Disposable Overnight Diapers

[MrsK]

I need recommendations. My son is 17 months and he's been soaking through his overnight diapers. The diapers have even exploded many evenings and he wakes up covered in diaper stuffing. How do we avoid that? Is there a brand you recommend? Should we try a larger size? (Please don't say cloth diapering.)

[rainbabies]

We always used huggies. Try a bigger size. Also, when my babes got bigger and started soaking through at night, I started using the pull-up plastic, (washable diaper) covers. It contained the pee about 98%.
Good luck!

[HouseofWool]

I would also recommend going up a size just for night time use. Also, consider limiting his liquids in the hour before bed.

[SuzySunshine]

I have gone up a size and I have also gone with two - one regular and one overnight.

[ides]

No suggestion other than adding a washable liner. I always had to change O midway through the night.

[Meenah]

Go up a size or try overnight pull-ups.

[ladymoreta]

We use Huggies overnights. They're really full by morning - I think I'll need to move up a size soon.

[alison]

We use Pampers 12-hour diapers. Mine is not a super heavy wetter, but they're definitely pretty full by morning.

[moonlight]

I tried Huggies overnights and they also filled up too much and didn't hold as well. Pamper overnights seem to hold more and keep her drier. It's a $1 more per box here.

Sort of off topic, but has anyone tried Huggies Organic cotton natural diaper? Oh it's SO SOFT and reminds me of Pampers Swadlers! I guess the organic cotton doesn't hold as well. DD peed right through the diaper! Otherwise we would have changed over to those.

[v-girl]

We used Huggies Overnights. You may also try the overnight pull-ups.

[scrub-jay]

Does he drink a lot right before bed? Can you adjust his schedule just a tad? I won't say cloth diapers (although that is what we use) but we've had luck with 7th generation diapers. Good luck!!

[MrsK]

He does drink a lot before bed because he downs about three cups of milk at dinner around 6 and then gets to bed around 7:30 or 8. I don't think I can restrict milk at dinner.

[alison]

Wow! That's a lot of milk! Way to go ToddlerK!
I'd try to move some of that milk-drinking to late afternoon, and maybe one cup at dinner.

[MrsK]

Alison, he does this at every meal and asks for milk between meals too. He's got an unbelivable appetite. Seriously, eats like three toddlers and is still below the 25th percentile for weight. He sometimes eats more than I do and people are constantly telling me how amazed they are by the amounts he eats and drinks. The peditrician says its fine until he's 2 and after that if his weight remains in average range.

Rainbabies, what sort of training pants did you use? The smallest size I can find is 2T. Will that fit over a size 5 overnight diaper?

[alison]

Perhaps you could buy a few different things and try out various combinations.

I'm not up to talking about percentiles. He's within a healthy range, definitely not too small.