Once the apnea/heart rate monitors came off, it became a priority to have the babies sleep through the night. In order to function and care for the babies during the day, sleep was a must. So, the babies got on a schedule. We worked with our pediatrician who let us know when the babies were ready for this transition. As parents, we were ready!
We were so fortunate that our babies took to the schedule and in a matter of a couple of weeks, they were sleeping peacefully through the night most nights. Whenever anyone assumes we get no sleep, I let them know that we can’t complain. Our babies sleep through the night.
The issue we did encounter was diaper leakage with the boys. Capri’s diapers held up through the night but the boys’ did not. So, we figured that we should just keep trying until we found the right brand of diapers. And try we did. I think we have tried just about every major brand and store brand of diapers. We tried all the twelve hour ‘night time’ diapers. Those boys urine shot straight up, leaving their chests soaking wet.
We wanted to solve this problem, rather than go back to waking up and changing them throughout the night, disrupting their sleep and ours. So, we tried an unorthodox solution, women’s maxi pads. I sometimes forgot to explain this to people who came to visit and they undoubtedly thought it was pretty odd that I kept ‘my‘ maxi pads under the changing table! This worked to a point. But, there were still accidents. We had to position those pads just right to avoid the geyser of urine from spraying upward.
Then, my Mom came up with an ingenious solution. We tried putting two diapers on each of the boys at night. This extra diaper succeeded in cinching the top of the diaper, preventing leakage and the second diaper did not even get wet. They wear two diapers each to this day, and if you have a boy with leakage issues, I highly recommend this method. It has helped them to stay dry, and in the morning, voila, there is a second diaper ready to put on as the other one comes off! It helps to make each day a little more efficient.
If you have tips to prevent diaper leaks, please comment and share them.
We use a size bigger at night with our twin boys. In the beginning, we made sure to always tuck.
That's a great idea. : 0 )
We just point his little manhood down and never had a problem. 😉
Love it!
We started tucking his boy part in after our first situation of pee coming out straight up on his chest through the diaper – then our pediatrician recommended it at our first appointment. Now that he's older (15 1/2 months) – really starting at about 13 months when he started leaking through his overnight diaper – we started using a size larger at night – and using the overnight diapers – we found we like the Huggies overnight diapers – and having the size larger than his regular diapers did the trick. We love the Target brand diapers during the day – just a tip – saves us a ton! 🙂 I love your story!!! I'm a twin and just think it is so neat you have 4! 🙂
Hi Bruffey Family. I appreciate the advice. We will have to try the size larger at night. Our babies are 15 1/2 months now too. That is great that you are a twin. : ). Thank you so much for your comments. I would love to hear from you again.
: 0 ) Theresa
I have been searching everywhere for help on this topic and finally came across your blog. I am definitely going to try this tonight. Hopefully this is the end of my little guys wet nights.
Hi Heather.
I hope it works for you. It is much nicer for your little guy to be dry and nicer for you too! Let me know what happens.
: 0 ) Theresa