Is multiple poonamis a day just normal?

[shaniahoo]

My first baby was in cloth nappies full time. I'm on my second baby now who's poos are just starting to get bigger since 6 weeks, and with two children we couldn't cope with the laundry of full time cloth so we're doing disposables half the time. The poo goes up his back about half of his poos though! Like the second you feel bum activity you have to get him on the mat immediately and pull his clothes up so they don't get covered! This really doesn't seem sustainable. Is this normal for disposable nappies and how are you supposed to deal with it? Like out in public? And how do you manage the amount of pooey clothes? I only buy supermarket own brand nappies but it happens in Asda, Tesco AND Sainsbury's ones. And they're definitely not a size too small.

Personally I've never rated supermarket brand nappies. Try pampers, they've got the "poo pocket" strip at the back for just the poonami's you describe

They're like 4 times the price though!

Before weaning I definitely found disposables leaked much more than cloth! When we were on holiday we used disposables but with a nappy wrap (actually an empty pocket nappy) on top to catch leaks - if you still have the cloth nappies you could try that? Or different disposables might fit better.

ETA sorry you do still have the cloth ones as you're still using those too, I misread!

I don't think it's nappies per se but the child. My niece was exactly the same. Thankfully, she grew out of it eventually but my DB and SIL just took lots of spare clothes with them everywhere they went.

Tesco's usually have them on offer for £6 a pack instead of the £12/£13 they normally are. Also the jumbo packs are 2 for £20 which is way cheaper than buying the smaller packs. To me they are worth paying the extra for especially when dealing with constant poonami's. My lo has Cmpa so I can relate😅

I used cloth and the occasional disposable for a car journey or something. I found generally the disposables leaked more than the cloth. I'd say go back to full cloth with both kids and work out the laundry!

I don't mean to say that you are lazy or whatever for not keeping up with the cloth, I just found that the laundry of cloth was easier than coping with leaks. Plus if it leaks you are laundering clothes, bedding, car seat cover etc, easier to just launder the nappy! Or try a more expensive brand disposable, yes it's more money, but if it lessens you washing load it will probably balance out. Sorry I guess yes my experience is once you are used to cloth disposables are rubbish!

They're like 4 times the price though!

You work out what's worth it to you. Pampers were worth it to me as they never leaked. The way I saw it we weren't spending on formula and we didn't spend lots on baby things in general. I'd rather have an easy time of it with laundry, especially in a climate where we can't have laundry out for most of the year.

Other people don't get on well with pampers etc. depends on the shape of your child. But everything comes down to what you think is worth it. I couldn't be bothered with endless laundry.

You might need to try different nappies. Certain nappies fit different children better. When my DS was little he had loads of leaks with pampers for example but we switched to Huggies and these fitted him much better so had significantly fewer leaks.

The more expensive nappies are more expensive because they work better. It's worth paying more for nappies and less for destroyed clothes.
Check you are fitting them right - are you doing them up tight enough and do you have the frilly bits at the edges arranged correctly (we called these the poo-catching frills). Is the size correct?
Is the baby breastfed or on formula, and if on formula might a change of brand make a difference?

I never managed to figure out how to stop shit going up their back with disposables. Much preferred cloth to be honest, for that reason mainly.

I must be the only parent that doesn't like pampers! They always leaked on both my babies. I really rate Sainsbury's and Aldi.

DCs are out of nappies now but I'd say they each had poonami events a total of 10-15 times in the 2.5 years they were in nappies. I think it's the child rather than the nappies, friends had babies who had to have full clothing changes all the time. We used Aldi nappies which are cheap and rarely leaked.

I'd put DC1 in pull ups and use cloth for DC2 - that's what we did anyway as no disposable seemed capable of containing DC2's poonamis. Pull ups however have elastic round the top. Then we potty trained asap.

Try different brands. My son leaked with some and not others. And I don't actually think cost is necessarily the decider - I didn't like pampers. But a few different supermarket brands and see if any work better for your baby's shape.
Also, could be that you're not doing the nappies up tight enough or you've sized up too soon??

I had my DD in cloth nappies for this exact reason. Even the cloth nappies wouldn't catch all of it every single time.

I second what a PP says, just use the nappy shell over a disposable.

I mainly used cloth nappies but if we went away I used to buy supermarket disposables and stick a washable wrap over the top of them!

I disagree with those saying pampers I found them shit for poonamies. I had a CMPA baby so was very familiar with them. I found the cloth leaked ( multiple brands), the pampers leaked and most supermarket ones did but the aldi and lidl ones were bulletproof.

I still use them overnight for my 4 year old. I don't live near one any more so go once a month to stock up on the night ones for my older son and a batch for my 2 year old.

Thanks all, I've used a couple of your suggestions. I got pampers more cheaply on a deal, so I'll see whether those are any better. But I've also started putting a nappy wrap over the disposable and haven't had a single poonami since!

My daughters food allergies would have been diagnosed earlier had we not been cloth nappying. They were horrible loose but as we never had any poonamis that my friends all talked about we assumed they weren't that bad. She had 20 poos a day as a new born and probably 5-8 a day at 6 weeks. At 4 months she would go through 3 wraps a day as each poo would be explosive and escape the muslins regardless of the fold. I didn't realise her poos were full of mucus until it went and she had other symptoms like needing utterly miserable permanently.

Escaping poos alone wouldn't be cause for concern for me but I would be checking to see if there are other symptoms and signs that with the poos are a flag for cmpa

That's food for thought. I considered it early on because he was quite miserable and colicky, also refluxy. But he's pretty chilled out and cheerful now at 12 weeks and his reflux is definitely improving. He still does several poos a day though!

from about 7 weeks DS's poos changed and they were often leakers and instant poonamis. we had to get him changed asap and even then pull down bottoms and open vest before laying down to stop it going on clothes. when he was in baby grows it was often multiple leaks onto clothes a day. no brand of nappy seemed to contain it. he wasn't unwell or anything he just naturally had big, looser poos. he started to grow out of it when he started solids. we just went out with lots of supplies and multiple changes of clothes.

My first had poonamis all of the time. We used cloth and disposables with her and it happened regardless. With my second, I was amazed at the difference. Still some poonamis but absolutely nothing like with my first. I think sometimes it depends on the baby!

I completely agree with this. You get what you pay for. I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve had to change clothes after an explosion!