Nappies that last through the night

[Chianna]

My DB (8.5 months) wakes every morning soaking wet through because his 12 hour stay dry nappies do not last him twelve hours. We don't want to change the nappy during the night as we are trying to encourage him to sleep through. Does anyone have any suggestions of nappies that will deal with a heavy wetter through the night.

We use terries BUT...... have been reading your post and pondering....

Mother care do disposable pads that are supposed to be inserted into their cloth nappies to make extra absorbant. Could you put these into disposables?

Terries ROCK by the way

Terries definately "ROCK". I've always used them, and they're the best solution for heavy wetters. I use a kite fold with another nappy pad folded on top for nights, and DS sleeps right through with no leaks.

We use pre-folds with a washable pad and they work OK for DS (21 months).

Bamboo nappies work well over night with a reliable cover - like a rikki. Or try a good stuffable with a gusset like a lollipop rainbow or minki. Stuff with a terry or reg prefold. An totsbots easyfit will need extra boosting for a really heavy wetter but a two parter will do the job really well.

If you are using stay dry disps then there is not alot of room for change! Would only recommend changing to cloth where you have many more options. Is it something you have considered? Try your local nappy network or council for a trial kit if a dedicated disp user then you can try it out first.

I do use terries during the day but switched to disposables as they just weren't doing the job overnight despite extra layers etc. I may need to revisit them thanks to your advice.

Chianna, I have a v heavy wetting baby too (10 months old), and I have found the best night time nappy for her is the huggle by minky. I use the slinky minky/regular minky/ lollipop rainbow pocket nappies on my 2 year old overnight, but they are not enough for the baby.

The huggle is v absorbant and has a section that you can stuff a booster into ( I stuff with a newborn terry) and then I use a larger than normal wrap on top as it is massive!! (I use a motherease popper wrap over this nappy as the nappy is so thick I find the velcro wrap doesn't come 'in' again at the top edge around her tummy IYSWIM, and then can leak).

If they are all in the wash I do sometimes just put a biodegradeable pad, like the mothercare ones, inside her normal daytime nappy (onelife or similar in our case) and this is usually enough too in terms of absorbancy.

She does still wake during the night but I don't change her now, unless I can smell something of course!, as I want her to get used to not being changed, and hopefully sleeping through!

A vote for Upsy Daisy Soy night nappies here!

Wee Notions Night Notions, Holden's Landing Bedbugs, Baby Beehinds...

This might seem a bit obvious but have you tried putting him in the next size up disposable nappy at night? I had to do this for my DS as he was always wet in the morning and it worked for me.

We use terries at night - DD is 15 months - and as she's got bigger, we've started using two terries with a microfibre booster inbetween the terry layers. Motherease airflow wrap over the top.

Her bum looks very big in this (and we've had to get the next size up in wraps) but it does seem to keep her dry overnight.