How many hrs for overnight diaper change (disposables)?

[lkmiscnet]

I'm just curious to know how many hours you go before you change your baby's disposable diaper after sleeping at night...

I have a 3.5 mo old son.

I put him to bed around 9-10pm and I have waited as long as 9-10 hours before putting a new diaper on him overnight because I'm just so exhausted in the middle of the night and desperate for a few more hours of sleep. I'm worried that if I change him in the middle of the night, he won't go back to sleep. I'm single parenting too, so having DH do it is not an option. I feel like a terrible mom to let him go that long, but I also need those extra few hours of sleep... Is there anything wrong with that? I have paid my penance a few times with diaper leaks and then having to do a load of laundry!

Linda

[fruitfulmomma]

I haven't used disposables for awhile, but I think you're pretty normal. I do pretty much the same with cloth. For the first few months I will change them when they wake to eat but once they are sleeping longer hours I don't change them unless they are poopy which is really rare.

[mysticmomma]

we don't change wet diapers at night. Especially disposables. If it wakes the baby, sure we change it and make babe comfortable. Poop is a different story.

[Juliacat]

I've never used disposables but with cloth, as long as she wasn't poopy, I usually let her sleep through the night without changing her. She never got rashy as long as I let her air out the next day, and we both needed the sleep.

[octobermom]

We use/used sposies at night once my Child slept all night shes slept in the same diaper till morning it was the same when/if we used cloth. IF shes was messy and we were aware of course she got changed but we didn't wakea sleeping baby. I'd change her ASAP in the morning though.

Deanna

[Ceinwen]

My dd is 21 months and wears sposies (huggies supreme) and I change her after probably 7-8 hours... Not because I wake her up to change her, but the child has NEVER slept more than 3-4 hours at a go... So when she wakes up at 3 or 4 AM, I give her a quick change before trying to get her to go back down. I'd never wake a sleeping kid to change their diaper, unless wetness and rashiness were issues. Some kids can tolerate middle of the night diaper changes - neither of mine could! They were ANGRY at the intrusion on their sleep, lol.

[lkmiscnet]

I wouldn't wake him just to change his diaper. It's if he is already making sounds and needs to be fed, that is when I'm wondering if I should change him.

I actually tried that at 4:30am this morning, knowing that I wanted to go back to sleep at least until 8:30/9am. His diaper had been changed before bed at 9pm, so that would have meant a 12 hour diaper change gap.

He ended up crying on the changing table, but did calm down once I nursed him and we did go back to sleep. He doesn't cry at all at night, so I didn't like causing it.

So, after trying that experiment, I'm not sure it's worth it to get him all upset and risk him not going back to sleep. I just feel a bit neglectful in letting him stay in a 12 hour urine soaked diaper, though the gel seems to do a good job or absorbing it all. It is quite heavy when I take it off, that's for sure.

I guess soon enough he will hopefully be sleeping longer stretches and I won't be as tired.

Linda

[myfairbabies]

I have a 3.5 month old too, and she generally goes 12 hours, usually I use cloth but when I use a disposable it's the same. We've never had leaks, and she doesn't get rashy from it (her bum actually looks the best in the mornings!). Don't feel bad, I don't think the baby cares!