So I know sposie users tend to change less often.... - Page 2

[gabysmom617]

nak

i am just now transitioning to cloth, getting the hang of changing more frequently.

my babe simply does not pee at night. he sleeps deeply, i check him when he is in bed nursing, and he is always dry as a bone.

but come morning, lookout. he is usually a regular pee machine till about 12 o'clock in the day.

[octobermom]

Strage but true I'm the opposite with cloth I now tend to change about every 2.3-3 hours or if messy shes 3.5 so doesn't wet very often but on the rare occasion shes in a sposie I change at least on the hour more like ever 30-45 because as soon as her pee mixes with the chemicals in the sposie yikes Rash! They are soo not worth it here

[USAmma]

When my dds turned 2 they were wetting less and only went through about 4 diapers a day. BUT one of those was a 12 hour diaper at night, the other three were during the day. It's not like I was letting them sit in it all day long-- they just didn't wet that often as they got older. I'm talking about both cloth and sposie (I used sposie at the end of Nitara's diaper days-- long story). Both of my girls were able to sleep in cloth diapers for 12 hours starting very early on. Nitara eventually needed night sposies because of her tube-feeding-- lots of liquid-- but Abi never needed night time sposies. She did just fine in a ME OS with no extra inserts! And it lasted all night!

I think it's very, very gross that people don't change more often when they are younger though!! I see saggy soggy diapers all the time. It's gross to see a child with a diaper hanging out one leg of her shorts because it's so puffed up. Blech! When we were doing sposies it started to really stink after a couple of hours. I probably changed her more often than cloth because I could smell it.

BTW when I was buying sposies once, I asked this mom who was in that aisle if the generic was as good as the name brand. She said, "Yeah, they work great. There are days I forget to change him all day long, and it still doesn't leak." !!!

[jnmom]

I keep one diaper on all night but I stuff it so it's not half wet! My kids don't poop at night. I was reading a thread (maybe the same one?) and one woman didn't change her kid before/after naps, which irritated me. I guess I change on a schedule, and that includes the privilege of going down for a nap clean, fed and with a clean diaper on. And when they wake up, they get changed again no matter what. Her exact wording was "he gets changed first thing in the morning and then again after his nap, if he's wet enough"

I just love making fun of other people. I'm sure they all make fun of me, too. I love that cloth diapers are "free" and I can just use them over and over... but then again so are disposables for me... since people keep buying them for me thinking we're in dire straits I save them, I have a big supply in the closet for vacations and such... and I do change on the same schedule. I'll have a ton leftover to donate when I'm done, I'm sure

[m9m9m9]

My DD is 23 months and has only had one diaper rash. We use disposable currently (because only recently I have been convinced to try cloth).

The one diaper rash was when she started daycare and they were changing her every 2 hours. The reason the rash occured had nothing to do with the daipers really but the wipes.

The baby wipes were very wet and they used too many, thus the wipe solution was left on my DD and was quite wet, then they put the diaper on, essentially sealing in the moisture. The solution is thicker than water and my theory is it didn't soak into the diaper very quickly and it stayed in contact with the skin thus the diaper rash. So I don't really believe that changing diapers more often during the day will prevent diaper rash as much as I believe that using less wet baby wipes or a wet washcloth will prevent a rash.

Maggie

[Robin926]

A former "friend" of mine once proudly told me that she made her son pee at least 3 times per diaper because they were just too damned expensive. Eww. And she'd go on a day trip, two to three hours from home each way, plus activities.... and not even bring a diaper bag for him. If he pooped, she'd stop and buy a pack of diapers and wipes, but that's it. I babysat him once for about 36 hours (overnight obviously), and she only left like 5 diapers. Poor kid.

[octobermom]

So I don't really believe that changing diapers more often during the day will prevent diaper rash as much as I believe that using less wet baby wipes or a wet washcloth will prevent a rash.

We rarely use disposable wipes only cloth and plain water but my DD will get horrid rashes from disposables if is on her for any length of time. I use disposables wipes when were on the go papmpers sensitive but only is shes had a messy diaper The only time I use them is once a year when we go visit my grandparents for a few days because of the poor area and lack of and sort of laundry facility ect (still have to boil or get buy water for drinking from flood waters) I take disposables huggies ultra trim the only DD that she doen't totally break our with I lather her bum with welda (sp?) diaper guard or unpetrolum and still change at least on the hour or she gets horrible bleeding welts

[earthie_mama]

Mathematics

I soooo know what you mean. I talked to this girl woh "Has to do cloth diapers, b/c her DD's allergic to the 'regular' ones, and is getting rashes and yeast infections" (as the mom makes a disgusted face) but I dont want to b/c they are sooooo gross!
Me: Oh really? you think so? I think it's gross to let your kid sit in bleach all day, plus its waay cheaper, how much do you spend a month in diapers....
Her: $200,
Me: WOw! that's how much I'll spend on DS's whole time in diapers, plus the next one.
Her: Well, my DS gets 6 packs of pull-ups and my DD geta a 74-pack of dipes.
Me: Oh really? wow, most babies make 10-12 dipes a day.
Her: Well, she makes only 8 or so.
Me: that's interesting, because 8 x 30 = a lot more than 74, so 74 divided by 30 = about 2 1/2! Only change her 2-3 times a day? Gee, that's what I call gross......

This person has not called me since lol....sorry to be rude lady, but I can't close my mouth if there's something in it!! (This is the same girl who can't exercise b/c her preg is "high-risk" due to having 3 m/c. but she can smoke 3 packs of cigs a day?? And who "might breastfeed this one, but not on the tit"!! Some people cannot be helped.....)

[Ruthla]

I think I ONCE let my DD stay in the same diaper for about 12 hours- I was moving and pg and completely overwhelmed (or was I moving and newly single with 2 toddlers in diapers and completely overwhelmed?) and I felt horrible when I realized she'd only gone through 2 diapers in 24 hours!

I can't imagine somebody doing that on purpose. I can think of only 1 valid reason to intentionally use only 2-3 diapers in 24 hours: potty training/EC!!!!!

[Samjm]

When DD was younger, we'd go through probably about 12 diapers day. (We started in 'sposies and then changed to cloth)

Now that she's older, she doesn't pee as frequently. We go through about 6 diapers a day (including one all nighter). It is not like she's sitting in a soaking wet dipe, but we only change on average every 3 hours.

I've even kept the same (cloth) dipe on DD for over 6 hours before. Everytime I checked her, she was still bone-dry. No need to change her.

[amysuen]

When we used disposables (our journey to where we are today is a long story) I didn't change as often as I should have. Part of it is that it's hard to tell when they're wet until they're soaked, and part of is was trying to get my money's worth out of each one. I'm SO glad I can change as often as I want without worrying about wasting money now!

[~Scapegoat~]

We change hourly and ds is a bit over 2. We dont change at night though unless ds wakes up (which is rare) so he has a diaper on for 12 hours at night. Its like clockwork here, if you smell a poopie you change the diaper asap. If its been an hours since the last change then you change him. Even when we had to use sposies for 4 days because of a rash issue (which we figured out it was the apple juice!) we still changed him every hour. I really dont think people step back and realize that their kids are sitting in a cup full (or two) of urine. How is that not gross?

[Synchro246]

When my son is in cloth I change him asap after any elimination takes place. From NB to 8 months that would be like 12 diapers a day minus however many pee catches I made.
Now that he's 15 months and resistant to the potty and diaper changes we use more disposables and when we do I generally change them every 2-3 pees which is about every 3-4 hours. I have to admit : that when we are super busy he will be in a diaper longer. He doesn't pee as much when we are busy thankfully. When he outgrew my good super absorbent bunnyhugs diapers I switched to sposies at night and he would fill it pretty full and I would catch one big morning pee. Now he has been holding his pee even thru night nursings so he will be dry occasionally by morning. I need to go to the ec board and get some input on getting him and I back in the swing of catching that morning pee.

[Clarinet]

That's just bizarre. I changed to cloth because we were going through so many disposable diapers and they cost twice as much in Canada as they did in the U.S. Plus, using 8-10 a day, she was still rashy. Never once did it occur to me to just change her twice! I'm too lazy to find that barf smiley.

[firstkid4me]

I'm switching to cloth right now, and with disposables, we change Emily 4-6 times a day, depending on how much she goes. Sometimes she doesn't drink much during the day because we're so busy, so she doesn't wet many diapers. Some mornings though, when she gets up, her diaper is hanging off of her because of reverse cycling with nursing. I don't change her at night, so she's in her diaper from bath time until after she wakes up. Some mornings it's hardly soiled, and other mornings it's soaked. It's hit or miss with this child, lol.

How do you know if they've soiled cloth diapers? I did cloth today (with 2 Gerber prefolds in vinyl pants, not too fun, but I needed practice with folding) and they were very wet when I changed her, which was nearly every 2-3 hours. Now, I realize it may be because they're cheap, but I do need to know how to check without holding her to the side and taking a peek.

[mollyeilis]

off topic

Originally Posted by firstkid4me

How do you know if they've soiled cloth diapers? I did cloth today (with 2 Gerber prefolds in vinyl pants, not too fun, but I needed practice with folding) and they were very wet when I changed her, which was nearly every 2-3 hours. Now, I realize it may be because they're cheap, but I do need to know how to check without holding her to the side and taking a peek.

What is she wearing? If she's in a top and bottom, just put your finger down the front (or back? I don't know for a girl baby LOL) and see if it's wet. If wearing a onesie, I would put a finger in the leghole of the onesie and cover, to see if it's wet.

You might also get to know the signals she makes when she is about to pee or when she is peeing. I personally was never able to tell when DS was about to pee or had peed, but many others could figure it out with their kids.

In fact, if you're not doing anything outside of the house, you could let her be in the Gerber dipe, no cover, and just a shirt, and that way you find out *immediately* when she's peeing, and you can change her ASAP.

[aisraeltax]

im getting beyond disgusting! the sposies we have are just gross when i change him. in cloth, all poop seems to be around his bum and i can use the excess cloth from the diaper to wipe off the excess. with teh sposie, the poop is everywhere! adn there is no excess diaper to use to help wipe, so i have to use 2-3 wipes. sometimes with the cloth, i really dont have to use the wipes but i do b/c i have some EO's in the dipe water that are good for his skin (only when he poops, not when he pees). now when i change the sposie, its the most disgusting thing.
and i have changed his clothes so many more times in sposies than i ever have in cloth. they just leak really badly. i admit that some days he will end up in the same shirt that he started in the day before b/c well...there was no reason to cahnge it and it wasnt bath day.
my septic man is coming today to fix the tank so hopefully i can get back in cloth. please, please please!!!

[PancakeGoddess]

eeew, 12 hours is a lot.

When we've used disposables, we've gone a lot longer than with cloth because the toddler really hates to be changed, and we can get away with letting him go longer than in cloth. I have my limits though!

I certainly don't hold off changing him bc of money, since I know we're already saving so much by using cloth 99% of the time.

[eirual]

and i have changed his clothes so many more times in sposies than i ever have in cloth. they just leak really badly

What's up with that?!?! I had my DS in a sposie because we were heading out and he was having some serious diarreah (teething related I think) and I thought they might help contain it and save me from washing so many covers since he was pooping like 7 times a day. We went to the flower shop and he EXPLODED!! all down his legs, EVERYWHERE.....and it wasn't even that big of a poop! I walked him home naked since I didn't bring a change of pants.

How do things that leave such tight red marks around legs leak that much?!

Man I love my cottons!

[Annemarie4]

I used sposies with my daughter and I changed her as often as I change my son who is in cloth-- every 2-3 hours during the day (or as needed, of course) and not at night unless he wakes up. He wears disposables at daycare 3 days a week and they change him every 2 hours.
But I do know of folks doing that-- yuck.