Toddler keeps soaking through his nappies!

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Please help with any advice, I'm really baffled.

DS is almost 2 and keeps soaking through his nappies. I've tried changing brands but none of them have ever actually leaked, it's amazing. They just hold a ton of liquid. You take it off after half an hour/20 mins and it's like he's not been changed all day It's soaked and hanging.

His liquid intake isn't that high. Maybe 3/4 cups of water/juice a day, plus breast milk and maybe the odd bottle of cows milk.

I can't size up anymore than I already have. He fits a size 3 but I moved on to size 4 recently which is fine and a nice fit. But I can't move any bigger, they're far too big and hang off of him - They really do leak!

Has anyone got any advice? I'm a bit confused since I could go 3/4 hours without changing him before and he would still be relatively dry.

Think 4+ are for the same weight range but more absorbent

What weight is he too?

dem I think I looked in Asda recently and their weight limit is actually higher. Since 4 just about fit, I don't think they'll work

But worth a shot

dem He's 21 pounds

Is this recent ?
Don’t want to alarm you but this was the first symptom we had with our dc at a similar age and it was type 1 diabetes

And Yes very recent, within the last 2 weeks

See a doctor. There are potentially medical causes for this - diabetes is one but my son is being tested for something more rare called diabetes insipidus. The fact his fluid intake hasn’t gone up but his output has could suggest a problem. It may be nothing but I wouldn’t ignore it, just in case.

If the nappies are very full then it sounds like the problem is the amount he is weeing rather than with the nappy. Aside from having very full nappies is he otherwise healthy and well? Does his urine look and smell normal?

What kind of juice is he drinking? Do you mean actual fruit juice or squash/ cordial that you’re diluting with water? Either way I find that both juice and squash have a diuretic effect and can make you need to urinate more - certain brands of squash seem to be worse than others and orange juice seems worse than apple to me.

I would get rid of the juice/ squash and switch to plain water, or if he really won’t drink water then make sure you are diluting the squash so that it is very very weak. Fruit juice isn’t really ideal for toddlers but if you do give it it should be heavily diluted as if it is squash/ cordial and only given once a day.

It might also be that now the weather is getting colder he isn’t needing to drink as much to stay hydrated as he was over the summer and so now he is drinking the same amount but weeing out more.

Sorry, posted too soon. I would look at what he’s drinking and see if switching to plain water makes any difference, but if he still seems to be weeing a lot more than you would expect given how much he’s drinking I think it’s definitely worth seeing your doctor just to check there isn’t any underlying cause.

Is this all day? At night? A few really full ones and then normal?

With DT2 it’s mostly overnight. Even with 4 changes through the night he can wake up drenched - on a few occasions his nappies have literally burst, gel everywhere.

Given that it’s not the norm for him I’d be seeing a GP. They can do a very quick finger prick test to check his blood sugar levels but may also want to do a blood test that says what his levels have been over the last few weeks as that’s more reliable.

Please get him to a dr
It’s w quick and easy finger prick test with immediate results
We were finger off repeatedly and nearly lost our dd please please get him checked ASAP if hate for anyone else to go through what we did it doesn’t have to get to the stage where your unconscious child is grabbed off you by a dr who runs with them through to resus
Please get him checked x

Fobbed off
Not finger off

I would get rid of the juice/ squash and switch to plain water, or if he really won’t drink water then make sure you are diluting the squash so that it is very very weak. Fruit juice isn’t really ideal for toddlers but if you do give it it should be heavily diluted as if it is squash/ cordial and only given once a day.

He doesn't have fruit juice/squash that's strong. It's literally the tiniest drop and then all water, it's a hint of flavour. I don't allow it to be too juicy for a few reasons

See a doctor. There are potentially medical causes for this - diabetes is one but my son is being tested for something more rare called diabetes insipidus. The fact his fluid intake hasn’t gone up but his output has could suggest a problem. It may be nothing but I wouldn’t ignore it, just in case.

A GP tested for diabetes via a urine sample about a week and a half ago. He took one of his nappies and squeezed it, and done it from there. Is a blood test/finger prick test better?

The reason he was tested for diabetes is because he eats and drinks like a grown man who overeats but never puts on weight and is still in 9-12/12-18 months clothes at almost 2

AndsoItbegins I am so, so terribly sorry. That is my worst nightmare. I hope the pain eases as time goes by, I am imaging how I'd feel and honestly I don't know how I'd cope in the slightest without mine

My dc has urine tests and even with +++ glu we were being told she prob had an infection they REFUSED to do a finger prick saying I was over reacting
You should get one done or you can but a test kit in a chemist for about £15 which I didn’t know then or I would have done

It was terrifying at the time, she recovers really well though and spent a week in hospital. That was nearly 7 years ago now and she’s doing really well but looking back it was shocking how we were ignored even when begging as I just knew she had it. Any threads like this I just have to say as I’d hate anyone else to go through it. Caught early it doesn’t have to be traumatic
Hopefully your ds is ok but better to be checked just in case x

And Apparently the glucose result was negative.

Sounds like yours was a worrying result but those idiots fobbed it off as a urine infection

And I'm so sorry! I read your previous post as you lost your DD, instead of what you actually said, you almost lost her. Which is horrific in itself but I hope I haven't come across as insensitive for thinking otherwise.

I'm usually good at not misreading

No not at all don’t worry I skim read a lot or read too quick often !
It was touch and go though. We were lucky. It can be very dangerous and it gets bad quickly we had been begging for 2 weeks and by the time anyone listened she was in dka with blood glucose level of 36 (normal is 4-7)

I don’t understand why they wouldn’t go a finger prick (well actually at his age they may do a toe prick). We’ve been testing DT2 daily since birth due to a different condition. It’s very easy. You can buy a monitor yourself which usually comes with a few lancets and five or 10 test strips.

I’d go back to the GP and ask for them to check his blood sugar there and then or arrange a blood test (I think it’s hba1c that checks overall blood sugar levels). Just because the urine test was normal doesn’t mean they should stop investigating.

They do need to do a finger prick test to know what the glucose level is. Squeezing a nappy and saying it's fine is not acceptable practice.