bedsharing and breastfeeding mums - what kind of nappy do you use for night times?

[Liz]

BBHB here. Haven't needed to boost it for DD, but DS needed boosting. Depends how wet they are at night. I use whatever cover I lay my hands on.

Must admit I do hate the smell of a cloth nappy in the morning if they have weed through the night. fwaaarr.

[bronners]

My best friend swears by the new Mandy Mac Purple nights and a Disana wool cover. I am just about to embark on this all again so I think I will probably do a similar thing, maybe a BBH bamboo in the earlier days when bub is waking more often.

[*charmalea*]

Must admit I do hate the smell of a cloth nappy in the morning if they have weed through the night. fwaaarr.

esp when there is a 5mth old already in the bed then my 10 tonne 2yr climbs in .. its wee stank central in the bed then !!! and can probably gaurntee the cats peed in the room somewhere too

[shellshell]

Hey there,

I tried DD in it last night. It was great - no leaks. :-) BUT: should the wool cover be wet / damp on the inside when you take it off? I am thinking she might need more boosting, since the crotch area of the wool cover was moist when I took it off in the morning. How do you know if they have enough boosting, or need more?

Sorry, I'm new to cloth and want to make sure I'm doing the right thing!!

[*charmalea*]

thats fine if the wool cover is damp, its a good sign that the cover is drawing moisture away from the baby , wool may be wet to touch , kinda like condensation . so no need to worry . but if its really leaking everywhere , try lanolising hth

[Arcadia]

I love the BBH one size fits all in bamboo and use a booster. I tend to use a PUL cover rather than wool though because DD soaks through the wool covers (yes I have lanolised it thoroughly and she STILL leaks through). I love the motherease PUL cover...nothing's gonna get through that cover!!!

HTH

[Gigi]

i don't know the age of your child. Younger bubs tend to wee tiny amounts, but often (due to the size of their bladder). Older bubs wee less often but larger amounts.

When my child slept in my bed, i kept the nappy change mat, wetbag, wipes and a night nappy NEXT to the bed, in arm's reach. So i could change her (dream change) very easily, in low light, without leaving the bed (if a change was needed).

when she was a nb, i used malden mills pocket nappies with bamboo trifolds inserted. (bits for bots make these fleece pockets).

when she was about four months old, she needed dedicated night nappies, and i started using Kester Kovers AIO, fitted night nappies with handknit woolly covers or MM fleece covers e.g bear bottoms pullup covers (machine washable, dry fast, no snaps or aplix to bother about in middle of night).

we never had to change the bed linen due to leaks, so i am sold on night nappies.

when she was a newborn, i put a Swaddlebees Mattress Protector, on top of the quilt (if cold), on top of sheet (if hot) for her to lie on, and us to breastfeed in bed, on. The mattress protector was great for catching MY leaking milk, and the one time she projectile vomitted in bed. but we didn't have night nappy leaks.

dunno if any of that is of use to you, but that's what we did.

the baby beehinds fitted nappies are day nappies, and we used them in the day. she weed thru them in two hours easily, even as a tiny bub.