One of the biggest questions I get from customers is about how to cloth diaper at night.  These questions usually come from parents of four- to six-month-olds, whose babies start sleeping through the night but are being woken up by wet diapers, pajamas, and beds because their regular diapers can’t hold up.  As one of those previously sleep-deprived parents, I am here to tell you that a solution is out there!

Most importantly, the key to nighttime diapering is absorbency.  You need enough material in the diaper to absorb everything your baby can dish out over eleven to twelve hours.  One of the easiest ways to start is just by doubling or tripling up on whatever you use during the daytime.  This may mean using two prefolds, adding two or three regular inserts to your pocket, or adding a doubler or two between a prefold or fitted diaper and cover.

My absolute favorite nighttime solution is the SuperDo insert.  Manufactured by Knickernappies, this insert is virtually bulletproof, even for the heavy wetter set.  The insert is made of 2 layers of microfiber and 6 layers of hemp terry.  In spite of all of this material, the SuperDo is surprisingly trim, helping to eliminate the extreme size of many cloth diaper bottoms at night.

For me, the best part of the SuperDo is how convenient it is to use.  I just put the SuperDo in any of my pocket diapers in place of the regular insert and – voila! – we are ready for bed.   There are not any extra inserts to add or any covers to put over my son’s regular diaper.

How are you doing figuring out your nighttime situation?  Do you have questions?  Let us know!  Do you think you have a great nighttime solution?  Share your ideas in the comments here, and add them to the Real Diaper Industry’s nighttime solutions page to help parents across the country.

Let’s work together to find ways to help parents reach the goal of using reusable cloth diapers 100% of the time!