Huggies leaking! Help!
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Topic: Huggies leaking! Help!
Posted By: green_star
Subject: Huggies leaking! Help!
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 10:31am
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Hi
I have an 8 month old boy and we have pretty much just used huggies since he was born. I had heard other people rave about them. But in the last 2-3 weeks they have been leaking at night and occasionally through the day. In the last 2 weeks we have cut out the 10.30pm feed and he goes from 7.15pm until 7am without a feed (so we have actually cut out one feed). He is always wet on one side and it goes up his back on that side. We have only had a few dry nights over the last few weeks. We have tried the next size nappy up with no joy. Is anyone else having this problem? Do you use another brand of nappies that don't leak? Thanks! Lee-Anne |
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 10:42am
No real advice, when Lily starts leaking it's usually time for the next size up... 
I like Huggies, Treasures Ultra (not giggles) and Woolworths Select. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: littlestar
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 10:58am
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For me going up a size works - but as thats not working for you, maybe try a different brand (ring round and try and get some free samples before buying a whole packet)
Also the obvious bit about making sure his penis is pointing straight down as otherwise my boy shots pee out one side of his nappy. I'm afraid I have no suggestions for other brands as the ones I tried leaked even worse. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 11:07am
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Huggies dont work for everyone.. might be time to try a couple of other brands.... -------------   
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 11:09am
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yea sometimes when their body shape starts changing the nappy they are in needs to change too. huggies have always worked really well for us but my friends children leaked through them and found the pams ones better just because he was a different shape from my son. maybe see if another brand would work and its probably the fit and not the absorbancy ------------- 
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Posted By: nuts_nats
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 11:22am
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You could try putting a MCN cover or wool soaker over the top at night to contain any leaks... will at least save washing of pjs and bedding!
You can buy those cheapy covers at T&T, I use them over the top of my cloth night nappy just in case their are any leaks! Don't know anything about disposables but is the leaking because the nappy is over saturated or is it just escaping out the leg? Good luck! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 11:59am
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I have the same issue with huggies but find other brands even worse so I've taken to putting a cloth nappy cover over his sposies at night and hey presto! No leaks. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 1:24pm
| I could never find a nappy that didn't leak at night fro DS so ended up putting a cloth insert from my cloth nappies inside my huggies nappies. Worked a treat and we had no leaks at all. |
Posted By: Manda08
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 1:49pm
Home Brand is great!! I had similar problems ntill i went to home brand. We had a few leakages last week... had to go up a size now were fine again!  ------------- 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 1:54pm
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E did a few leaks but mostly the only ones that dont for us were huggies..we also went up a size when it happened and it worked..he had a weird body shape:) but yeah I'd try another brand and see.. for us apart from that brief time both boys only wear huggies ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: green_star
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 3:17pm
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Thanks for all your replies! The nappies are nowhere as heavy in the morning as they used to be - it seems to be escaping instead! He is definitely pointing down. I learnt about that the hard way when he was a newborn and couldn't understand why he was always wet! The things you learn!!!!
We will definitely try a couple of different brands. Have just heard from 2 other people today that their boys are in Homebrand nappies and they really like them. Also will give the insert a go too and see if that makes a difference. Thanks for your suggestions! 
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Posted By: green_star
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 3:19pm
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Don't know anything about disposables but is the leaking because the nappy is over saturated or is it just escaping out the leg? It is escaping out of the leg - it is definitely not soaked - quite light compared to what it used to be before leaking started.
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Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 3:29pm
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For me they leak cause they're so full. I got a super piddler here. Are you making sure you pull the elastics out on the legs? Just tuck a finge in and pull them so they point outwards rather than inwards. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sadie
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 4:07pm
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Homebrand are great for during the day, and the occasional time when DH has put DS in one at night he has never leaked. We use Treasures Ultra at night, which I think are better for boys as they are longer. Whenever he has leaked out of Huggies, we've swapped to the same size Treasures. Once he starts leaking out of those, it's into the next size up Huggies, and then into Treasures after that. Make sense?! |
Posted By: green_star
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:12pm
| Yep, makes sense. Thanks! |
Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:19pm
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I had the same problem too and switched to Treasures Ultra for the last month or so until the last few nights when we had 3 leaks in a row so I bought Huggies again but a smaller packet to see what difference that makes. Strangely the smaller packet nappy seems heaps different to the big jumbo boxes. Anyone else notice that? If they don't work I think I'll try a cover or go up a size, though he's much closer to the smaller end than the bigger end, so not sure if that would work. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 9:16pm
| I call that the boy houdhini wee!! I think the bunnie cover is gonna be your best bet and totally wish i hadve thought of that sooner, wouldve saved so many bed changes with my first two boys. No leakage so far with this boy |