Possibly a strange question - cloth and sleeping

I've been wondering this too - but DD has been in cloth full time since she was 3 weeks old so I can't really compare. She slept through from 11 weeks old, although recently (from about 5.5mths onwards) she has woken once or twice most nights, sometimes for a feed, sometimes a cuddle, sometimes just to be rolled on her side, sometimes for a poo!

The only thing that I wonder about with cloth is whether it's harder for her to move around and get comfy, as it does sometimes seem that she cries, and all I have to do is roll her onto her side and she stops and is asleep again straight away.

We have various different night nappies and I've not noticed a particular difference between them so I'm not convinced there is a link, not for us anyway.

Gracie was is dispicables at night for the first few months and then into cloth and she has always slept like a log x

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charlie never slept well in any night nappy we tried (we tried LOADS) and she always got a rash. so we use sposies at night. and i dont feel guilty about it, coz i know its the best thing for us.

Well last night was same again she went to bed in a Little Lamb, about 11pm the crying started, I was getting up to her every 5 minutes, Then in the end she did a poo (which she never normally does at night, weird!) so I changed her and put a sposie on and she slept all night. Arrrgh. I don't want to have to keep buying disposables, I wanted her to be in cloth full time, but then I need sleep too, I have to be up for work 4 mornings a week! Just don't know what to do..

Rach x

How about something more breathable like fleece or wool over-night? Makes no difference to Isaac what he wears but wearing PUL over-night made him sore. A NN & Fleece leaves his skin clear

charlie never slept well in any night nappy we tried (we tried LOADS) and she always got a rash. so we use sposies at night. and i dont feel guilty about it, coz i know its the best thing for us.

I've just had to start putting A in a sposie at night because of this

He was waking up every morning with a rash around the tops of his thighs and a really sore winky. Stared it at the beginning of the week and he has slept much better and woken with a peachy bum and normal willy every morning.

I hate hate hate using sposies, but I really don't want my little man to suffer so I guess I'll have to carry on

Well last night was same again she went to bed in a Little Lamb, about 11pm the crying started, I was getting up to her every 5 minutes, Then in the end she did a poo (which she never normally does at night, weird!) so I changed her and put a sposie on and she slept all night. Arrrgh. I don't want to have to keep buying disposables, I wanted her to be in cloth full time, but then I need sleep too, I have to be up for work 4 mornings a week! Just don't know what to do..

Rach x

tbh that sounds like it was needing a poo that was waking her up. she might have slept all night in cloth after that too
Is it possible that you are doing up the cloth nappies more tightly than the sposies so she can't move around as much and having a poo is more difficult?

I use the Little Lamb liners which are fairly big - they ok? Oh and she is a front sleeper too.

Hayley I have a Minki so I might give that a go. Just wasn't sure if a pocket would hold out long enough for night time!

Rach x

I thought the little lamb liners werent as good a fleece/minkee ones as the polyester content or something is different (correct me if im wrong)

DD wears cloth everynight and used to sleep through (in cloth) from about 2 -6 months old and now wakes frequently in the night, some rare nights she does sleep through x

I find the little lamb liners better than fleece.

Have you tried a dedicated night nappy? Maybe she is just slightly too heavy a wetter for a little lamb.

TBH I have the exact same problem & there is some nights I've had to put on a disposable but I am in the process of replacing all of our night nappies with customs so hopefully that will help