Comments on: The Nighttime Disposable Diaper Dilemma

By: Green Baby Guide | Cloth Pull Ups and Night Potty Training A Preschooler

Green Baby Guide | Cloth Pull Ups and Night Potty Training A Preschooler — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:01:52 +0000

[...] I love cloth diapers, and have used them since my four year old’s infancy. Unfortunately, we had problems early on with nighttime leaking and yeast infections with cloth diapers. Finally, we reluctantly switched from cloth to disposables diapers for bedtime. [...]

By: Eric Lee

Eric Lee — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:03:27 +0000

Thanks of your post .That is very helpful information.Thanks you.

By: Leighann of Multi-Minding Mom

Leighann of Multi-Minding Mom — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:12:36 +0000

Funny you should mention this…I was just thinking about this and whether or not we should try a cloth diaper at night.

We cloth diaper by day (pocket diapers), but we also use disposables at night (Huggies Overnites). Quite frankly our sleep is too valuable and my kids are heavy night time wetters. I don’t want any of us waking up if we don’t have to.

Six cloth and one disposable per day. I don’t feel one bit guilty.

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:44:04 +0000

We use a Bum Genius with either a thick prefold and a micro fleece doubler or the fleece insert and doubler and this usually works for our 7 month-old.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:51:07 +0000

We had this same issue when we switched to cloth. Here is what works for us:
One-size 3.0 Bum Genius with the BG microfiber insert along with a hemp insert (underneath the microfiber insert because the microfiber absorbs liquid much more quickly). You can also just use 2 microfiber inserts (the full ones, not the infant ones), but I think hemp is supposed to be even more absorbent.

My son used to be a very heavy night nurser (before we night-weaned him) and this method worked at least 95% of the time. We had previously had regular leaks with disposables, but it got even worse when we first switched to cloth. I have also heard that fleece covers (like the Sugar Peas Windpro Fleece Cover) or wool covers work great to stop leaks.

For those with sensitive bums (like one of the commenters mentioned above), I would really recommend a microfleece diaper like BumGenius. My son is very rash prone and gets a red bottom during the day wearing cotton if we do not change him fairly often, so the microfleece works really well for him at night — his bottom even feels dry in the morning! Another cheaper option for a dry bottom plus greater absorbency is a doubler/liner made of microfleece that goes against the baby’s skin in combo with cotton or whatever you usually use. BG makes one (http://www.jilliansdrawers.com/products/clothdiapers/insertsdoublers/doublers/staydrydoublersfrombumgenius3pack)
I haven’t used it yet myself, but plan to try it with the newborn we are expecting when he/she is too small for a good BG fit.

By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:27:13 +0000

Our son actually pees through disposables and never leaks with cloth. We use either a Very Baby Simply Nights fitted, Baby Beehinds fitted, Green Acre Designs fleece pocket, Bagshot Row Bamboo Tucked in All Night, or a BamBooty Baby nighttime AIO. We use one of these coupled with a Dancing Bear nighttime fleece cover. NEVER a leak. Ever.

By: heather

heather — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:40:28 +0000

ugh…i’m with you on this! we’re a disposable-at-night family, too, unfortunately. our little guy has such sensitive skin that keeping him in a cloth all night brings a sunburn-like bottom by the morning from all the wetness we’re thinking of trying the new gcloths, though…maybe now that he’s a little older, he can handle it?

so, even though i don’t have any solutions for you…i can at least provide some company!

By: d

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:37:01 +0000

I use a BG one size also and had some leak problems once my little one started sleeping on her tummy. I use a hemp liner inside next to her skin and problem solved!

By: Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:41:27 +0000

I like the BG 3.0 one size with both the regular and infant inserts in there. This usually cuts it for my 12 mo now that he doesn’t nurse more than once per night. We generally don’t have leaks. If we are traveling or have a sitter we sometimes use Huggies overnights one size bigger than he wears.

I’d also love suggestions for 4-5 yo night wetters. Older son is in Pull-ups that sometimes leak.

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Twitted by charliekelsey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:52:19 +0000

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