Do You Always Change the Diaper?

Question

If your boy is only a little bit wet at night do you always change him? I hate the thought of letting him sleep in a wet diaper at all but he’s sleeping so soundly..
Asking in regards to an almost 5 week old who barely sleeps longer than 2 hours at a time. Should I wake him to change if it’s just a little wet?

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If it’s a little wet then he is still dry. The diapers job is to soak up the wet. He doesn’t get wet til it is completely full which takes my 3 month old all night to get to. I don’t (and haven’t for either of my kids) change diapers at night. Unless they’re soaked through or have pooped and I smell it. They sleep better if I just leave it.  diaper changing wakes them up too much and they’ve never had a diaper rash. Though if rash worries you just put some cream on him before you put him to bed.

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Unless he’s leaked through or its a poop diaper, I dont touch my boy.

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I do. I wouldn't want to sleep in my own pee. But it is a tough call when they're sleeping like a.. baby.

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No way. I would always dream feed my baby, barely move him and feed him in a dark room with the sound machine making shhhh noises. The intent was always a very peaceful sleep with minimal movement and barely waking. A diaper change and taking off the footie pajamas, getting cold air on their butt... fully wakes baby. I never wanted him in the habit of waking a billion times a night. 
That said, I would always do a touch check and pat to see if the diaper was full. It was very rare that he needed a nighttime change.

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i dont unkess its leaking or bothering my baby. my baby thinks a diaper change means its time to get up so he becomes wide awake and takes hours to settle back down

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No way, i would never wake my daughter up to change her unless she pooped in her sleep or her diaper was soaking wet. 
Never had problems with rashes or anything.

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If he's barely sleeping longer than 2 hours at a time don't bother waking him to change while he's sleeping. Let him sleep and change it when he gets up.

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Oh I voted yes before I read the whole thing.  I do change every time he wet but my son will not sleep wet even a little wet. If he sleeping don’t wake him up. He will wake up in time and than change him.

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When my daughter was that age I changed her when she woke up

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my daughter is WIDE AWAKE if I even try to touch her diaper, I haven't changed it at night for months now, mostly because she sleeps through the night, but even when she was a baby, Unless she was wide awake or had a poop/full diaper, I don't touch her diaper

Do You Always Change the Diaper?

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