Sleeping longer at night and nappy leaks
Hey all, my nearly 5 month old has started going 6-8 hours between feeds at night which is great but he wakes up with his nappy leaking up the front. There's still absorption left at the back of his nappy but since learning to roll he sleeps on his front.
Any advice on stopping these leaks? I tried putting a size up nappy over his regular one but that had him uncomfortable and waking up every 1-2 hours.
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I always find when it leaks, its time to review the size or brand. I’ve only ever used supermarket brands but found they all fit slightly different and their weight doesn’t always correlate with the size on the packs! My baba is 12kg at 16 months and in size 8 pull ups because his body shape!
Hope you get it sorted soon, it’s not fun! 🙈
Aldi Mamia nappies have a 360° flap so it stops leaks at the front. My boy would always always leak until I switched to these overnight x
Try a different brand and ++ absorbency, also size up their best or pyjamas so there’s room for the nappy to expand x
My bebe sleeps from 7.30 til about 6/7am and we've used Kit and Kin from the start. They are a bit more expensive but they have never leaked overnight. It will be very full but that's it. Definitely recommend.
We also had this once he started sleeping longer and on his front - we switched to pampers pull ups at night and it seems to have helped. We do have to change it pretty soon after waking otherwise it will leak as it's so full (we sometimes bring him into bed for cuddles and used to change nappy after that but now do it as soon as he's awake). We use little rascals in the day time.
Pampers baby dry in the plus size and go up a size too. My LO is in size 5 during the day and 6+ at night
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Hey all, my nearly 5 month old has started going 6-8 hours between feeds at night which is great but he wakes up with his nappy leaking up the front. There's still absorption left at the back of his nappy but since learning to roll he sleeps on his front.
Any advice on stopping these leaks? I tried putting a size up nappy over his regular one but that had him uncomfortable and waking up every 1-2 hours.
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