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My 3 1/2 Month Old Leaks at Night

I'm looking for diaper recommendations for my 3 1/2 month old at night. She sleeps about 11 hours and her diapers just can't hold everything. I'm using the Pampers Swaddlers, that have worked well since birth and she has no leaks except at night. Any suggestions on a diaper that will last through the night? She is 15 lbs and the Pampers really do fit well, I just need something more absorbent. Huggies didn't work so well as a newborn, but I'm willing to try again if I hear good things about the larger sizes.

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I tried the Pampers Dry and they definitely held a lot more than the swaddlers, but she still leaked. I'm going to give them a few more days, if she continues to leak, I'm going to have to go up a size, even though it makes me nervous because of the 3 lb weight gap between where she is and where size 3 starts. The pad sounds like a good idea, but I was hoping to get a diaper than can hold and avoid the extra cost of pads. Thanks for all the great responses, I never expected so many. I'm going to keep trying all the ideas until I find something that works.

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Hi there. My recommendation would be to try using a size larger just for night time. I have a 17 month old and that works for her.
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I had the same problem and switched to Huggies for a while, then he started leaking in those so now we are in Pampers BABY DRY!!! These alsways worked well for my daughter

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We swear by Huggies overnights--they've been the only thing we've found that doesn't leak when DD sleeps 12+ hours. They start at size 3--I don't remember if 15 lbs is big enough for them, yet, but they're worth checking out!

Buy the next size up in the diapers she normally wears. We had to do this just for the nighttime diapers and that solved the problem.

Good luck!

Hi V., I'm a mother of 2, grandmother of 7 & come from a family that now totals 52. We have tried all the name brands & found that wal mart White cloud diapers work the best for day & night.
Good luck.

You could also try cloth diapers at night. You could use a pocket diaper and you can put as much absorbency in there as you want. Abbie at Mom's Milk Boutique can help you. (http://momsmilkboutique.com/index.php?PARTNER=hmt90a)

We only use Pampers during the day, but use Huggies Overnights at night.

I had the same problem and switched to Huggies for a while, then he started leaking in those so now we are in Pampers BABY DRY!!! These alsways worked well for my daughter

My 3 week old son was leaking through every diaper and you know he's too small for the overnights. I had an idea of what to do with the free breastpad samples I got from the hospital, since I'm not breastfeeding (he's adopted). I put one on his "goods" and it provides just the right extra absorbency he needs. Not sure if it would work with a girl, but why not try it? I tried maxipads and even double diapering him. Only thing that worked well was the breastpad. Now we use them all night long and no problems! (Well, he doesn't sleep more than 3 hours at a time yet, but when we change him we put on a new breastpad). We did look for "diaper doublers", as my friend used to use them with her son years ago, but couldn't find them.

Try pampers dry or cruisers they are made to hold more. I think she will probabl fit into a size 3. My son use to leak out of swaddlers he slept 11 plus hours as well. Once we switched to pampers dry we didn't have that problem anymore.

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