The diaper horror story!

The Diaper Horror Story!

Since our baby was born we have had the same issues with the diapers, they leak!!!

Well, not the first weeks, but kind of after the first month, and with the first diaper size change. Of course, as I first time mom, I was not sure of when I had to change the diaper size for my baby. I tried looking it up on the internet, but I really did not find anything about it. It would mainly show information about cloth diapers, and well, we do not use those kinds, but the commercial and well-known disposable ones.

So, one of my questions on this was, how do I know it is time to change the size? Some my think, it is super easy, look at the kilograms indicated on the diapers packaging and your baby's weight. But, I have to say, it is not that easy. Plus, depending on every brand, the weight limits changes.

My baby was still between the limits of the size 1 diapers and it was time to move on to size 2, how did I know that? After many many many dirty clothes. The diapers seemed to fit ok still, but somehow it was one after the next onesie dirty with baby's poop or pee even.

I do not know how true this is, but I share with you what worked somewhat for us.

How to check for the right diaper size?

• look for the weight information on the diaper
• plus the way it fits on our baby, around the belly. 
• that is not too tight around the legs and belly
• also, your baby's size (cms/in)

As I understood, all of these points above are important to make sure you have the right size, but, most important of all, to know if the diaper works for you and you do not have the same leaking issue like us, is that the brand you are using is working for your baby.

Diaper brands

We have tried many different diaper brands, from the well know Pampers, to the store brand cheaper version.

Here a list of what we have used, what the diapers offer and what we found out after using them.

(None of these brands have paid us in any way to do any kind of testing or advertising, this is just our experience, and we want to share with you.)

• Pampers: this brand we all know, we tried the premium baby-dry diapers. According to the package, they hold up to 12 hours, have wetness indicators and keep the baby dry. Our experience: at the beginning seemed to work great, but then the leaking started. We tried changing the size to 2 and then to 3, but the leaking never stopped. It would not hold until the next morning, the pee will slip from time to time, and the poop pretty much most of the time.

•  BabyLove *DM brand: this one also offers 12 hours of protection, good with the distribution of the liquids, suction, and soft on the skin. Our experience: they are indeed good with the liquid intake, but also with some leaking (I started to wonder if maybe we were the issue or the baby), also not that soft on our baby's skin.

 

•  Lupilu *Lidl brand: This diapers also offer 12 hour protection, good with liquid absorption and soft to protect the baby's skin. Our experience: this diaper was great for us, we were so happy, because there was no more dirty clothing with poop leaking. However, to our disappointment, this diaper leaks the pee. We did not push it to the 12 hour protection, but still sometimes during changes in the middle of the night, I will have to complete undress the baby due to his clothes being wet.

• Mamia *Aldi brand: This diaper also says it has good liquid absorption, special suction canal, soft on the skin, dermatologically tested, without any extra substances or additives, protection from leakage. Our experience: so far, this is the best diaper we have tried. It does great on leakage protection, it does lasts for up to 12 hours, and its soft on the baby skin. So, finally we feel like we may have found the right diaper for our baby.

• Lillydoo: This is another diaper we are going to try, we have not yet, so there is not much I can tell you, but we have order the test package and will write a review after we are done with it.

So, we have not yet found the perfect diaper for our baby, we are still on the search, but it looks like the Aldi diapers might be the winners. It is important to try out different ones, before sticking with one brand, all brands are different and the same, but some have better marketing than others. However, the most expensive diaper is not necessarily going to be the best for your kid.

A lot of money is spent on diapers, better to choose wisely and with the most benefits!

Please let me know how your experience was!

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