diaper size

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

is it accurate? like it says size 1 up to 15 lbs or something....it seems size 1's are getting kinda tight and he isnt 15 lbs

 

[JustMandy]

The pound limit over laps. 1's are up to 15 lbs but 2's are for 12-18 lbs...it totally depends on what shape baby you have.

 

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

oic, he is a little more round than most...lol

 

[Leanna]

My baby has always been a skinni mini(he is in 25% weight, 90% height at each doctor's appointment which if you don't know what that means, means he's lighter than most but way taller than most), but he has always graduated to the next size before the packages say he should. I have never understood it. He is now in size 5 rated for "27 pounds +" and he is only 20 pounds. When the diapers start leaking, switch to the next size. I always know its almost time to switch when the nighttime diaper starts leaking.... then we buy the next size and use it for overnight, and use up the smaller size during the day when he's changed more often. Works out pretty good.

 

[vscola]

Someone on this board mentioned a baby's bottom being the best judge of diaper size and I am learning that to be true! Christian has a small rear and little waist, so we are always in a smaller diaper size then we should be (he wore newborns for over a month!). He is 4 months old now and still happily in 1's (but we put him in 2's at night, tightened down well, just because they absorb more)

 

[Leanna]

That's weird because my baby has a small rear and little waist too.... hmmm. Well it could be any number of factors. Suffice it to say don't obey the labels on diapers, just try until you figure out what size works.

 

[andiesmama]

Its very inaccurate for abby. There is a general window where it probably is accurate, but abby is a tall lean baby. When she was the appropriate weight for size 2 diapers they were literally falling off of her.

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That's Andie to a "T"....she was just into size 3's when I started potty-training her! She got her skinny butt from her daddy!!

 

[Leanna]

Wow that's wacky so my son must have a butt or something. He's in size 5 already and he's not even a year. What a surprise. It sure looks skinny naked?? Actually he fits in size 4 too but size 5 for overnight.

 

[Leanna]

Now I am thinking its me-- how I put the diapers on him. If the tabs don't meet in the middle right over his belly button then I consider the diaper too small. Do you guys have them meet in the middle? I always found when they stopped meeting the leaking began. What do you think?

 

[vscola]

I have never tried to make them meet in the middle (but we have not had a lot of leaking issues ... yet!). I think you should use whatever size makes less work for you !

 

[Princessperky]

NO! it is not accurate! DD and DS have well Big butts, so they were always in the next size early.

Babies (well it is easier to see in toddlers) who 'have no butt' fit the size the way they say.

Good news is since they have a butt now they will fit jeans and underware a bit better when older.

But no the tabs do not need to meet in the middle. But if they leak go for it, just know they will not meet when he is bigger. (less you find someone that makes size 7 diapers!) YOu might find it easier to change brands, some brands fit some butts better than others.

 

[Leanna]

I like the stretchy tabs of Huggies too, but we use either brand. My son's pants ALWAYS come off of him and I am not sure what I will do in the fall. During the summer he has just been wearing onesies and sometimes his overall shorts, but when it gets colder and he needs pants I'm not sure how to keep them on him. They really just fall right off, so he ends up running around in his shirt (thus funny story in other thread). It should be interesting.... too bad no belts for babies...