Changing nappy at night

[LittleOne76]

Just curious, do you change your DC's nappy at night, assuming NO leaks, poos, spit up etc...? I'm posting this in sleep as the rationale for not changing is to not stir the little ones too much.

Assuming the nappy isn't soiled then I don't tend to change my DS' nappy... Which means he can be in the same one for almost 12 hours sometimes. It's full when it does come off. I just wondered if this is what other people do or do you make a point of changing during one of the night time feeds?

If there's no pooh, I leave it on all night.

This is what I did from very early. Least disruption the better I think!

With PFB I used to change it at every night feed. With DS2 I couldn't be bothered! Co-slept, fed lying down and barely woke myself so no chance I was going to wake him!

No, never

I stopped changing once they started staying poo free overnight (4 months ish?)

Obviously change if I notice a smell/leak/wriggling discomfort. Normal morning nappies are about as sodden as the nappy will hold though, since babies feed all night, on and on and on and on and on and on ....

I change her in her sleep, she never wakes up. I don't want her in discomfort from a wet nappy or getting nappy rash.

She would wake up roaring if I let her soak, when shes awake she won't sit in piss at all. I wouldn't want her to either.

Nope I leave him. Doesn't seem to bother him, he wakes up smily and no rash. If he's pooed I'll change him but only if I'm sure he has and not just farted. Classy chick!

I change at the dream feed around 10/11pm then not until 7am. Used to do it every feed when DS was first born, but now no way! Not worth waking him up and doesn't seem to bother him unless it's a big poo

I changed pfb DD at every feed till she was about six months old.
Then I realised that if she just had one overnight feed her nappy wouldn't leak, but more than that and it would leak. So I left her at the first feed and if she woke a second time for a feed I changed her then.

I'm expecting DC2 and will probably do the same.

No, 7pm to 7am one nappy. I'd rather sort out a leak in the morning than do a night change. No nappy rash here either. I do smother on lotion for the bedtime nappy though. I tried those Pampers extra dry or whatever they're called and found no difference.

Never did unless a leak or poo. Never had any nappy rash either.

I dont. My DD is now 4 months but I don't think she has poo'ed at night since she was newborn. I haven't changed her at night since she was about 3 weeks old.

Her nappy is full by the morning though! And we just use Lidl nappies with no problems! It doesn't seem to bother her and no rash problems, though I give her a layer of sudocream on her bum before bed!

Never bothered unless there was a poop. Some mornings the nappy felt like a watermelon. Never a rash or any sort of problem. I used disposables. I was always determined to get them back to sleep in the night after a feed and thought changing them would disturb them too much and also wake me up fully -- co-sleeping and not changing meant more sleeping for me.

I had ointment called A&D that was made of fish oil and had the same tube for about 6 years. I used it if any of them were sitting in a poo for a while in the car.

DS is 4 months. I don't usually change him at night unless he's smelly or leaked. Or, like last night, he had a tummy ache and kept waking crying (and farting and pooing). Then I changed him at 3am.

But usually, even when he feeds 3 or 4 times a night () the nappy doesn't leak and he doesn't mind full nappies.

DD has only ever pooed at night once. And that was the only time I did a night time nappy change. In fact, unless she poos, she'll only have 3 nappies in a 24 hour period. I can't understand these 10-nappy-a-day people, seems like an unnecessary waste, and must cost them a fortune. If your baby's nappy is regularly leaking, you need to go up a size!

I wouldn't like to sit in a wet nappy all day, why on earth would I expect my baby to? She complains when wet because it is uncomfortable and I have never allowed her to get used to it.

It's pure laziness not to take a few seconds out of your time to ensure they are comfortable and happy. I hate seeing babies left in drenched nappies, never seen a happy, well cared for child subjected to that. I know quite a few people who treated their children like that and they were neglected in other ways as well. It also affects them when they are older and potty training, they have problems because they are used to being wet and don't notice it. These are the five year olds (non special needs ones) who are still in nappies when starting school.

Yep, that's me, neglectful mum. Pass me some vodka.

That's quite judgemental bobbledunk. I changed nappies rarely at night with both DS and DD and both were fully potty trained by the time they were 2.5. And not sure quite what you mean about being neglected in other ways.

Just if there's a poo. It's not about being lazy - its about not disturbing the child and getting them used to sleeping through. I think modern nappies are designed to soak up that much wee and the wetness is drawn away from the skin so I don't think there's any discomfort involved. Certainly never caused any rash.

And dd trained at 2.1 thanks bobble so I don't think it held her back at all.

I haven't changed my little one's nappy between 7 and 7 since he was about 3 and a half months - and I only did it then at 11pm dream feed to wake him enough to take it. I would of course change if poopy or leaking. When he was tiny I would change it during the night at each feed to wake him up or when he had pooped. The nappies are so good now - his skin barely even feels damp when I change him at 7am. We use Pampers baby dry and they do seem bit betterthn the usual Pampers for sure. He has never had any sort of nappy rash and I don't use sudocrem. He doesn't seem bothered by it at all - if he was I would change him!

And me Bobbledunk, complete lazy arse since DS does not wake up more than three times a night (aged about three months or so). Nothing to do with the fact that I don't want to disrupt his sleep or really waking him as changing the nappy would do.
DS does not poo at night anyway.
He is 16 months now, nappy real wet in the morning but I really don't see the point of bothering him at night o change his nappy.

Another lazy, neglectful parent here Bobble -- mine were all trained by 2.6/7 (used the toilet training in a week method, whipped the nappies off them when we got started and never put another back on). It would have taken hours to get any of them back off to sleep at night after a change; it would definitely not have been merely a matter of just the few seconds it takes to change a nappy. I would have been well and truly knackered, and since I ended up with five DCs that would have had seriously negative consequences for a lot more people than just me or the baby. None of them ever suffered a rash despite only going through one tube of fishy smelling ointment in 6 years.