how can you change baby's diaper at night without completly waking him up?

Emily - posted on 08/23/2011

I dont know if anyone said this yet there are alot of comments but a wipe warmer! I had one I used on my little cousin and now I have to get one for myself. It just makes it so the coldness of the wipe doesnt wake them up its a life saver.

Teresa - posted on 08/22/2011

I put my son in sposies at night for this reason. With a sposie he could go all night without a leak and the sposies really draw the moisture away.

Teresa - posted on 08/22/2011

I put my son in sposies at night for this reason. With a sposie he could go all night without a leak and the sposies really draw the moisture away.

Emilisa - posted on 08/19/2009

Hi there,

try to change his diaper while you feeds him at night and try it slowly, I'm sure he wont realize that you're done changing his pads :)

Anna - posted on 08/18/2009

put his passy in his mouth first! it works for me :o )

Lisa - posted on 08/18/2009

I didn't wake my kids up to change them in the night but if you feel that you need to try putting him to bed in a nightie that is open at the bottom so you don't have to undress him entirely. Keep the lights low, maybe try putting nature sounds in the background while he sleeps to camoflauge the sounds you make changing him.

Donna - posted on 08/18/2009

try buying the next size diaper up for the night time. so if he wears a size 3 buy a 4. or they make night time diapers that soaks up more. all 3 of my boys slept through the night by 2 months and i had the same problem.

Preciou - posted on 08/18/2009

when i change my son while he sleeps, i give him his pacifier and talk 2 him quietly

Angela - posted on 08/18/2009

my son is 1 year old. ever since he was months old i've been changing his diaper in the middle of the night. there's no trick to it. just do it very carefully!

Kimberly - posted on 08/18/2009

I change my daughter if her diaper is soaked and I mean hanging to the ground. She is 1 and wakes up around 3 for a bottle. I give her the bottle while I change her and I don't use a wipe (too cold) I just put some powder on, and make sure I change her when she wakes up first thing. I also change her right before her nighttime feeding ( 9pm). I also find that because she is eating solids, her urine is smellier and she gets more susceptable to a diaper rash, so more frequent changings are needed. Knock on wood she hasn't had one yet!

Ciara - posted on 08/18/2009

i noticed that the wipes tend to wake the baby up especially when they are cold so I would recommend a wipes warmer, but my daughter tends to sleep right through it I be very gentle but quick. Or try changing their diaper while feeding this technic works. [prop bottle]

M'Lissa - posted on 08/17/2009

I have made the mistake of waking my son up to change his diaper and I wouldn't recommend it. Diapers should hold up all night up to 12 hours. If they don't go up a size at night or they do make night time diapers.

Kristy - posted on 08/17/2009

I have 2 kids,and with the first one i did what you did,and went through that. With my second one i didn't disturb her at all. If i was already up yes i would, but in the middle of the night no. I just made sure when she woke up i put a clean one on her,and she went to bed with a clean diaper. You need your rest too and i know that with a 4mth old it is hard.

Vicky - posted on 08/17/2009

ooh yea thats a point actually - people told me when my little one was small to put on loads of bum cream & they were soooo wrong, her bum was REALLY sore cus as others have said it stops the nappy from absorbing! if their bum is sore just use a v small amount & rub it in well. if not sore don't use it..... ;-)

Rebecca - posted on 08/17/2009

after my son's bath, sometimes i put a & d ointment on his bottom, but only if he is getting a little red...otherwise, i leave him until he wakes up....if your son is not waking up during the night then i say leave him alone....if he's not why should you be?? lol leave well enough alone and get some sleep! your going to need it when he starts running around liek a cray person....lol good luck!

Vicky - posted on 08/17/2009

there isn't a need to change him during the night - just change him just b4 bed as part of your routine. nappys last all night without leaking - there's no need to change him in the middle of the night...he'll be fine ;-)

Rebecca - posted on 08/17/2009

after my son's bath, sometimes i put a & d ointment on his bottom, but only if he is getting a little red...otherwise, i leave him until he wakes up....if your son is not waking up during the night then i say leave him alone....if he's not why should you be?? lol leave well enough alone and get some sleep! your going to need it when he starts running around liek a cray person....lol good luck!

Mellody - posted on 08/17/2009

My daughter is about 7 months old now. she has always slept through the night, shes generally a heavy sleeper, but it changes from night to night. I usually just make sure i change her right before I put her down for the night so that if she is sleeping lightly that night i dont have to worry about her soaking through. When i do have to change her while shes sleeping, im just slower and and try to move her as little as possible. Try warming the wipe before you use it. I find if i forget to do that the cold wipe will disturb her sleep and then when i try to finish she wakes up. I also usually let her sleep in just a shirt so that i dont have to take off pj pants or unsnap a sleeper and get her legs in and out.

I dont like her using a soother during sleep, but i keep one near me when im changing her and if she starts to wake and fuss i put the soother in her mouth while im changing her, and let her use it till im done and sure shes not going to wake up. shell usually suck for a bit and then spit it out or ill go back a few minutes later and take it out.



i dont know what time you usually go to bed, but im used to being up very late. what i found that worked really well with my daughter is that shed usually go to bed at 11 and stay down for the night. but im not usually tired enough to sleep till about 3 am. So what i do is let her go to bed at 11. Make sure she has a clean diaper, and let her sleep untill around 3 am when im ready to go to bed. By then she usually needs a change and a bottle. So i change her, in her crib, and then give her a bottle. she will usually finish her bottle and then go right back to sleep. i find changing her at 3 usually means that i dont have to worry about her soaking through and shes usually up at 8 or 9.

we both get to sleep through the night and i dont have to feel guilty about not changing her. . i also found a huge differance when i switched to pampers. i was using a cheaper diaper because they were half the price, but i ran out one day when i was at a friends and had to run to a store near her house they olny had pampers on cheap so i got them and havent switched back since. it means spending about $7 more but its well worth it.



Hope this helps and i hope everything works out well for you. good luck :)

Nikki - posted on 08/17/2009

Pampers has these great night time diapers that last through the night I'd try those! And there's this triple paste diaper cream that's amazing!

Christian - posted on 08/17/2009

I always make sure to change it before he goes to bed for the night. By the ways I have a month and a half son. But sometimes i dont change it until early morning and it has been working well for me. Also i try to put a gown pjs on him so that i all have to do is pull up on it and not have to un button and take his legs out, less movement is better. I have heard that using a pacifier at night is good for your baby its suppose to reduce the change of sids. I would try that also.

Jeannie - posted on 08/17/2009

i have a 2 year old and a 4 month old girl and with both of mine ive changed them just before putting them to bed and unless i could tell that theyve pooed or have a very wet nappy ive left them till the morning but if it is needed then try to do it in the crib as dim lit as possible if it makes u feel guilty about leaving him in the same nappy throughout the night u could always try to clean him with cooled boiled water and cotton wool instead of baby wipes when u change the nappy in the morning i hope this helps

Helen - posted on 08/17/2009

only change it if you smell something - my little one was sometimes sleeping 12-14 hour at night and although his nappy was huge if i put on cream before he never got sore.

Nadya - posted on 08/17/2009

i would say leave him if he is sleeping. my daughter of almost 6 months sleeps in cotton bio-baba nappies and sleeps straight through in them. After her morning feed at about 6, I often let her go back to sleep again and only change her when she wakes at about 8. Sometimes we use huggies disposables, but with neither system have I had any problems whatsoever. She only soils her nappies in the day time, the night time ones are only wet and she has never had diaper rush of any kind.

I have to add that she has slept through since about 7 weeks and we have never had to change her unless she is already awake.

Good luck!

Kassie - posted on 08/17/2009

let him sleep! its not gonna hurt him to have a wet diaper thru the night. All you are doing is training him to wake up every night, pretty soon you wont have to wake him to change the diaper he will be waking you up. Besides tired mommies dont make good mommies, you need your sleep too.

Terra - posted on 08/17/2009

Quoting Erica:

well he actually has no problem falling asleep it is staying asleep for long periods of time , we tried letting him slep in bed with us , we let him fuss a little bit at night but its hard b/c he is in the same room with us, we also have a 3year old we had no problems with when he was a baby. And he is breastfeed so his milk is already warm

Is he waking up for milk?  If so maybe he is not getting enough during the day to keep him sleeping during the night.  I feed my son formula and make sure that he has atleast 28 oz a day and make sure the last bottle is right before bed time and it will do the trick every time.  If he is getting enough to eat but still waking up for milk maybe it is something for security.  Maybe try to give him water during the night and it will help.  Or try the heartbeat monitor thing that they came out with... I heard that it really helps soothe babies that have problems sleeping.

Catherine - posted on 08/17/2009

Unless hes doing a number two I wouldnt change it, theres no need, change him before you put him down to bed he'll be fine in it till morning, you cant be expected to get up during the night every night to change him, enjoy the full nights sleep your getting, most nappies have that whole 12hour protection :)

Christina - posted on 08/16/2009

Just don't! My lactation consultant says that it is ok! Now if there is a poop involved then I would. But don't put yourself through the hassle of trying to get him back to sleep! Don't worry he is ok!

Victoria - posted on 08/16/2009

i think that as long as h'es sleeping, let him be. try using the new pampers baby dry. they work up to 12 hrs. my daughter uses them. but also, does he get any diaper rash going all nite without a change? if not, dont worry about it. take the time to sleep yourself!

Theresa - posted on 08/16/2009

My daughter is 5 months old and sleeps 12 hours through the night!!! I change her right before i lay her down and i put her in a diaper that is one size bigger at night only so it will absorb the whole nights product. Shes never had any leaks or has never had an irritated behind.

Jamie - posted on 08/16/2009

Unless I smelled poo I let it go but luckly I have hard sleepers so it was pretty easy but with 5 kids they have to be able to sleep through alot in order to get any sleep at all.

Ashlee - posted on 08/16/2009

No he shouldn't get a rash just be sure to keep putting on the butt paste and be sure it not a soiled diaper he she be just fiine

Gina - posted on 08/16/2009

My son is only 17 days old, but so far I have realized, if he's not screaming to be changed, don't wake him up. A sleeping baby is a happy baby!! I hope things work out for you!

Stephanie - posted on 08/16/2009

if you're feeding him at night, pop the bottle in than do while he eats (prop the bottle)

or

no bottoms to the diapers while he sleeps, and VERY SLOWLY. lol



i only had to do night changes when my daughters were still being fed through the night, so i would prop the bottle and let them eat while i changed them, or changed them first and then fed them back to sleep. Now that they don't eat at night, there is no reason to change them.

Christina - posted on 08/15/2009

when my daughter was born i would change her diaper before bed and if she woke up in the middle of the night. i would give her a bottle and while she was drinking it i would change her diaper. it didnt wake her up or nothing

Amanda - posted on 08/15/2009

you do not have to change their diaper during the night if they are still a sleep. doctors say only change their diaper if they are crying and a wake. do not wake a sleeping baby. you will be messing with their sleep. i should know i have 4 kids lol

Jess - posted on 08/15/2009

hi

my little girl is now 9 months old, she only woke up for night feeds untill she was 6.5 weeks old and then she started sleeping through the night. at first i felt really unsure about not changing her nappy half way through the night... then i though this is crazy plenty of babys sleep the whole night through without a nappy change so i just stopped! she never poos at night, she has only ever leaked twice and i never ever have a problem with nappy rash... i think if your using a good quality nappy that is absorbant enough you should have no problem at all.

Dorian - posted on 08/15/2009

all i can say is it takes experience..i have six and im a pro at it lol thank goodness

Kaelyn - posted on 08/15/2009

have you tried overnite diapers? does your baby sleep on his back or stomach? i have been able to master changing diapers on my kids while sleeping. it takes some time but everyone finds their own little tricks. if they are on their backs i will open up the new diaper slide it under them, then undo the dirty diaper slide it off then all you have to do is lift up the new one. it seems to be pretty fast and works great for me. or right before you put baby to bed put a fresh diaper on him. but i wouldnt ever wake a sleeping baby!

Ashanti - posted on 08/15/2009

Change his nappie before you feed him so when your changing his nappie he will wake up a little and as soon as you start feeding him he should go back 2 sllep. I hope this will help you. :-)

Mschelseamac - posted on 08/15/2009

Sometimes I can manage sometimes I cannot. I think it just depends on the night.

Cheryl - posted on 08/15/2009

I would not wake him up! My son sleeps 12 hours, and he is 7 months old. He has peed through the diaper a few times, but the worst that happened was his jammies were wet and I had to changes the sheets. They have overnight diapers too. My sister-in-law uses them and she says they work for her.

Jessica - posted on 08/15/2009

Yeah if he isnt fussing and not soaked all over in the morning then just let him be. He will let you know when he needs to be changed!!!

Kelly - posted on 08/15/2009

If he is sleeping i wouldn't bother waking him up to change his diaper, I had very light sleepers and I would never disturb them to change. I thin he will be ok if you left him.

Jacqueline - posted on 08/15/2009

Erica- I keep my baby swaddled. I tried without for a few days and she did not sleep as well.

Samantha - posted on 08/14/2009

Quoting Erica:

ok first of all I would say let him sleep, and second what are all you mothers doing to get your babies to sleep that long mine is 6 months old and waking every 2 hours or so and in between he pretty much tosses and turns all night we have tried everything except letting him cry it out me and my husband are sleep deprieved and its wearing us out HELP

Id let him cry it out! both my kids were good sleepers from the start, but they did start waking through the night i give them there dummy or a bottle if that didnt work id let them have a cry. try having the room dark and give him a rub on the back seems to sooth them...

hope this helps!

Angela - posted on 08/14/2009

I always had the bottle ready to put mine back to sleep. Just a taste, it always helped.

Jacqueline - posted on 08/14/2009

I was told as long as you lather on the butt paste do not wake them to change them unless they have a poopy diaper. I have not had any diaper rash issues and my 3 month old is sleeping in two 5 hour cycles.

Desaree - posted on 08/14/2009

I wouldn't change hid diaper. If he needs to be changed he will let you know. Honey with my kids I was thanking God when they slept through the night.

Lily - posted on 08/14/2009

my baby sleeps though the night as well and i use cloth diapers and she wakes up as soon as they get wet. so i found that if i nurse her a half hour to an hour befor i put her to bed and change her right befor, she doesn't wet them an till she wakes up in the morning if she wets them at all. i have two older children as well and did the same for them and it also helped with potty training and bed wetting

Kimberly - posted on 08/14/2009

Velcro onesie I used then and they make things quick and easy