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Best Diapers for Infant Girl.

I have a 5 month old little girl. We are currently using Pampers diapers. She sleeps through the night usually at least 9 hours. Nearly every morning she wakes up wet all up her front side. She does roll over and sleep on her belly during the night. I am wondering if anyone else has had this problem or could suggest a brand of diaper that maybe better. We used Huggies with our boy and never had this problem....he also didn't sleep through the night until 18 months old though.

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My youngest does the same thing and the only diaper I've found that keeps him dry all night is Huggies Overnights. I buy one size up for more protection. Since we started using these I do a lot less laundry!

SAHM of seven

I just read a snippet in Parenting magazine about this exact problem! The mom from the article put a maxi pad across the inside top of the diaper to absorb the extra pee at night (her daughter was a stomach sleeper, too). She said it worked great!

We have used Target diapers since my daughter was born. She was a pretty big baby & really soaked her diapers. They are a great value, and we hardly ever have diapers leak through. I tried pampers and luvs and went right back to Target brand.

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Hi-If you are still having issues with your disposables leaking at night, I would recommend using cloth All-In-Ones with a doubler. My son sleeps 11-12 hours with no leaks! Just a suggestion. :)

My daughter just woke up this morning soaked! I think at night we will put her in a size bigger then she is in now so we can use the Pampers baby dry instead of the swaddlers, there is no need to wake her though.

I was always told Huggies for boys, Pampers for girls, we tried Huggies with both our girls and they both had leaks and "bunching" in places. My oldest daughter saw that I was putting Huggies on the baby and she said "oh no leaks"

M.,

We use Huggies at night and Luvs during the day with our 9 month old daughter. I didn't really have any problems with Pampers though. She did leak through one day last week with the Huggies because she is now playing on her belly in the morning.

You could always put her in a size bigger at night, that way there is more room.

I have had lousy experiences with Luvs, Target, Huggies and Pampers. I used cloth diapers for my first child, and this solved the problem (using extra padding in the middle during the night), but with my second baby I was working and didn't have time to wash and fold diapers. I now swear by Especially for Baby brand diapers (the brand put out by Babies R Us and also sold at Toys R Us). They have a "Supremes" line that is for overnight or extended use, it works wonderfully, and it costs much less than the other brands except for maybe Target brand.

My daughter leaked out of Pampers too, so we switched to Huggies as a bunch of people on Mamasource recommended. She leaked out of those too. After trying a few other brands, I finally I took the suggestion of another mom and went up one diaper size at night. She hasn't leaked since! You may want to try going up a size if she continues to leak :)

My youngest does the same thing and the only diaper I've found that keeps him dry all night is Huggies Overnights. I buy one size up for more protection. Since we started using these I do a lot less laundry!

SAHM of seven

My 11 month old daughter has used Pampers her whole life and she used to have incredibly full diapers (nursed through night) and also rolls herself onto her belly, but they never leaked. It could be that he just needs a larger sized diaper?

Switch to Huggies overnight diapers.

When our son was around this age we had a very similar problem. We switched to Huggies supreme diapers during the day and use Huggies Overnight diapers at bedtime. We have had minimal leaking problems since then.

Another tactic is to buy one size up from what your son is in. We are always ahead a size on diapers -- that way you can fasten them tighter and they absorb a little more.

Good Luck.

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