Should a nappy last 12 hours at night?

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A dilemma.

My three month old feeds goes to bed around 7.30, and wakes up to feed around 12 and 4. She feeds very sleepily and goes straight back to sleep. Wakes up for the day around 7.

The last week or two we keep finding that her nappy has leaked and soaked through her clothes and sleeping bag - sometimes around 4, sometimes around 6 or 7. She's nowhere near the weight for the next size up.

I'm hesitant to wake her up by changing her preemptively in the night. She tends to assume it's morning and finds it harder to get back to sleep. Now obviously if she does a poo in the night I change her immediately but that's rare. Is there anything I can try? Why are we getting leaks?

Try the bigger size as they are only guidelines but at 3 months she is probably having a lot of milk over night.

Which brand are you using? I’ve always used the pampers most expensive range over night.

Not sure if they should last 12 hours. What brand are you in? Try the next size up anyway.
My DS is 5.5 months and his last bottle is around 8 but I change his bum at about 11 and we use Aldi size 4 and doesn't seem to leak he gets up around 7-9.

Try the next size up and fasten them tight. The + symbol on the higher sizes mean higher absorption aswell.

I used to always do a nappy change at the 11pm feed so I'd do yours at the 12 one. Keep the 4am one dark and quiet and quick - this will likely be the first one they drop.

We've had this with Pampers and Sainsbury's. I'll maybe experiment with changing at 12 or a bigger size - thanks.

The sizing is annoying - she's nearly 13 pounds and the Pampers size 2 are supposed to be up to 18 pounds.

"The + symbol on the higher sizes mean higher absorption aswell."

Didn't know that! Thanks.

I have been able to get away with Aldi nappies for 12 hours over night. I use pampers on occasion but find Aldi’s slightly better regards leeks.

Try them out they a cheap but very effective

Definitely size up. The bigger size will fit her, it’s normally from 13lbs or so.

Not for everyone but I love our cloth nappies at night as we can add extra pads to boost absorbency if needed. They last 12 hours and an extra hour or so in the morning if I don't change her nappy straight away.

My son is very slight. And I never did stick to the pampers weight range.
He is 22months and weighs less than 10kg and is on pampers size 6 which is 13kg+
He started leaking through his size 5s ages ago and he only had one bottle before bed!
I did start using the size 6 only at night and have only started using them during the day.
Just must have a lot of wee!

Yes, it should definitely last for 12 hours - there's a possibility the nappy might be too big OR too small - either one will lead to leaking.

Depends how much they drink and pee, sometimes they will and sometimes they won't is the simple answer. If it's quite full just change quietly with minimum light and noise

And be careful with the next size up as they can gape at the inner legs and leak right out

We're having the same issues OP, I've put DD in the next size up but the tags cross over slightly at the front as she's very slight. Anyone know if this is ok to do?

I always changed my son after a feed. It lasts now that he no longer has milk in the night.

Try different nappies. We found pampers nappy pants were great at night (really padded, always picked them up on sale). Asda's were great too but they have recently changed them. Different brands fit different babies too. If partway through the night you think the nappy feels quite wet, its far easier to just change it than chance leaving it to the morning and have to change clothes and bedding too.

And on nappies, the inner frills go in and the outer ones out. This made a huge difference to leaks when I realised it with dd2!

We use bamboo cloth and never change at night unless a poo happens. Now DD 9 months and I dont think I've every changed at night after about 3 weeks old as she seemed to stop the night time poos then.

Anyone know if this is ok to do?

If it works, it's ok to do

I had the same issue, aldi and Pampers both leaking over night.

Changed to Tesco own brand, went to the next size up and used the '+' and now get 13 hours with no leakage and that's with up to 10oz of milk at times

Get bigger ones and always the +!

You can give cloth a go if you up for it my lo is 8 months still feeds through the night and nappy never leaks over the night

My son has always been a really heavy wetter and we haven’t changed his nappy in the night (except dirty) since he started sleeping through but he would wake up every morning soaking (didn’t bother him but bothered me). And I was always washing his sleeping bags. We tried every brand and every size and he’d always soak through.
We double nappy, put lots of small holes in his normal size nappy so that it relieves the pressure and put a nappy pant over the top, he has been dry every single night, no issues at all. Literally the only thing that worked for us.
I’d avoid changing a nappy in the night unless it’s dirty.