changing boys nappies....im hopeless...need advice!!!

[mbear]

Okay, after 3 girls, im kinda used to changing bums.....but not little boys bums. H wets himself (up the back at 2am this morn!!!) at least twice a day.....
I do what people KEEP telling me - doodle down. I do that...so much so that he pees up his back !!!!
WHat am i doing wrong.....or is it him??? or will i eventually just 'get it '.......

[Erin_25]

we had the same issue with DS, even if we pointed it down he would wet through & we would be changing sometimes 2x a night...grrrr. The only thing we found that made a difference was to go up a nappy size.....have you tried that?

[Willow]

Same thing happened here mbear, he'd wee all up his back.

I agree with Erin - he was quite a big bub from memory, if you're still using nb sized nappies, I'd try the next size up.

[~Trish~]

Yep, try the next size up. It's so annoying when you have to change all the bed sheets and things too!

[Jas]

and do u pull the edges out around the legs? that is probably something you do with girls too i guess? If and when we have a girl I think I too will need some advice

[LaDeeDa]

I think it is def time for the next size up - thats the only time it happens to us

[Visitor8]

go cloth :P we haven't had a leak yet.

[Laranna]

Yeah DS leaked up the back when he was a newborn, even though his doodle was down. But he has a skinny waist and skinny legs so I had to make sure the nappy was on tight and the frills pulled out around the legs. It only completely stopped when we went up from the newborn size nappies to the crawlers.

[Danni]

pull them really tight around the waist at night time and around the legs, and make sure you pull the frilly bits out around the legs. Hopefully that will work

[Janie]

:yeahthat:

Otherwise go up a size. Very common problem with boys it would seem

[aussienic]

just wanted o say lol.. I had he same issues but more because I had a girl after 3 boys

I used to buy those extra nappy inserts from woolies.. you can use them for cloth or disposable