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15 Month Old Leaky Poopy Diaper Every Morning!

My 15 month old daughter has been having poopy diapers that leak every morning. It is like she poops as soon as she wakes up and her diaper is already full plus her stool has always been a little on the runny side. So, every morning for the past week and half the poop leaks out the back of the diaper and around the legs. I have tried Huggies Overnight diapers and also moved up a size and that didn't work.
I asked her pediatrician about the soft stool and she said as long as it wasn't frequent it wasn't an issue. (It is not frequent; she poops 2-3 times a day and usually not after the early afternoon.)
Is there anything I can do about the morning leaks? She sleeps for 12 hours so I know that is a long time for a diaper to last but I don't really want to have to wake her in the middle of the night or early morning but am tired of doing laundry every morning!

What can I do next?

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Try overnight diapers. My boys were always soaking thru regular diapers at night. Also I agree, she may have allergies.

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Maybe you could try a pull up? Some of the pull up sizes are quite small and that might work. I know you have already tried to go up a size, maybe try up another size just for nighttime use?? Does your little one drink juice? We realized apple juice was the culprit behind our lo's blow out diapers at night. NO FUN. If u find a solution, please let us other mama's know.

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Are you sure that's when she's pooping? Early in the a.m.? I don't think kids poop in their sleep so figure out when it's happening and try to change her right away.
I used to be the master of middle-of-the-night diaper changes--my son never even woke up 99% of the time.

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I agree with middle of the night changes, also you could try moving up to the next size diaper. I had to do that with my older one for night because he would pee so much that he would often leak even if I changed him at night.

I'm wondering if she has food allergies. Really pay attention to what she is eating, and what days she has the loose stool. You may be able to remove the offender from her diet.

We use Fisher Price overnight diapers. The are only sold at BRUs 5.99 for 20 size 3. We have tried them all and this is the only one my daughter didn't pee thru in her 12 hr sleep. They are the best on the market. Hope it helps.

you shouldn't have to wake her just change her diaper once when u get up to go potty during the night so when she does go its not real full

This was an exact post I had when my son was 4 months old. Basically the only thing that helped was switching to cloth diapers. I know it's not for everyone, but it's help soooo much. The ONLY TWO TIMES he's had a blow out since switching was when he was sick and was PURE watery poop.
I like cloth just because of how much money I save with them, but since you are so close to probably potty training you could do just night time CDing. It's well worth it. If you'd like any info you can personal message me or you can check out my blog
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Maybe try putting 2 diapers on her or the plastic training pants over her diaper.

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