Nighttime nappy changes

Are people still changing nappies throughout the night? Currently still changing my LO's at least once (as she's up every 2 hours most nights anyway) but notice the pack says 12 hours so wondering if I actually need to be doing? Worried about her getting nappy rash from wee sitting for longer than a few hours though?🤔 Obviously would change immediately if she pooped.

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We don’t unless it’s a poo or he’s unsettled and we think they could be why. 99% of the time I don’t! I just use a bigger pampers as they’re more absorbent (use aldis the rest of the time). Did the same with my eldest too!

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Yes. We’re feeding back to sleep every hour or less atm so no nappy is going to contain that amount of wee. Plus I think it must be super uncomfy to have a huge nappy x

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I think if they’re still feeding a lot overnight then yeah I would definitely change them but once they’re down to 1-2 feeds then I’d stop, the less they drink overnight the less wee that ends up in the nappy x

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No 😂 I never really have unless it’s a poo, although he doesn’t really poo at night. With my first I always changed throughout but I don’t really think it’s necessary so haven’t this time round! He feeds 2-3 times in the night still and the nappy holds the wee. I will say though he doesn’t really suffer nappy rashes so I would obviously change more if he did x

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I don’t unless it’s a poo, which she doesn’t really do at night, or if she’s properly up then I’d change, but again that doesn’t happen very often. She still wakes up multiple times at night, but never really fully awake, she’d feed for a few mins & go back to sleep. So I don’t disturb her sleep by changing nappy unless she’s actually up.

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Unless it’s a poo or he has weed a lot. I’m quite lucky because my little boy sleeps well and he doesn’t have any feeds throughout the night x

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For about 2, 3 weeks my LO doesn't poo during the night anymore , so we don't change her until morning...

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Unless it's a poo (which he hasn't done for months) or he's uncomfortable we don't change nappies at night

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Maybe 1 or 2 changes during the night.

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I feel like it’s completely down to how your baby is, we used to do changes every time he woke up, like your LO sort of every 2-3 hours but as he’s gotten older it wakes him up too much and will not go back to sleep easily, even after his bottle he would be up for about an hour sometimes more. So I’ve resulted to putting him in nappies a size up change and then change him as soon as he wakes up, lots of nappy cream etc. but also remember it’s what is easiest for you. My partner sometimes works night shifts and being up every 2-3 hours and then having him not fall asleep after a nappy change was a struggle to do by myself , but we adapted and have found our own way. I hope this helps xx

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