Can you use puppy pads for infant diaper leaks?

Question

OK-please give me a break. I'm getting ready to pull my hair out. My 1 month old son leaks through his diaper and clothes at least 3 times a day if not more. I've tried different brands and different diaper sizes. I've had my sister, mom, friends, his dad and even his sister put his diaper on him. I was thinking it was just me who couldn't diaper him right. He leaks no matter how you diaper him. Can you use puppy pads under a baby or are the pads harmful or poisonous to humans? I can't find the hospital type pads anywhere.

Answer 1

You can find regular changing pads at any store like wal-mart, babies r us etc!!! Make sure when you change him his pee-pee is point down and that you are pulling it up enough in the front!!! Change him more often and especially before he goes to sleep. I had this porb too with my son and i found that pamper swaddlers worked the best and fit snug!!!

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/6ljiI

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

It's really up to you to train the puppy to go outside to relieve herself. You have to put in a lot of time and have a lot of patience if you want a clean puppy. Start by getting her into a good feeding routine - 3 meals a day at her age - breakfast, lunch and supper. As soon as she wakes up in the morning take her outside on a leash to a designated spot and say 'go potty' or whatever phrase you wish to use. Allow her to sniff around and when she obliges praise her, give her a little treat for being a good dog, and then take her indoors immediately. Feed her breakfast and then repeat the above process again. A puppy will usually poop within 15 minutes of eating. If you follow this regime throughout the day, after each meal, after she has been asleep for any length of time and after she has been playing indoors at any time and always last thing at night before you go to bed then you will be well on the way to having a clean puppy. It isn't any good just putting a puppy outdoors alone and expect it to train itself, The pup will just play around and then more often or not come straight back indoors and pee or poop on your best rug. You need to be with the puppy, always keeping her on a leash while you are housetraining. Just remember that a puppy has no real control over its bodily functions until it is about 6 months old so there is always going to be the odd 'accident' indoors, usually through no fault of the puppy but because you haven't noticed the signs that she needs to go outside to relieve herself. If you are vigilant you will notice that she will start pacing, circling and eventually squatting when she is about to go potty. She will eventually start moving towards your exit door because she will get so used to going to 'her place' so always keep a watchful eye on her. Using diapers, in my opinion, would be a complete waste of time, causing you a lot more work than necessary. Good luck with her.

Answer 4

You may have the wrong size diapers on your baby. If he leaking out of #1 diapers, try changing him to #2's. Just try it. You may find it better than padding him.
Also, get a better diaper, like Huggies, and change him more often.
Maybe your feeding him too much, or is he breastfed?

Answer 5

Go to the drugstore and ask them if they carry "chux pads" that you can buy. If they drugstore doesn't have them, a medical supply store will carry them. You can also do a search for online retailers.

Make sure that his penis is pointed down when you diaper him.

How often do you change him? Have you tried more frequent changes? "Nighttime" diapers, if they still make those?

Maybe put a vinyl diaper cover over his diaper to help protect stuff? Then maybe if he leaks, he won't get so much other stuff wet/dirty?

Answer 6

HMm never thought of that. as far as i remember puppy pad are just absorbant pads and they should be fine. you might try the over night diapers but i dont think they make them in smaller sizes. you can also consult your pediatrician and ask them about the frequent leaks. you can try changing him every hour or more and also make sure that the ruffles n the lining of the legs are pulled out that will help block leaks! GOOD LUCK!

Answer 7

my son does that alot too, especially now that he's starting to sleep through the night more he just soaks through em, I think it happens more with boys because they pee up front so it comes out the top when it's full. I'm a CNA so I get chux (incontinence pads) from my work and those are a life-saver (well a sheet-saver anyway). You should be able to find them in the personal care isles like where depends are, i've seen baby ones in Babies r' us too but they're more expensive. Puppy pads would probably be fine too, they're not as soft but big deal, just watch out because some puppy pads are chemically treated with something that's supposed to make the puppy's wanna go on them, and that'd probably irritate your son's skin, just read the label. Good luck and God bless!

Answer 8

I don't know about puppy pads, but my son did the same thing. I felt like an idiot when the pediatrician told me to make sure the edges of his diaper were pulled out. When they're tucked in, that encourages the leaking.

Answer 9

You should be able to find those diaper changing pads at most stores that carry baby supplies. They might say changing table pads or something like that. They are thicker and a little bit stiffer than a blanket, but are soft enough for babies to lie on. We used to put one between the sheet and mattress cover on my daughter's bed when she was a baby, they helped a lot when her diaper leaked.

Answer 10

The puppy pads are similar to what they use in hospitals for people who are incontinent or have a leaky catheter. I wonder though if the puppy pads have some chemical to absorb odor?

They make waterproof pads for infants and those might be a bit more comfortable than that paper and plastic, which can get hot if you lay on it too long.

Answer 11

I have had the same problem from time to time with both my sons. If you are changing him frequently, but he still manages to pee out of his diaper try pointing his private thing down the next time you put a fresh diaper on. It sounds weird, but trust me it can make a difference especially with little babies.