Does Boots own brand nappies leak?

worcester1

Hello guys/ladies,

Our little boy is three weeks old and we have since tried huggies, pampers, mamia, and boots own brand.

The huggies and pampers were excellent, held lots of !!!! and wee -thought we would use Aldi mamia during the night - but the couple of ones we used, leaked very badly. So we simply put it down to a cheaper brand and crap design.

We went into boots to buy pampers but saw the boots old brand on offer - buy two (45 per packs) for £8 which was what the single pampers (56 per pack) would have cost us. Now, this also leaks as bad as the Aldi brand.

I kind of blame the wife for not putting it properly or the fact that she made the decision to buy a size 2 for newborn as the size1 was too tied for him. My boy weightsabout 10pounds, so he is not a small baby.

The front of the boots nappies didn't soak a single drop of wee, instead the whole lot soaked his jumpsuit (at the back) and his cot. Now with his willy in the front, how can his back be soaked?

I can afford to buy him pampers or huggies nappies but would be nice to get make a savings on own brands if they work.

Any suggestions/advice/help?

Thanks a lot in advance

Curious_George_2

i dont want this to sound like im teaching you to suck eggs... but...
are you making sure his willy is pointing downwards when you do the nappy up?
it is possible that its pointing up, therefore he would pee upwards and it would run to his back (cos hes laying down)

if you would rather use own brand nappies ( although i never found one i liked)
i would be tempted to swap your nappy ideas around, i would have used the better quality nappy at night and maybe a cheaper one during the day

good luck though!

LilMissEmmylou

all nappies CAN leak. It depends on the fit on your baby. As all babies are different sizes different nappies will fit different babies better. Try a few different types and see which fits the best

Counting_Pennies_2

I had exactly the same problem, in fact I was so incensed I took the packets back to Boots and got a refund.

For the early days I would always recommend Pampers (and the yellow packets, don't be tempted to go for the green ones)

Apparently I found out today they are yellow packets for a reason, they are designed to absorb more liquid and the green packets are for when you move on to weaning.

You will have plenty of time to make the savings by buying own brand products and I can very much recommend Tescos own brands of the superfit, they are great for when baby moves on to solids.

Snaggles

I love the Boots own brand nappies, and haven't had any leaks (tmi, sorry, but my daughter has very runny poo!). But when we had out son, Huggies were the only ones that didn't leak for him (although we've had several leaks with Huggies for our daughter).

Are you using any nappy rash cream? (Sudocrem etc) If you use too much, I think these can create a sort of film on the nappy and stop it absorbing as much.

inkie

I had a problem with Boots own - and gave up after trying one packet, as they seemed to be leaking. Tescos own proved faithful for us (and clubcard points too!), and the Netto ones were also decent (used them during the day).

TheWaltons_3

I agree with the other poster. Change your Nappy ideas. Put the expensive Nappies on overnight, and use cheaper ones during the day so that you can change frequently.

Accidents will happen with Babies, blaming your Wife is just not on.

Lady_E

For the first couple of months , for both DS, we used Pampers (yellow packs initially then onto green). As they got older we switched onto Tesco own brand superfit which did the job very well. I would concur with the points about nappy cream making the nappy less absorbent , this happened with DS1. Dont stress about it, you WILL find a nappy that suits your little one.

BTW -Congratulations

cjalynch

I have only ever used huggies and pampers when on very special offer and have found tesco own brand to do the job very well.
We had a similar problem with first son, which we seemed to overcome by putting him into a bigger size. Both boys are now weaned, and we have used Boots brand in the last year, I would say they are probably a bit smaller than tesco ones overall. Check the weights on the pack as well as the given size.
Good luck and HTH. (by the way the weeing up the back does stop!)

moozikgal

We used the boots own ones in the early days. The ones with hippos on the front and elasticated back. They were exactly the same as huggies and half the price. We did have the odd accident, but when you have a screaming baby who is wriggling, things dont always go as planned when putting them on. The boots ones could do up tighter with the elastic back so less chance of leaks.

Ones to avoid, asda george nappies... not good at all!

Nicki

worcester1 wrote: »

I kind of blame the wife for not putting it properly or the fact that she made the decision to buy a size 2 for newborn as the size1 was too tied for him. My boy weightsabout 10pounds, so he is not a small baby.

I so hope this was said tongue in cheek.

Your poor wife gave birth to your child a mere three weeks ago, and you're giving her a hard time over £8 possibly badly spent

Have you read the labour thread which is current at the moment, or the pregnancy best kept secrets thread? :mad:

Some questions for you to consider:

Who changed the bed when it was wet in the night - you or your wife?
Is your baby sleeping all the way through the night yet? If not, who is getting up to feed?
Did your wife have stitches after the birth, and if so have they healed?
Is your wife still bleeding after the birth?
Is your wife breastfeeding?
Are you back at work yet, and is she looking after the child single handed all day?

If hand on heart, you can say that none of these questions are relevant you're still an insensitive twit, and if you were my insensitive twit, you'd be out the door so fast that you wouldn't be able to get the words CSA and Divorce out.

Give the poor woman a break for God's sake. Even if you are 100% sure that you are right about something as minor as this, resist the urge to tell her so. Criticise nothing, and wait until she's at least back on her feet before you start having a go about something as petty as this.