Night Time Nappy Leaks - Size 4, 4+ or 5 for a 6.5 Month-Old Side Sleeper

My 6.5 month old girl wears Aldi size 4+ nappies, and they seem perfectly fine during the day.

However, for the last two nights she has peed through her clothes and onto the bedding. She mainly sleeps on her side or tummy. Should I switch back to size 4 nappies for night time, or move up to size 5 instead?

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Since my baby was 6 months old, we have been in pull-ups for bed. He wears soze 4 nappies in the day and 4+ pull-ups at night and *touch wood* I've not had an accident.
He's now nearly 8 months, he's a side and front sleeper
(Also, these are pampers, but I've never had an issue with them since the day he was born)

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You probably just need to check her and change her during the night after a couple hours or size up just to be safe. I preferred the swaddlers type diapers at night because they held more and also stayed dry.

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I would size up to a 5 if I were you. My almost 6 month old is in size 5s day and night but I find aldi come up a bit small compared to Tesco's so will probably buy size 6 at Aldi next time. When she is in between sizes I use a size up for night and size down in the day.

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We use pampers 12 hour protection at night time and we've had no issues, we use tesco during the day and had a few leaks so dont really use them at nighttime anymore. My little one is still in size 3 nappies still.

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Make sure her vests aren’t too tight over the nappy. My girl is almost 7 months and wears a size 5 pull up to bed which seems to work most of the time. I end up changing her during the night because she’s feeding so much but still 😅

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We had the same issue with Aldi when moving to size 4 - also a side sleeper. He Leaked 4 times in one night so we changed to Tescos Rascals size 5 at night and pampers size 4 in the day and we’ve had no issues so far. The Aldi 4 were holding up fine in the day but after that hellish night I didn’t want to use them anymore 😅

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I use the pampers pull ups (red pack) and they seem to work for me.

I just recommend using their sizing thing on their website, as I bought 3s they leaked and then the sizing thing said 4s 😅

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My baby girl is exactly the same! We have aldis for during the day and pampers baby-dry for the night as she’s a wriggle bum! ☺️

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