Nappies vs Nappy Pants

[Sprinklesjelly]

When did you switch from nappies to nappy pants?

FTM and DS is 8 months old, around 18lb, and currently in size 3 Pampers. He wriggles like mad during changes and I’m wondering if nappy pants would make life easier, but I’ve also heard they can be more expensive and not as good for leaks overnight.

Did you find pull-ups worth it at this stage, or did you stick with regular nappies until potty training?

thanks!

We changed to nappy pants at about 14months due to having a wriggler - as soon as he could walk (12-13months) he was a nightmare for nappy changes and we found pants easier. But we went back to nappies at nighttime because we find they hold more. He is in size 6nappies, and quite often soaks through by morning, but in nappy pants he was soaking through by about 2am (he still has a lot of milk at bed time, we are working on it..)

Pull ups are when you are about to potty train or as night pants when day dry

Much prefer pull ups, DS been in them from size 5 which was around 11 months I think. He’s such a wriggler we have to take off shoes and trousers each time anyway as otherwise they’d get poo on them!

How do you manage changing a messy poo nappy if they're standing up? Doesn't it go everywhere?

My mother and sister stuck with nappies until potty training. I would say its good to try new things and see what works.

I used a mixture from 9 months, nappies if we were out & about, then pull ups at home & overnight, I used more pull ups during the summer when it was easier to pop a pair of shorts off without having to mess around taking shoes off. We went full time when he was 18 months old until he was toilet trained fully during the day by 3.5 & completely dry a couple of months later.

Pull-ups are a complete waste of money, and if you think putting a nappy on a wriggling/ squirming baby is hard, try to imagine putting one on a standing baby who has decided to go all spaghetti legs on you or just won't lift a foot to stick it through the opening.

Try to make your LO stop wriggling around during changes.
Have your wipes and next nappy ready to go before you start (nappy unfolded and laid out in the right direction to quickly put on, wipes out of the packet and ready - one for pee, at least four for poo). Take off/ pull down the trousers before laying him or her on the changing table. Don't be reaching around for necessary items or fumbling with the new nappy while baby is on the changing table.

As with a nappy, you check first and if you see poop when you peek down the back of the nappy (or smell it) then you opt for a horizontal change instead.

He still has to lie down for poo changes, at home he doesn’t mind doing that, when out and about I usually am lucky enough to have an extra set of hands to hold one leg up at a time for a standing change . Just still find the pull ups easier to get on him and comfy for him around his waist .

As others said its putting the new one on, not taking the old one off that’s the problem. I also opted for lying down nappy changes for poo as it’s too messy standing up. I always dreaded a poo nappy change somewhere where we couldn’t lie down which gets trickier when your child is too big for baby change tables.

We switched to nappy pants around that age because my son was too wriggly. No regrets. They’re a bit more expensive (but not enough that we minded) and you have to take their trousers off fully to change them, but putting on the tape ones was equal hassle to me.

Never had any problems with them not holding enough. My son is now 4 and wears normal daytime nappy pants overnight and they still don’t leak.

That’s a whole other thread, change tables with ridiculously low weight/age limits! Some are 11kg or 1 year. Surely most 13 month olds aren’t steady enough on their feet for standing nappy changes??

Yes, it’s ridiculous isn’t it. My child has a slight disability and wasn’t standing until after 2 years and walking until after 2.5 years so it has gotten challenging to change her out and about, especially for a poo. I couldn’t even do a standing nappy change for wee until after 2 by which time she was officially too big for most changing tables.

My child is 18 months, fairly standard development but quite big (average weight of a 2 year old). I haven’t attempted standing nappy changes yet as to me it seems more complicated, but like you we are starting to find he is too big for some change tables. It’s mad that these places done even cater for average babies, let alone anyone with any kind of disability.

Never. Didn't understand why I would. Never did standing up nappy changes, find that all a bit gross. Kept nappy changes as nappy changes, lying down on the mat, until they were potty trained (22 months and 24 months)

We mostly used cloth (they have pull-up versions too) but stuck with side fastening all the way to potty training at age 2 for both kids when using cloth and disposables. They always lay down for changes, on a travel mat when out and they gave a good fit and didn't require much clothing removal for changes. They were also very different to pants so it kept the novelty of pants for potty training.

My childminder hated pull-ups too.