S.N. asks from Auburn, WA on December 12, 2008
Help with Poopy Diapers
Hi Moms! I need your help again. My 6 1/2 month old is teething, he got his bottom 2 front teeth 2 weeks ago and now seems to be teething again. When he's teething, he seems to have very big poopy diapers. The last couple of days have been up and down, one day no poops and the next day 3 or 4 very big poops, the nurse said that this is normal but is there something I could be doing to not have to poop go everywhere. He's 19.5lbs and 27.5", sitting up on his own and starting to crawl backwards (hasn't quite figured out the forward part yet), he's in size 3 diapers Huggies Brand. Should I try a different diaper? different size? Sorry to be so discriptive but the poop goes up his back, sometimes to his neck and even to his socks, it's all over his clothes so I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced this and if there was anyway to avoid the mess. We're traveling to Chicago in a week so hopefully I can figure something out before the 4 hour flight(I have lots of clothes but hopefully I won't have to use them!) Thanks for all of your help!!!
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Thank you so much for all of the wonderful advice. I'm going to buy some of the plastic diapers for the plane for sure and we're going to try a different brand of diapers as soon as we run out of the Huggies. It's so nice to know that this kind of stuff happens to other moms. I just love this site so much. Thank you for all of the help!
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K.F. answers from Los Angeles on December 13, 2008
When this started happening with both kids I switched to Pampers and Luvs (both made by the same people). I had much better luck and way less poop and pee leaks. Also, go buy some of those plastic diaper covers. They even make plastic covered training underpants that will soak up stuff if it makes it out of the diaper. These all help a ton!!! I could only find them at Kmart. Good luck!!!
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D.L. answers from San Diego on December 13, 2008
The homeopathic Conium in a 30c is great for this! You can get it in a 30c at your local health food store or at CVS. If you want to read about homeopathy, go to www.bluedominoes.com. There is a link to a Homeopathy Overview on the bottom left hand side.
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J.S. answers from Los Angeles on December 12, 2008
I found huggies to be leaky as well and switched to pampers. You can also put the plastic diaper covers over for a little more containment. make sure that the diaper size is right, you don't want lots of extra room.
R.R. answers from Los Angeles on December 13, 2008
THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MY SON!!! Including the trips back home to Chicago! I'm looking forward to reading the responses and advice you receive! Thanks for sending this question!
N.S. answers from San Diego on December 13, 2008
I think that it is about finding a diaper that fits different. We tried a lot just to avoid the poop explosions. The best we found for keeping the poop in its place were the generic Wal-Mart diapers and we tried everything. I think that it is about how the diapers fit your baby, so what works for me may not work for you. However, I will say that we had the worst luck with Huggies. We bought some again the other day because we were out of town and went to a convenience store and that was all they had and she leaked every night that she wore them. I was so happy when that pack was finished!
K.F. answers from Los Angeles on December 13, 2008
When this started happening with both kids I switched to Pampers and Luvs (both made by the same people). I had much better luck and way less poop and pee leaks. Also, go buy some of those plastic diaper covers. They even make plastic covered training underpants that will soak up stuff if it makes it out of the diaper. These all help a ton!!! I could only find them at Kmart. Good luck!!!
D.M. answers from Los Angeles on December 12, 2008
I used Huggies too, and tried other diapers when it seemed to poop was always going everywhere. The Pediatrician told me to go down a size, and to make sure to afix the adhesive tightly around the waste. He showed me that I was leaving gaps in the back. This could the be the case? At any rate, it happened with every diaper I tried and finally went back to Huggies and made sure I used the appropriate size and tightly fastened.
Good Luck!
S.B. answers from San Diego on December 13, 2008
Try the pampers or Luvs they seem to hold more : )
It is natural and it'll pass. My daughter did the same and it can be messy. We switched diaper brands and it helped also.
S.O. answers from San Diego on December 13, 2008
Whenever my kids start to leak a lot, that's when I know it's time to move up to the bigger size. My son used to always leak out the back when he had runny poop from teething. But that also coincided with a growth spurt too so it was definitely time to move up a size. We liked Luvs best with him.
My kids would always be right in the middle of the recommended weight listed on the diaper package when it was time to move up to the bigger size.
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