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

[Emerald87]

LO gets a disposable overnight and a thin layer of sudocrem on her bum before bed as a precaution. I will then change her when we wake in the morning.

Why do I get the feeling this thread was started as a holier than thou statement? "I wake up and change and potty" etc. Was this necessary?

 

[onetwothreebp]

Asher STTN most of the time, so I don't wake him up for a change. However, on the nights he does wake up, I only change it if I absolutely have to. The smallest bit of light will make him wide awake and it will take a few hours to get him back down and... no thanks! It doesn't seem to bother him either. If it did, I would deal with the consequences and change it, but it's not something we usually have to worry about.

Huh... So those of you who say you wouldn't be able to get your baby back to sleep, does this mean you've tried, or you simply suspect it would be difficult? I suppose a baby who's not used to it may be more difficult.

I have changed his diaper in the night when I've had to and it's always been a difficult ordeal. He will immediately brighten up and want to play and will become inconsolable if I try to put him back to bed. So with overnight diapers, it's not something we normally have to deal with. SarahBear, you seem a bit aggressive in this thread, tbh.

 

[minties]

I haven't had to change a night nappy since 7 weeks.

To start with, they don't get wet, they absorb urine. Not hold it against skin and make a soggy bum? Her skin is dry when changed.

Secondly, she gets up for the day around 4am, goes to bed at 8pm and wakes twice a night to nurse. Why on earth I would want to wake her even more, and then wake my son and partner because I've made her cry on a cold autumn night for changing her when she doesn't need it?

It's great that it works for you, but I get the feeling that you're just trying to have a dig at others rather than ask a genuine question.

 

[Emerald87]

Don't you people see the error of your ways? I sure have. LO will never wear a nappy again and shall tinkle as and where she pleases.

 

[VikkiD]

I haven't changed my Lo's nappy during the night for months when he was younger I did but not now as it world disturb him to much. We have has two cases this week just after bedtime where he as pooped so obviously I have changed him then.

 

[ispeakinsongs]

We do, a couple of times.

 

[weejenb]

He's been STTN since he was right weeks, so not done a middle of the night nappy change in ages! He doesn't even wear a nighttime nappy, just a normal one and he's never had a leak. If they're just wet there's no need to change them overnight unless they're leaking.

 

[NoodleSnack]

We do, a couple of times.

When they're that young, day and night just blend together, once they're a bit older, they mostly stop pooping at night, and wake only to nurse and then fall right back to sleep most of the time so it's not worth waking them up properly with a nappy change if they aren't bothered by it.

 

[Scrooples]

I'm another one that doesn't. When she was a newborn and had a dirty nappy at every feed I did, but once that stopped I don't do night changes. She gets changed just before bed and then when she wakes up, never had a leaky nappy or nappy rash so I can't see it's doing any harm. Nappies are designed to hold the urine away from the skin so she isn't sat with it next to her skin all night.I

I normally manage to catch her before she's fully awake and then feed her till she falls asleep again. If I started changing her at each feed she'd take ages to go back off.

 

[Kirsty1003]

Isabelle has slept all night since 3 weeks old, never woke once! I just apply lots of cream, shes never had a nappy rash! I figure if it was bothering her she would wake. If she woke for a feed I might change it but she never has!

 

[Larkspur]

I change my baby's diaper whenever she's wet at night and when I can wake up in time, I potty her at night as well.

You've started potty-training at six months? That's advanced.

I've changed her as soon as I can since birth although there were plenty of times early on when I was too tired to be as on top of it as I would have liked and it still happens sometimes but I'm generally pretty good about it.

Good for you, you sound like you're doing great.

How frequently do you change your baby at night?

I'd love to change my baby at night.... I'd change him into a baby that sleeps through the night. Until then, I'll stick with only changing his nappy if he has pooped or if his nappy is feeling dangerously heavy, in order to keep the night disruption to a minimum.

It seems that many people let their babies sleep in wet diapers.

Nappy absorbancy technology is pretty good these days, so I doubt many people actually let their baby sleep in wet nappies. It seems like you can probably afford to chill out a bit about what other people do with their babies.

 

[staralfur]

As much as I'm sure my LO would LOVE me waking her up every 2 hours to see if her diaper is wet... no, I don't. Unless of course she has pooped, in which case she certainly lets me know.

 

[Sparrow85]

Nope, as he STTN so I won't be waking him to change a nappy. When he used to wake up during the night (only once) I would check it and change if needed. Nappies are really absorbent so there is no need to change them unless they are full. LO sleeps 6.30pm-8am and I change him as soon as he wakes in the morning. His nappy is pretty full but his bum is never wet, so don't think it's doing him any harm, and he's never had nappy rash.

 

[septemberbaby]

It seems like you can probably afford to chill out a bit about what other people do with their babies.

This.

 

[RoseArcana]

I would change LO's nappy if she pooed but otherwise it's not worth the crying and stress of getting her back to sleep. She doesn't get nappy rash from it and we've found nappies that work all night. I make sure she has a fresh one on before bed and as soon as she wakes up.
If baby had sensitive skin then that's different.

 

[randomrach]

No, if I woke her in the night she'd think it was play time. It used to take me a long time to get her back to sleep after a night feed. She doesn't poop in the night but will do when she gets up in the morning. I have been doing at 3am recently because she's been up for extra milk and the nappy is usually very wet but I wouldn't wake her to do it.

 

[lilly_bum]

since she has slept through the night we don't change her she wouldnt be a very happy baby if i woke her up to change her we use the pampers 12 hours hold at night x

 

[stephie_corin]

I change my LO but only because he basically takes a lot of his milk at night (not my choosing!!) and we have had a lot of nappy leaks. If he slept through there is no way I would wake him for a nappy change. We use huggies disposables but I'm going to try and find these nighttime ones people have mentioned, they sound great!

 

[readytotry]

My Lo wakes up unhappy on the few occasions she has had a "wet" nappy (I.e. one which felt damp on her skin). I just start using a bigger size nappy and it stays dry all night. I use disposables though so maybe that makes a difference.

My daughter wakes for the slightest thing so if she is asleep I know she is pretty comfortable.

 

[randomrach]

Stephie - I thought huggies were going to stop making nappies (UK) so you might have trouble finding them.