Breanna still wakes up periodically throughout the night but she hasn’t needed a diaper change since she was quite small, other than the occasional explosion. I used to change her every time she woke up. We had a routine; she would wake up, I’d feed her from one side, change her diaper, and then feed her from the other side, putting her back down when she’d conk out. At about six weeks to two months old, I started noticing that she was wet but not poopy, and not even excessively wet. By three months or so, it was pretty pointless to change her because she wasn’t really wet and also it seemed to wake her up more at that age than it did as a newborn.

Basically the way it works now is she has her bath – if it ‘s actually bath night – at 7 pm and by 7:15 or so she gets dried off, put in her diaper, and then pajamas. Actual bedtime is 8 pm and if she’s left undisturbed she’s often quite pleased to sleep until at least 8 the next morning (oh don’t get excited and jealous – she still wakes up at night and lately she’s started up again with the whole waking up in the wee hours thing). That’s a long time in one diaper, but especially when your diaper isn’t up to the challenge of that first thing in the morning pee fest.

We’ve been using two store brand varieties for quite some time. We use Teddy’s Choice from Loblaws grocery store and we use Bumpers from Jean Coutu. Both are very reasonably priced and I’ve been happy with them – during the day. Neither one has been doing well with the overnight situation though. With either one, there was always a 75% chance that by the time I had managed to pry my eyes open the morning pee would happen, the diaper would leak, and her pajama bottoms and the sheet would be damp.

I’m not fond of laundry. I really don’t want to wash pajamas EVERY day. Or sheets.

So when the Parent Bloggers Network offered up a chance to test out Huggies Overnites, I was all over it.

I was a little skeptical because I had gotten to the point where I was thinking the only way to protect against leaks at night was to duct tape a garbage bag around her waist. However, I was willing to give it a shot. I got my package in the mail which included a pack of Huggies Overnites, a coupon, and a cute little bag that’s the perfect size for toting around a diaper, change of clothes, and a few toys (I’m finally at that stage in Breanna’s life where I don’t need an entire backpack for her).

That night, I bathed her and then once she was dry I put her in a brand new Huggies Overnites diaper. I prayed to the Diaper Gods and put her to bed. I woke up in the morning and felt her pants. They were dry. I purposely laid in bed with her beside me while I watched the morning news for 20 minutes (something I never would have been able to do with the store brand), and she was still dry.

The Huggies were so effective that the inner liner was dry to the touch when I changed her.

Day after day she has remained dry and I haven’t needed to strip the sheets or change her into new pants immediately because Huggies Overnites are actually doing what they’re supposed to. On top of that, the elastic sides are stretchier than the store brand and the velcro tabs are more forgiving and more easily adjusted than the tape tabs on the others.

I am so ecstatic and I am definitely using the coupon for another pack when I’m done with this one.

This post has been approved by a sleepyhead toddler ready to go to bed in her Huggies Overnites.