My 14 month old son wakes up wet?
He drinks the right amount for his age and I don't really want to restrict his fluids at such a young age.
Does anyone have any recommendations for other brands that are more absorbant than Pampers.
We are based in the UK
Answer:
We use Huggie's Supreme here; Pampers leaked when I was a kid and they still do! =)
You may also want to try the Huggies Overnight diaper (NOT Huggies Good Nights which is a training pant!); the overnight diapers are a bit more absorbent. Also, you can try adding a diaper liner to the diaper itself (in the States, I can pick those up at the Grocery Store). It honestly looks like a little sanitary pad that fits right into the diaper.
I have also had great success with Rubber Pants. Don't laugh, they are fab (and my Mom used them on us kids!). It is literally a plastic pant that you put on over the diaper. I believe Gerber sells them (at least here in the States) and they are called "plastic training pants" or maybe just "training pants." You can usually find them 6 to a pack (although, I would think 7 would make more sense, wouldn't you?)
I hope these ideas help. Oh, and you may want to make sure that he is in the right sized diaper. A bigger diaper doesn't mean more absorbency per se; if it's too big, it's just going to leak.
Huggies pull-ups are excellent. Not sure if you have them in the UK as im in Australia.
Hi, i used Huggies with my son as they did`nt leak and pampers did, but it was the opposite for my daughter, give it a try it might work for you too.
Try putting the diaper on backwards at night; in may increase the area of absorbancy. Also consider putting a larger diaper on over the smaller one.
Luvs works for my twins. You may want to restrict a little fluid intake before bedtime to help with potty training later on down the road.
I had the same trouble with my son, and it does not make any differance which nappies you use, Huggy are the same.
I made a good profit by writing to them every couple of months, and getting a £5/£6 voucher out of both Huggies and Pampers.
The only suggestion to stop it happening is to give your son his last drink at least an hour before bed, and make sure he has had his last wee before bed.
I hardly had any problems with my daughter, so it's just boys.
Good luck.
Some brands do a night time nappy. Check out your local boots or supermarket
I personally use Huggies myself. Do you put your son to bed with a bottle/sippy cup? The reason that I ask is because I had the same issue with my daughter (who is 22 months now). She'd wake up around 5:30am crying because she was soaked. I tried putting her to bed without giving her anything to drink throughout the night but, that didn't go over too well -- and like you I don't want to restrict her fluids... if she's thirsty, she's thirsty. Thus, what I ened up doing is changing her around midnight before I went to bed. This seemed to stop the problem of her waking up soaked almost every morning. Hope this helps.
my son was the same but i found the nappies were fro lidl, the pull up ones. they seem to keep him really dry in comparison to huggies and pampers. hope this helps.
We had the same problem with Pampers, Huggies and Luvs...there are only two brands that take us through our daughters 14 hour sleep...either Kirkland Signature (costco brand) or PlaySkool which is new and only sold at CVS but they are THE BEST. They stretch they absorb and they dont sag when shes wet...she also hasnt had a rash since we started using them in october. good luck to you!
Mamia pants which can be purchased from ALDI stores 28 for $16.00 au.
I'd recommend Huggies Superflex, they are brilliant I get them from Morrisons Supermarket, But Tesco, Sainsburys, etc all sell them.
They are brilliant for absorbing wee over night my 24 month old son drinks loads and i mean loads, and they hold his W** overnight.
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You can get mats that you can put in the cot too, so even if the nappy leaks it will be absorbed by the mat. I know pampers make them, and also Asda do their own brand
Does he wake easily? I used to get my boy up just before i went to bed and change him. Failing that don't change the amount he drinks just look at when he drinks and see if there is a pattern you could change.
Are you giving him something to drink within an hour of bedtime? He may be getting too much fluids close to bedtime and then peeing too much overnight.
My son urinates a lot too. He consistently wakes up with a wet diaper and sheets. Maybe try Huggies.
I had the same trouble with my children, as with one of your other answerer's, pampers suited one child and Huggies the next. I found that at night time I used a Pampers normal (not pull up) nappy because of the wetness.
The other thing that helped was using a waterproof sheet on the bed, in case of leaks, just to make sure the mattress isn't damaged.
A friend of mine who had twins (boy and a girl) used the Mamia nappies in Aldi and she thought they were wonderful.
Good luck, hope you find something that works better.
Switch to the cruisers. We found that the baby dry, was good for small babies only. My daughter is only in a disposable at night or when we leave her with a sitter (we use cloth normally) We used the baby dry, but found that they did not really keep her dry. So we switched to cruisers. They have them at the Commissary and you can get a coupon for them at pampers.com
my daughter used huggies. never had a problem w/ that in til i switched brands 4 a lower $. if you keep having the same problem w/ other brands, you might have to just end up changing him during his sleep schedule. i know that's inconvenient for you & him but thats all i have for you.
snugglers are the best but try taking time off work and spending time with your child whats the point in having a child if you go to work before that child can at least go to pre- school.
I don't know how this went from a diaper question to a day care question, but in reading your comments I have to say it is not true that most westerners have their kids raised by strangers. Many Western Nations provide money for the children to be raised by their mum - in fact, I think the UK does that.
Even in the US, the more money a man makes, the more likely his wife is to work. In other words, people don't work here because they have to but because they value material things over their children. They are handed the ready excuse that it's too expensive, and everyone goes along with them, lest they get held accountable, too.
However, I've known many people committed to raising their own kids and they have endured extreme sacrifice or run up massive credit card debt in order to provide their children with the children's birthright - an available mom.
Children under 5 are harmed tremendously by day care, as is the family unit using day care. This is not made up by people to bug you, this is solid, half-century long research. Separation from mommy hurts children intellectually, socially, physically, and emotionally. It's almost like we evolved to need mums or something. Women who planned so poorly for their own offspring that their offspring are born to single moms usually do need day care. But even so, diapers should be the least of their concerns, no?
Super absorbant fibers are not something you want your kid in anyway. Learn something about that at least, if not about the harm of separting too young from mommy.
My son is 14 months and we use size 5 diapers. I use Huggie's - the cheaper ones, not supreme.
I guess I have to say it again. I must work for we will not get to eat. This is the real world. I do not value ANYTHING over my son. My son goes to daycare 1-3 days a week. He has a BLAST. He is VERY well cared for and likes being there. They are SO excited to see him come through the door. He is one of the happiest babies I have ever seen. If you look around you CAN find good help to care for your children, but they are not all alike. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to stay home. I was home for the first 13 months of his life. Now is the time for him to socialize. Even in other cultures, other people help care for the children. ;)
I don't know if Huggies supreme is available there, but they are wonderful. You should try them, if they are available. I don't think that it has anything to do with your parenting...don't worry about that. I think that the ony thing to do is maybe give his bottle to him an hour or more before bed instead of 1/2 hour. Perhaps try and cut back to 4 oz of milk before bed or even try and remove the bottle from his routine all together. Then give him a smaller big boy cup before bed like 4 oz and see if that alleviates the wetting. It is very common for boys in particular to urinate more than girls, according to my sons pediatrician, and they have more trouble controlling the night wets than girls as well, so be ready when you go to potty training!! Good Luck!!
Can you just try very gently changing him in the middle of the night, say before you go to bed yourself?
Or putting a disposable liner inside of his diaper for some extra absorbancy?
Gee im sure you didnt come on here to get all yelled at for the day care thing. Try putting the diaper on the baby backwards. The back of some diapers are more absorbent than the front that is why some work better for girls and some work better for boys. As for your day care dont listen to people who act like you shouldnt have day care after all they dont have your mortgage payments do they? Children can do fine in day care if it is a good one and Mom and Dad do their part.
there are night time huggies. i almost went to using them but instead chose to give my son a cup with water at night. he loves to drink but water isnt his favorite. if hes thirsty he drinks it and if not he doesnt. 14 mo. old is old enough to have the last cup of milk be at dinner or an hour or so later. good luck!
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