help-- i am using SO many diapers!

[Pamela Perkins]

dear all,

i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!! TOday I called to up my order to 130
and the customer service rep asked me if I have twins at home!

My daughter is breast-fed and is in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.

ACK!

Pam

[Ali's Daddie]

"Pamela Perkins" > wrote in message
m...
> dear all,
>
> i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
> approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!! TOday I called to up my order to 130
> and the customer service rep asked me if I have twins at home!
>
> My daughter is breast-fed and is in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.
>
> ACK!
>
> Pam
>
>

Sounds like a rather crappy situation <groan> (ok, sorry, I couldn't resist
lol)

It does seem a bit extreme. But I would wait for more responses from
"seasoned parents" :-)

--

LES!

Daddie to Alegra Lee. May 25th 2003!
"Daddie's Little Diva"

before you reply to me via email,
please remove your hat

[Pamela Perkins]

I should mention that they are mostly pee diapers ;-)

pam

"Pamela Perkins" > wrote in message
m...
> dear all,
>
> i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
> approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!! TOday I called to up my order to 130
> and the customer service rep asked me if I have twins at home!
>
> My daughter is breast-fed and is in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.
>
> ACK!
>
> Pam
>
>

[toto]

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:07:00 GMT, "Pamela Perkins"
> wrote:

>dear all,
>
>i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
>approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!! TOday I called to up my order to 130
>and the customer service rep asked me if I have twins at home!
>
>My daughter is breast-fed and is in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.
>
>ACK!
>
>Pam
>
I do wonder how that can be given that if you change her every 2 hours
round the clock that would be 12 diapers a day and in 7 days that
would only be 84 diapers.

Are you changing her every hour? Are you changing her before feeding
her and then finding that she poops shortly afterward and needs to be
changed again?

Breastfed babies do poop more, and it is common for them to poop
after every feeding which could mean up to 12 or 14 times a day.
Still, it seems like you are changing her more than that.


--
Dorothy

There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
Outer Limits

[dragonlady]

In article >,
"Pamela Perkins" > wrote:

> dear all,
>
> i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
> approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!! TOday I called to up my order to 130
> and the customer service rep asked me if I have twins at home!
>
> My daughter is breast-fed and is in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.
>
> ACK!
>
> Pam
>
>

Unless you are doubling her diapers, that means you are changing her
diaper at least 17 times a day; I'm sure I didn't even checked their
diapers that often. Do you wake her to change her diaper? If you
aren't waking her, it sounds like she's not sleeping for very long
periods. (I never did; I waited until they woke up to change them.)

When my twins were small, I think my service was for about 140 diapers a
week -- I don't think it never got over 200 a week. I doubled (and
occassionally trippled) their diapers at night.

meh
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

[Naomi Pardue]

>i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
>approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!! TOday I called to up my order to 130
>and the customer service rep asked
>me if I have twins at home!

Let's see... 125 a week... that's like 18 diapers a day. Are you including
those you use for spit rags and things? Are you double diapering? Are you
using any sort of cover for the diapers?

My initial response would be to relax a little bit about wet diapers. Babies
don't usually mind being wet, and unless she is extremely prone to rashes, you
probably don't have to change her every time the diaper is a little damp.
I'd change her before a feeding (to wake her up, and so you're not holding a
soggy baby...). THen, unless she poops while eating (and lots of babies do),
even if she wets a little while eating, you probably don't have to change her
again until you feed her next.

Of course you could just have a baby who is getting lots to eat and is wetting
a lot... meaning that you're going through a lot of diapers! But still, if
you're using diaper covers, you can probably get away with changing her a
little less often than you seem to be.



>


Naomi
CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator

(either remove spamblock or change address to to e-mail
reply.)

[toto]

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:35:03 GMT, "Pamela Perkins"
> wrote:

>I should mention that they are mostly pee diapers ;-)
>
>pam

Does she seem uncomfortable or rashy? Why are you changing
her so often?

To use 125 diapers per week, you must be changing her every
1 1/2 hours around the clock. That seems excessive.
Changing her every hour for 24/7 would mean changing her
168 times per week.

I changed my children about every 2 hours when they were little
and probably could have gotten away with less since they never
had diaper rash.


--
Dorothy

There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
Outer Limits

[Pamela Perkins]

Dear group,

she just seems to always be wet so i am always changing her-- i hate to keep
her in a damp diaper, even if it is only alittle damp... she is cranky when
wet. (unless she is asleep and wet).

i rarely wake her to change her and she sleeps a good 6-8 hours at night
(and is therefore SOAKED in the morning, sometimes through her PJs...).

Most of the changing is during the day.

ugh!

pam

[toto]

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 02:05:19 GMT, "Pamela Perkins"
> wrote:

>Dear group,
>
>she just seems to always be wet so i am always changing her-- i hate to keep
>her in a damp diaper, even if it is only alittle damp... she is cranky when
>wet. (unless she is asleep and wet).
>
It's your choice, but I would say it's most likely not the wetness
that is causing the crankiness.

She might be bored.. My kids needed changes of position and
lots of stimulation when they were awake even at 3 months of age.


>i rarely wake her to change her and she sleeps a good 6-8 hours at night
>(and is therefore SOAKED in the morning, sometimes through her PJs...).
>
>Most of the changing is during the day.
>
>ugh!
>
Not a big problem. Still you really can probably stop changing her
so often during the day.

When she is a bit cranky, play with her and cuddle her and offer her
the breast instead perhaps?

>pam
>
>

--
Dorothy

There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
Outer Limits

[R. Steve Walz]

Pamela Perkins wrote:
>
> I should mention that they are mostly pee diapers ;-)
>
> pam
-------------------
You're changing her too much!! You'll get used to her being wet
more often as your wallet empties your bank account.
Steve



> "Pamela Perkins" > wrote in message
> > dear all,
> >
> > i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
> > approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!!

[Plissken]

"Pamela Perkins" > wrote in message
m...
> dear all,
>
> i am wondering if something is wrong. my 3 month old is going through
> approx 125 cotton diapers per week!!! TOday I called to up my order to 130
> and the customer service rep asked me if I have twins at home!
>
> My daughter is breast-fed and is in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.
>
> ACK!
>
> Pam

Have you considered getting some disposable liners? They let the moisture
through but not back up. I use them and I think they are great. Costs about
$5 for a roll of 100. At night I use two in the cloth diaper and she can go
longer without a change. I only use about 12 cloth diapers (at the most) a
day.

Nadene

[H Schinske]

>On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:35:03 GMT, "Pamela Perkins"
> wrote:
>
>>I should mention that they are mostly pee diapers ;-)
>>
>>pam

The diaper services do not necessarily like this, but if it's just a pee diaper
it is easy to wash yourself. The poopy ones aren't that bad either when the
baby is so young. In other words you could do a load or so of pee diapers
yourself mid-week, and cut your diaper service way down.

But check your contract -- I have had several different diaper services over
the years and some put strong objections in to customers washing their own,
while at least one said nothing about it.

You could also consider using fleece liners to wick the moisture away from the
baby.

--Helen