Life's better in the buff!

...or at least that's Emory's recent fixation.  It's no secret that most tots are content to be in diapers alone.  Emory's always been a great sleeper, but it seems he sleeps even better with limited clothing.  

This past week has been ROUGH when it comes to night time sleep and even the occasional daytime nap.  It's not a matter of having an unwilling participant; instead our problem is leaky diapers.  Nap time is only 2 to 3 hours max, and we always use Pampers Baby Dry.  According to the box, this diaper should adequately suffice for 12 hours of coverage.  Apparently, they are testing these bad boys out on someone that needs my son's bladder!  

We have had 4 straight nights of leaking out EVEN AFTER changing Emory around 2 or 3 AM every morning (a plan we began implementing several weeks ago when we noticed diapers getting too bulky by morning).  Since Emory doesn't go to bed until 11 we thought it would work best since Phillip gets home about 1:30 AM.  He could do a quick change on his way to bed and problem solved, right?  WRONG!  Every day, same story.  He sleeps until 10 or 11 AM every morning, but still THE BOX SAYS 12 HOURS!  We've even had a few failed nap times this past week (none lasting more than 2.5 hours). 

Phillip and I had a discussion about this during dinner last night.  Phillip ventured out and bought Huggies Overnights in a size 6 (Emory's long, so the size 5s work for day but I read that we should try a bigger size if the absorbency wasn't working).  This would certainly solve our problem.  We waited anxiously for bedtime to roll around to implement Project Clean Crib Sheet!

Perhaps it should be apparent from the fact that I am blogging at 3:30 AM this did not go as planned!  We decided to do the normal 2 AM diaper change.  I was grabbing a water out of the kitchen when I hear Phillip say, "OH YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!"  Phillip isn't one to excite easily, so I promptly enter the room to find Emory standing in his crib...just as naked as a jay bird (and not one bit phased by his immodest appearance).  

Poor kid was so incredibly disoriented.  Normally when we wake him he stays fairly groggy and goes back to sleep with ease.  He had ruined the new crib sheet and mattress protector by this escape from his diaper prison.  I grabbed him and threw him in the bath while Phillip kindly changed the sheets for the THIRD TIME today.  

Phillip didn't know that Emory had recently started grabbing at his diaper trying to figure the tabs out.  I never let him sleep in just a diaper anymore due to this behavior.  Phillip was still ignorant of this minor detail (my fault).  So Emory, being left to his own devices, escaped his confinement and slept blissfully in the nude (and thankfully on his stomach) until we interrupted what was sure to be an interesting morning surprise.

After his bath, we dressed him in footy pajamas and put him back in bed.  That lasted a whole hour.  Now I'm sitting on a couch with a toddler that is so far past his expiration he can't see straight.  Here's to hoping Little Bear will calm him down enough to put back in bed within the next 30 minutes.  He doesn't realize it, but this is not helping Mama's insomnia.  

Blissful buffing to you and yours! 
 
Kristin