MOTN Diaper Changes

[yourmother]

My DS has been wearing his Merlin Magic Suit this week (with HUGE success!).  However, it's a PITA to change diapers in. Should I continue to change each time he wakes up (2-3 times from 7a-7p)? Or just once? Each change wakes him up and I'd like him to stay sleepy.

FTR - in talking about pee diapers and not poopy diapers.

[specialk]

I think just once is fine.

[thebreakfastclub]

I think the overnight diaper can hold a Big Gulp's worth of liquid and remain dry to the touch. Change nothing until morning!

[Deleted]

I don't change pee diapers after a few weeks old

[awkwardpenguin]

We don't change pee diapers MOTN. It's great - diaper changes wake her up too much.

[charlotteandwilbur]

Yep, I only change for poop overnight after the first month or so.

[isabel]

I don't change DS's diaper in the MOTN. He usually poops sometime in the early morning, so I'll change him then if I need to. I actually went up a size so he can go a full 12 hours in one diaper, if necessary.

[yourmother]

Aug 27, 2015 16:30:49 GMT -5 isabel said:

I don't change DS's diaper in the MOTN. He usually poops sometime in the early morning, so I'll change him then if I need to. I actually went up a size so he can go a full 12 hours in one diaper, if necessary.

My DS is inbetween size 1 and 2. Maybe I should use the size 2 fir overnight?

[ssmjlm]

Aug 27, 2015 16:38:55 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Aug 27, 2015 16:30:49 GMT -5 isabel said:

I don't change DS's diaper in the MOTN. He usually poops sometime in the early morning, so I'll change him then if I need to. I actually went up a size so he can go a full 12 hours in one diaper, if necessary.

My DS is inbetween size 1 and 2. Maybe I should use the size 2 fir overnight?

That's what we did.

[chickadee77]

Yeah, I remember asking this, lol. I stopped changing pee diapers around 3 months or so (late, lol, because I didn't know any better, and also, it seemed like she pooped all.the.time). Free yourself! Get thee some overnights a size up and stop changing for pee only!

[yourmother]

Aug 27, 2015 16:49:17 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

Yeah, I remember asking this, lol. I stopped changing pee diapers around 3 months or so (late, lol, because I didn't know any better, and also, it seemed like she pooped all.the.time). Free yourself! Get thee some overnights a size up and stop changing for pee only!

This thread makes me HAPPY!  LOL!

I was going to just use the size 2 swaddlers.  Do I need some "overnight" diapers?  

Can you tell I'm completely ignorant to all things baby...?

[thatgirl2478]

No MOTN diaper changes here after the infant days when we needed to know their output numbers.

Size up on the diapers, buy the 12 hr pampers and go for it.

[ruby412]

We also stopped changing dipes in the middle of the night after 6 weeks. I just size up a diaper for at night and make sure she's coated in a thick layer of triple paste.

[polarbearfans]

Aug 27, 2015 17:15:23 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Aug 27, 2015 16:49:17 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

Yeah, I remember asking this, lol. I stopped changing pee diapers around 3 months or so (late, lol, because I didn't know any better, and also, it seemed like she pooped all.the.time). Free yourself! Get thee some overnights a size up and stop changing for pee only!

This thread makes me HAPPY!  LOL!

I was going to just use the size 2 swaddlers.  Do I need some "overnight" diapers?  

Can you tell I'm completely ignorant to all things baby...?

If you are between sizes def size up to the 2. The 2 holds a lot more pee

[isabel]

Aug 27, 2015 16:38:55 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Aug 27, 2015 16:30:49 GMT -5 isabel said:

I don't change DS's diaper in the MOTN. He usually poops sometime in the early morning, so I'll change him then if I need to. I actually went up a size so he can go a full 12 hours in one diaper, if necessary.

My DS is inbetween size 1 and 2. Maybe I should use the size 2 fir overnight?

Yeah, should work, I bet. My DS fits solidly in a 2, but 3s fit fine as well. We bumped him up to 3s for overnight and haven't had an issue since. He was leaking almost every morning by the time he woke up.

[thebreakfastclub]

Aug 27, 2015 17:15:23 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Aug 27, 2015 16:49:17 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

Yeah, I remember asking this, lol. I stopped changing pee diapers around 3 months or so (late, lol, because I didn't know any better, and also, it seemed like she pooped all.the.time). Free yourself! Get thee some overnights a size up and stop changing for pee only!

This thread makes me HAPPY!  LOL!

I was going to just use the size 2 swaddlers.  Do I need some "overnight" diapers?  

Can you tell I'm completely ignorant to all things baby...?

I used overnights - they will say 12 hour protection and / or a kid is sleeping on the box. They really do hold 12 hours of pee!

[chickadee77]

Aug 27, 2015 17:15:23 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Aug 27, 2015 16:49:17 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

Yeah, I remember asking this, lol. I stopped changing pee diapers around 3 months or so (late, lol, because I didn't know any better, and also, it seemed like she pooped all.the.time). Free yourself! Get thee some overnights a size up and stop changing for pee only!

This thread makes me HAPPY!  LOL!

I was going to just use the size 2 swaddlers.  Do I need some "overnight" diapers?  

Can you tell I'm completely ignorant to all things baby...?

Try sizing up in your daytime diapers first. If he wets through by morning, move to overnights - the other diapers will get used regardless once he sizes up for daytime.

[yourmother]

Aug 27, 2015 19:36:54 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

Aug 27, 2015 17:15:23 GMT -5 yourmother said:

This thread makes me HAPPY!  LOL!

I was going to just use the size 2 swaddlers.  Do I need some "overnight" diapers?  

Can you tell I'm completely ignorant to all things baby...?

Try sizing up in your daytime diapers first. If he wets through by morning, move to overnights - the other diapers will get used regardless once he sizes up for daytime.

Great strategy! I put him in the bigger size tonight. I will say that he's never wet his clothes or had a leak with his regular diaper. Hopefully the bigger size will work just fine. 

[VillainV]

I didn't change pee diapers after about 4 weeks. He wasn't really pooping much overnight by then anyway.

We used Pampers Baby Dry for a bit, then switched to Huggies Overnights. I think Overnights start at Size 3. Most people size up for nighttime.

[chickadee77]

Aug 27, 2015 19:39:43 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Aug 27, 2015 19:36:54 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

Try sizing up in your daytime diapers first. If he wets through by morning, move to overnights - the other diapers will get used regardless once he sizes up for daytime.

Great strategy! I put him in the bigger size tonight. I will say that he's never wet his clothes or had a leak with his regular diaper. Hopefully the bigger size will work just fine. 

Yay! I was able to do this until about 11 months, when I had to go to overnights TWO sizes up. I have quite the array of diapers in her closet from discovering that, but I figure they'll all get used eventually. Keep it simple for as long as you can, lol. Have a good (diaper change-free!) night!

[Deleted]

Aug 27, 2015 16:12:49 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

I pretty much never changed non-poop diapers in the MOTN after a few weeks.

Yup. I never changed P MOTN after the first month or so. 

[nextbigthing]

I never change DS in the MOTN. I stopped around 9 weeks. If he pooped of course I would, but the pampers hold a lot of pee

[pooh8402]

I did not realize until this thread that I didn't have to change pee diapers in MOTN.

*heavens open up, choir sings*

[jennistarr1]

Am I the only one who can't tell the difference between pee and poop until you open it up. Anyways, I don't change at all in the middle if the night

[noodleoo]

Aug 27, 2015 20:31:59 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

I did not realize until this thread that I didn't have to change pee diapers in MOTN.

*heavens open up, choir sings*

Me too! But I feel like she was still pooping at night until recently. 

[VillainV]

Aug 27, 2015 21:13:46 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

Am I the only one who can't tell the difference between pee and poop until you open it up. Anyways, I don't change at all in the middle if the night

The poopy ones don't smell?

[hbomdiggity]

For the past couple of weeks H hasn't been changing DS in the middle of the night and I've been annoyed at him for it.

But between this post and reading the pedi's printout for his 2mo checkup I see I am wrong. We don't have leaked issues, but you can def smell the pee.

[jennistarr1]

Aug 27, 2015 22:03:23 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Aug 27, 2015 21:13:46 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

Am I the only one who can't tell the difference between pee and poop until you open it up. Anyways, I don't change at all in the middle if the night

The poopy ones don't smell?

yeah, sometimes...a lot of times it takes me by surprise, she's all BM now so the solids will change that I'm sure. She's cloth diapers too so I've found I smell poop less in those