My 18month DD is soaking through her nappies at night and when I come in she has soaking wet singlet and PJs. I normally use Huggies nappies but since this has started happening I have tried BBH bamboo fitted nappy with boosters and wool cover. No luck
She goes to bed around 7pm and gets up at 9am. It doesn't happen all the time but it will happen for a few days every few weeks.
Any ideas? I thought maybe try the huggies with a few bamboo boosters?
A few things come to mind first up...
Wool covers need to be lanolised to be water proof. They also need to fit correctly so no gaps holes or loose area where they can allow leakage.
The bbh appies need to be washed about 10 times to allow the bamboo to reach max absorbancy. So depending o. How old you nappies are they may not yet be attheir full absorbancy. If the nappies are well used or are second hand they may need to be strip washed. This will remove any detergent and dirt build up in the fabric fibres and increase their absorbancy. You can do this by washing on HOT and using a few drops of dishwashing liquid and a few drops of lavender or tea tree oil.
How do you wash the nappies normally? Using too muh or the wrong dtergent can affect their performance.
Again the nappies need to fit correctly so no gaps around the legs or tummy etc....
Failing all that it may be time to move up a size in nappy or try a different brand fit or most likely a dedicated night nappy like the BBH night nappy or Sandman. Personally if she is that heavy a wetter you need to get a dedicated night nappy as the are generally twice as absorbant as a regular fitted nappy like you are using now.
I think the nappy is mostly leaking from the top as she is a belly sleeper. The nappies have been washed maybe about 5 times so that could be an issue as well.
I think I might just get some night nappies - thanks for the idea!
Hi there, I have a similar issue with my 21 month old son, who, incidentally is also a tummy sleeper. We use Huggies also and we are actually at the maximum size now and he still has a wet nappy at least every 2nd or 3rd morning. What is a BBH or Sandman Nappy. Ive never heard of these. Where can you purchase them from?
They are modern cloth nappies (MCN). If you do a google search for Baby Beehinds you will find the website (sorry I don't think we are allowed to post links). BBH have a dedicated night nappy which I am told works really well but you also need to buy a wool cover to go with it (which they are out of stock of atm). I just bought a Dream Nights nappy because I read they were great. I had issues finding sandman in stock. I will let you know how we go with this one! DD is in the largest Huggies size as well so they are a bit big.
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Soaking through nappies at night - HELP!
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