Do you change your baby's diaper at night? How frequently?

[Jendra]

I have a month-old son in cloth diapers and my goodness this guy likes to pee. He wakes once at night and then early in the morning. My husband changes him before I feed him. I'm pretty sure he'd soak the diaper otherwise. That's really the only reason we bother. That and it doesn't seem to affect his going back to sleep. If it did, that practice would come to a close.

And once he starts sleeping through the night, there's no way I'm waking him for anything other than the apocalypse. And even then not sure...

 

[greenbeans12]

OOOPs.

 

[bananaz]

This thread cracks me up. After 11 months of trying to get my kid to sleep, I would sooner wake her to paint her fingernails or tell her a knock-knock joke than I would to change a damp diaper. At least with those scenarios I wouldn't be stripping her bottom half naked so I might have some chance at getting her back to bed.

I don't even know what to think about the pottying part, but I will say that if you have a 6-month-old who you can undress and take to the toilet multiple times a night without disturbing her then you won the baby sleep lottery. Either that or you're so tired that you're accidentally taking a stuffed animal to the potty, which is what I'd probably be doing if I was making myself get up all night long to do diaper checks

 

[pinklightbulb]

Sorry if I was rude. I have been dealing with a baby who has a horrible rash that was accidental, and from one night. It doesn't take much-- whether you change them three times a night or not at all of a night, these incidents can still happen.

 

[Twister]

I haven't changed her nappy in the middle of the night for months. Don't see the need unless she's leaked or pooped. She wakes up enough through the night don't fancy adding to that lol.

 

[fingers_cross]

nope dont change at night. we use cloth. i put a fresh one on at 5pm and dont change until 6am.

 

[aliss]

Somehow I have a very hard time believing someone who has researched and done EC from birth had no idea that people did this.

Yeah, I'm sure you "talked to someone" after reading how offended people were.

 

[AnneD]

Either that or you're so tired that you're accidentally taking a stuffed animal to the potty, which is what I'd probably be doing if I was making myself get up all night long to do diaper checks

Bananaz, I love you.

 

[AnneD]

I haven't changed her nappy in the middle of the night for months. Don't see the need unless she's leaked or popped. She wakes up enough through the night don't fancy adding to that lol.

Couldn't agree more. As it is, I spend half the night breastfeeding to make mine go back to sleep when she half wakes up for hunger, wanting a cuddle, bad dreams or whatever. If I changed her nappy every time she stirred and thus woke her up fully, neither of us would get any sleep, ever.

 

[AnneD]

Sorry if I was rude. I have been dealing with a baby who has a horrible rash that was accidental, and from one night. It doesn't take much-- whether you change them three times a night or not at all of a night, these incidents can still happen.

Can totally relate. Mine sometimes developes a rash as soon as the poo touches her skin, even if she does it while nappy-free. I hope your son gets better soon.

 

[AnneD]

Somehow I have a very hard time believing someone who has researched and done EC from birth had no idea that people did this.

Yeah, I'm sure you "talked to someone" after reading how offended people were.

Oh Aliss... If only I could find the right emoticon to stick into this post

 

[pinklightbulb]

Sorry if I was rude. I have been dealing with a baby who has a horrible rash that was accidental, and from one night. It doesn't take much-- whether you change them three times a night or not at all of a night, these incidents can still happen.

Can totally relate. Mine sometimes developes a rash as soon as the poo touches her skin, even if she does it while nappy-free. I hope your son gets better soon.

Thank you honey It's horrible watching them scream while you put cream on it, isn't it? FWIW, I found breastmilk good for clearing up rashes when I was BFing. But Sudocrem does the job nicely these days. It's taking a while for this one to clear up, though

 

[lomelly]

So because one single person thought it was the norm to change diapers at night you thought "well why don't the rest of us"? Even though you agreed not to change at first? This other person must hate sleep.

 

[overcomer79]

It was implied in the OP that you changed her multiple times from day 1. I have a hard time believing what you said.

Pink, hope your son clears up soon. I had the hardest time with my daughter.

 

[_jellybean_]

It was implied in the OP that you changed her multiple times from day 1. I have a hard time believing what you said.

Pink, hope your son clears up soon. I had the hardest time with my daughter.

Me too

 

[pinklightbulb]

Thank you

 

[DragonflyWing]

Nope. They sleep through the night...we put them in "night time" diapers (really just one size bigger than their "day time" diapers ) before bed, and change them when they wake up. Sometimes they leak, mostly they don't, but we keep them on a mattress pad to save the sheets.

 

[Jendra]

I'm feeling inspired to remove the night change from our routine. Granted, it will only save my husband sleep, not me, but his restfulness should buy me alone time points when he gets home at night. An extra liner in a BumGenius 4.0 should do it, yes?

 

[doggylover]

Totally going to hijack for my own benefit:
My LO is only 3 weeks old and wakes 3-4 times during the night to feed and I change her each time- only once has she been clean and dry. Should I continue doing this and as she feeds less I will be changing her less, or should I stop changing her?
It doesn't bother her as a I feed her, then change, then feed again, but its damn annoying constantly up and down!
When did most people stop changing at night?

 

[Twister]

I stopped changing as she started pooping less. Tbh the only reason I changed her at night was because she pooped during or after almost every feed in the early days, otherwise I'd have just left her. Shoot me now lol.