Preventing Diaper Leakage

I wish I had a solution for you! I'm expecting my 2nd baby and not looking forward to the diaper explosions again. Our worst happened on an airplane during descent. Maybe the change in air pressure forced it out of her? It went everywhere and, of course, there was no way to get her changed until we could get off the plane. Sooooooooo gross.

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Yeah Kristin! I am so glad have decided to write more you are a fabulous writer! I love reading what you have to say!

Nolan is cute as ever!

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More duct tape. That's the ticket.

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My daughter is 11 months now and we haven't had a blow out since she was 4 months old. The only explaination I have for this is that we use Pampers Cruisers. I have noticed that Huggies are a little more narrow between the legs. Also, I make sure all that elastic stuff between the legs is flipped out.

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I've found that cloth diapers are the key to avoiding blow-outs. When we are going to be out of the house for the day, we use disposable diapers. In order to avoid a mess, I put a cloth diaper cover (my favorite are Bummis Super Whisper Wrap) over the disposable. The cover catches what the diaper misses and saves the outfit. The cover can be tossed into the washing machine and hung to dry.

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We've found that fruit juice will cause a case of the amazing exploding diapers every time.

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We actually had the same experience as Lisa above - the Cruisers fit my daughter better, and we have not any leakage / ?blow outs" with that brand (but did with other brands). A few friends that have young boys only use Huggies - - so maybe different brands for different body types? Or, maybe it is just luck!

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I guess we have been lucky. My daughter has never had a blow out.

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We're using Huggies now with our 17 1/2 lb 25" almost 7 month old daughter with some better success. Huggies size 4 seems to be slightly smaller than Cruisers size 4 so they are less loose around the legs. Also, the Huggies have elastic in the back which might help contain the explosions out the back. My cousin has two boys and swears Huggies are better for boys.

My friend experiences a lot of pee leaks with her son and uses "Diaper Doublers" which are like maxi pads. She says they sell them at Albertson's.

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Cloth is definitely the way to go if you want to avoid leaks. You do need a quality cover though. I found Bummis when my son was 3 months old and overnight we went from shooting-up-the-back-and-into-his-hair explosions to *nothing*. No leaks at all. And they are so easy to wash and care for, much better than scrubbing poop out of carpet, off the furniture and off the people holding him! :)

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My daughter had a very memorable blowout in the middle of a Chapters bookstore while my husband was on duty. I'll never forget watching him sprinting for the bathrooms with her while I crouched behind the magazine rack giggling wildly.

For us, the blowouts only occurred in disposables, but admittedly I did not try many different brands. We never had a blowout manage to escape our cloth diapers, though - Mother-ease one-sizes.

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We used disposables with our first son and use cloth with our second and have had blow-outs with each, but there is a difference: The blow-outs with the Pampers Cruisers were of the "up the back" variety that covers the whole baby in poop. The cloth blow-outs are more subtle; the mess is usually contained in the diaper (or at least in the cover), and it's us who end up covering everything in poop while trying to change him.
Either way, it's not a frequent happening, thank goodness.
I think cloth diapers generally do a better job of keeping things neat, if only because there are so many different kinds/styles to try, that it's easier to find one that will perfectly fit your baby.
For that newborn, liquidy breastfed poop: Motherease Sandies under a Rikki wrap is a pretty much leak-proof combination. We would toss him in one of those if we knew he was going to poop soon (called them our "poopin' diapers!). Now that he's eating solid food too, super messy poops occur less often, so the type of diaper matters less. Still, something with some elastic in the back is great.

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I don't know what that stuff is about huggies being better for boys. I tried huggies with both of mine and had lots of problems with them leaking. The pampers cruisers work really well though with all of the elastic. Like another commenter said make sure the diaper is adjusted well and the little leg flaps are all out, that helps. But I think some poop explosions are just inevitable, especially with my boys: sometimes they would poop with such force that it has no where to go but up the back!! :)

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Fuzzi Bunz cloth diapers rule! My son has never had a blow-out with them but he did with disposables (especially in the back). Cottonbabies.com sells Fuzzi Bunz in a package and inserts are free! =D

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I second Fuzzi Bunz cloth diapers. We have been using them with baby #3 since he was 2 weeks old (he is now 14 months) and we have never had a leak. #2 was a disposable baby, all brands I tried, leaked. I remember having to throw away his clothes on an outing and dress him in clothing off the rack at the store because I forgot to replace his clothes from the last blow out. #2 used to have them so bad up the back that it would get in his hair. Both were/are breastfed babies and never given juice.

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