down :) . To me, the Huggies seem more absorbent in the front and that is the only thing I will use from now on.

[gris gris]

Thanks for all the tips!!! He actually just moved to size 3 diapers and they are kind of big on him. I think I'll try the Huggies out. And point his wee wee down - never even thought of that LOL!!!! And some people think girls are harder to take care of!

I know I'm lucky with the sleeping - I still wake up 2-3 times a night to make sure he's breathing. It's been about 10 days now that he's slept this well.

[minkydog]

Try another brand diaper or even move up a size for nights. Brands are constantly changing, so what works for one, doesn't work

My sis-in-law used something called diaper doublers at night because her kids always soaked through. They look kind of like a sanitary pad and you place it inside the diaper. I know she had trouble finding them at times and when she couldn't get them, she used regular female sanitary pads.

HTH!

I have a big kid in diapers and this is exactly what we do. I have regular pull-ups for day use and a mega-ultra absorbant one for nighttime which I also put a booster pad into. Most mornings my guy wakes up "contained". Be extra sure his playtoy is pointed south or nothing will work:goodvibes

ETA: incidentally, all my kids slept on their stomachs. That's what we did in the olden days. NO parent would have ever admitted to putting their baby on his back, way back then. Things change :blush:

[gris gris]

Pampers did not work for us either, so we switched to nightime huggies and that did the trick..

What are nightime huggies? There are so many different kinds! What does the package look like?

[HappyPappe]

It's a dark red package... We usually buy in the box but the plastic packages are the same... And than the regular huggies are in a red and white box.. But the night time ones are a Dark Red Package..

Have fun......

[ilovejack02]

Point his little pee wee DOWN when you put him in his diaper, i learned this very early on and seemed to take care of it LOL :rotfl:

[4lilpoohs]

As a mother to four boys my best advice is point it down :)

[Laurajeremy]

Try Overnight Diapers--they come in much smaller packs (28 ct) but work wonders--they run smaller so when DS was in Size 4 Cruisers he wore Size 5 Overnights

Hope that helps

[Alex2kMommy]

We also had this problem, and did all of the above, including the nighttime diapers. Then when potty-training we made sure to limit his fluids in the last hour or two before bed.

And I would guess a lot of new moms don't realize to point the pee pee down! I complained to DH that DS would wake from his nap with clothes completely soaked, but the diaper bone dry ~ How could this be??? He clued me in... :rolleyes:

[pigget74]

My little man did this and we tried everything. Ended up onlu huggies supreme would contain him at night. So owe used pampers during the day and supreme at night. Then when he was doing better we switched to pampers again. Lasted well for a while then right before we needed to move to the next size he started leaking again. Now we use Pampers cruisers. He started leaking out the sides during the day, until we made this last switch. Good luck. My son also would only sleep on his tummy and with major reflux I was sooo nervous that when he began sleeping through the night I would check on him all the time.

[Steve's Girl]

Sleeping 8 - 10 hours per night! I'm jealous! My DS never did that until he was 2 yrs. old and now I still have to get up with him during the night because we have a little issue with bedwetting. What a gift your son has already given you - SLEEP! :lovestruc

[gris gris]

Sleeping 8 - 10 hours per night! I'm jealous! My DS never did that until he was 2 yrs. old and now I still have to get up with him during the night because we have a little issue with bedwetting. What a gift your son has already given you - SLEEP! :lovestruc

Well you know that saying that your kids are opposite? We got the "bad" one out of the way first. She didn't sleep all night until almost 1 year old, and she also wouldn't fall asleep on her own. This little guy I can put him in his crib while he's awake and he's asleep in 5 minutes!! Dream baby!

[bama-mom]

Same here gris gris. Dd (3) never got any consistent sleep until she was over 2 years old. For the first 9 months, she was up every 2-3 hours and sometimes more often than that. I was completely exhausted for the first year! Now, ds is completely the opposite. Like your baby, we can lay him down and he can put himself to sleep the majority of the time, something dd never learned until much, much later. At about 5 weeks, ds started waking up only one time at night and for the last 3 weeks or so, has slept all night more often that waking up. Dh and I are loving getting some sleep this time around :cool1: Out of the past 5 or 6 nights, he has slept through all but one!!

[pweyl36]

I know I'm lucky with the sleeping - I still wake up 2-3 times a night to make sure he's breathing. It's been about 10 days now that he's slept this well.[/QUOTE]

about stomach sleeping,that was the only way my 3 children would sleep.and they all slept through the night a 3mos. old. also I found that huggies did work better with the boys. :thumbsup2

[juligrl]

Well you know that saying that your kids are opposite? We got the "bad" one out of the way first. She didn't sleep all night until almost 1 year old, and she also wouldn't fall asleep on her own. This little guy I can put him in his crib while he's awake and he's asleep in 5 minutes!! Dream baby!

That's exactly how my 5 month old DD is! I'll put her in her crib still awake enough to smile at me, she rolls over onto her left side, grabs her baby blanket and is asleep within 5 minutes. The great thing is, she's been sleeping through the night 8-10 hours since before she was 2 months (closer to 5 weeks). And I thought we were doing well when my oldest DD, now 3, would sleep in 6 hour stretches at 2 months.

[puffkin]

My son is a good night sleeper too, makes it so much easier for a FT working mom. He has been sleeping 9-6 or 7 am since about 10 weeks :cool1:

We have good luck with the Pamepers Swaddlers/Cruisers. We didn't like the Baby Dry. And also pointing down helps. His diaper is SOAKED though in the morning, but no leaks yet. He is close to needing the next size though, so I have a feeling we will be fighting some leaks soon until we use up the rest of the Size 3's. Brady seems to need the bigger size well before the upper weight limit listed for the diaper.

I agree with other posters, point down, fold the diaper in at the front and maybe dry a different brand.

[KristinU]

My DS has always been a "well hydrated" kid - the overnight Huggies did the trick for us...I think they're called Huggies Overnights. I've also heard that diaper doublers are a good solution (tough to find - I never found them locally and found the Overnights before ordering the doublers on line), I also have heard of people double-diapering and poking a hole in the first diaper, never tried that either.

Good Luck!

[virginiamama]

Huggies Supreme is the only kind that didn't leak for my DSs. Fit is important though, and for night time I try to put them on a little more snugly (if that's a word).

[Gillian]

Congratulations on your little boy! My second one was a good sleeper as well (10 hours by 2 weeks, had to check with dr that it was ok!), and it was blissful. :)

We often used a bigger size overnight for our kids, especially when going up to the next size. We'd use the smaller sized ones during the day when we knew they'd be changed frequently.

I found that my DD needed totally different diapers than DS, because she had a different shape. It took a while to figure out what worked for her, whereas he could wear almost any with no issues.

[sphmaz]

Overnights worked BEST for us. My son was the same way (he's now almost 7!!) and they had JUST come out with overnight diapers when he was about 5m old. Before that, we bought a size bigger for night time and that seemed to work MOST times. We also used Pampers Baby Dry but I know the same brand doesn't work for all because DD pee'd through every diaper out there with the exception of Luvs. :)

Good luck!

[rt2dz]

My son who is 13 weeks old and sleeps on his stomach (no flames please, this is doctor approved) and sometimes wakes up with a soaked diaper and is soaked through to his jammies all the way up his stomach & chest. He sleeps 8-10 hours per night and I do not wake him to change his diaper.

We use Pampers Baby Dry.

Is there some sort of trick to putting a diaper on a boy??

Can you tell I've never had a baby boy before?

You may have already gotten this advice, I haven't read the replies yet.
1) Make sure his ***** is pointing down.
2) Try the swaddlers, they fit way better at that age. You might try other brands to. Huggies never worked for any of my 3 boys, but sister's girls couldn't use anything put.
3) Make sure the diapers aren't either too big (might still need a newborn v. size 1) or too small (might need a size 1 and not a newborn).
4) My 2nd pees more at night than he does during the rest of the day combined. Something about sleeping makes him leak. :rotfl: We simply had to change him in the middle of the night. I was scared about waking him at first, but it barely disturbed him. Luckily, when he was ready to start potty training, he outgrew this.

[sbpuckett]

2 boys here and I'm with everyone else...

1. Point it down while putting the diaper on
2. Switch brands...

My DS6 could use anything but Luvs... I loved White cloud b/c they were so similar to Huggies but much less expensive.

Then came DS4 and he could only use Huggies for that very reason. He didn't need to be changed as frequently, but when he finally went, he filled a diaper full :rotfl:

BTW - I read every baby book out there while pregnant with DS6 and bought one of those sleep positioners to keep them from rolling onto their tummies. With my older son I ended up having to let him sleep on his side and even at 6, that's still his favorite sleep position. Second son had colic for 4 months and would only sleep on his tummy on my chest or in the swing. By the time that wore off he would only sleep on his tummy and would wake up the second his back hit the mattress... Go figure :confused3

I was one of the mommies who woke up several times a night to make sure they were still breathing, I finally retired the baby monitor when my oldest was 4 b/c he started talking in his sleep and I wasn't getting any.