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What to do about my 1-month-old boy peeing through diapers?

The most common problem with baby boys “leaking” is based on male anatomy. During a diaper change, you’ll typically have the baby on his back. The baby’s little penis may flop every random direction. ...
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What to do about my 1-month-old boy peeing through diapers?

My experience with my son was this: every time he was experiencing a noticeable number of leaks, we went up a size and it addressed the issue. It's true that, on a couple of occasions, his penis was ...
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Is it wrong to wash cloth diapers in a shared washing machine?

I would be most concerned about the added duration or use that your neighbors may not appreciate. For my routine I have to pre-wash which takes about 1:10 in my machine, followed by a heavy wash ...
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Fake Poo/ Pee Trips

At some point, children start doing everything they can come up with in order to stay out of bed the longest they can. Drink, eat, hug, pee, poo, light, change diaper - that was our daughter's list. ...
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What to do about my 1-month-old boy peeing through diapers?

I always avoided pointing my son's anatomy down because I didn't want it getting wedged into bending the wrong way in an uncomfortable position (during a REM sleep cycle the neurons in the brain that ...
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2 year old reverted to pee on floor

Sounds like you have your answer. Guide her! She clearly already knows how to tell, she's just going through a phase - assuming there's no medical issue related to this, but it seems likely that ...
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My two-year-old wets through his diaper at night, what to do?

The (currently) top-voted and accepted answer to this question works for us. Take a one-piece pajama, the sort with long arms and legs, but without feet, that has a zipper running from one leg to ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”

Bed Wetting for teens is not uncommon. Other than diapers a good option is to monitor water consumption and urination before bed. And a mid-night alarm to get up and urinate would help getting rid of ...
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My two-year-old wets through his diaper at night, what to do?

I have a one year old who frequently has very full diapers when he awakes. I would highly recommend looking into overnight diapers. We started them when he was smaller as we are fortunate that he ...
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Is it normal for a 3 year old to hold his pee during sleep?

My son has been staying dry overnight since around 2.5 years old, and seems to have no discomfort in doing so, but some children do not develop this ability until much later, sometimes as late as 5 to ...
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My two-year-old wets through his diaper at night, what to do?

I think your missing the two most likely interventions to work: 1) Give him less liquids in the evening. If he cries, offer small amounts only. 2) Either you or your wife perform a 3 a.m. diaper ...
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4-year-old won't get up and use the bathroom

Something we did with my son at about that age, when he had been potty-trained for a bit over a year but was still wearing and wetting a pull-up at night: I would of course limit his fluids for the ...
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What to do about my 1-month-old boy peeing through diapers?

We used washable ones and didn’t have problems except from them being cheaper... After 2 boys and a girl, direction did not matter, but fitting properly did. Tried all brands of premade: pampers Oko ...
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How handle a 5 year old who delays going to the toilet and soils his pants?

We were starting to see delay toilet use, so we introduced specific times of the day our son has to try regardless if he feels like it. Once in the morning as before going downstairs and starting the ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”

I grew up wearing diapers to bed. Positive family attitude made all the difference. 4 boys and I was the only bedwetter. I also struggled during the day and had way too many daytime accidental wetting ...
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My teen wets the bed. He is in diapers just at night but he says it’s hard to sleep because "the diaper feels weird”

Not sure diaper is a good idea. It can hurt his self esteem, making him feel helpless. Unless this is some known medical condition and doctor advised to use a diaper, I'd have him just sleep normally,...
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What to do about my 1-month-old boy peeing through diapers?

Our experience was — and I feel somehow sorry to say that — that we only had issues with diapers (like blowouts, rashes) when we didn't use Pampers. This was true in Germany and in the U.S....
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My two-year-old wets through his diaper at night, what to do?

If you aren't using them already, try overnight diapers. You might want to try different brands. You also night want to try diaper pads. They fit into the diaper and can hold quite a bit. Just as an ...
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4-year-old won't get up and use the bathroom

This is a common problem, we fought this with our daughter over a number of years. I don't know that you can do much training, as they are asleep. If they're not really asleep, and are just too ...
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3 Years Old boy leaking or wetting Pants

My best advice is to put him on a toilet schedule of taking him to the toilet every sixty - ninety minutes during the day regardless of whether he wants to do or not. This will likely bother him ...
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Fake Poo/ Pee Trips

Odds are it's as Dariusz says, just delaying bedtime. But, do consider the possibility that he's constipated, also. Our two year old (who's completely potty trained now) has this happen periodically,...
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