FT Mom Stupid Question

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If your baby is sleeping and know that she has pooped, would you change her right away and risk waking her up or just let her sleep a little bit longer? Would letting your kid sleep a few more minutes in a poopy diaper make you a bad mom? Why don't babies come with a manual?

[JayhawkGirl]

If she's sleeping soundly and I expect she's on the tail end of her nap, I'd leave it. If she just went down, I change it.

[Kristinmo]

A few minutes, absolutely let her sleep. A few hours, no because of diaper rash.

[JayhawkGirl]

And PS dot - not a stupid question. Sleep is a tricky thing even with my second!

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Baby is 10 days old. She sleeps during the day and is up all night. She is fed both breast milk and formula. I wouldn't mind so much if she woke up, but my husband hasn't slept in 2 days because he has been up all night with her and is a very light sleeper. I want him to get some sleep before she wakes up for the night.

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Aug 31, 2014 23:12:45 GMT -5 JayhawkGirl said:

And PS dot - not a stupid question. Sleep is a tricky thing even with my second!

Thanks for saying this, I literally felt like an idiot for asking this. 

[Gato]

If I don't think she's going to wake up within an hour, I change her.  Better a little disturbance of her sleep than a nasty diaper rash.

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Aug 31, 2014 23:14:07 GMT -5 toledo said:

I thought this was about female-to-male.

Lol, changed the title to prevent further confusion.

[JayhawkGirl]

Aug 31, 2014 23:15:16 GMT -5 @porcupine said:

Aug 31, 2014 23:12:45 GMT -5 JayhawkGirl said:

And PS dot - not a stupid question. Sleep is a tricky thing even with my second!

Thanks for saying this, I literally felt like an idiot for asking this. 

It takes a village. Truly. Ask away and congrats on your new baby!

[sofamonkey]

May I recommend a white noise machine for your room? It helped my husband immensely! Congrats too.

[vamoose]

I would change soon because a newborn with a diaper rash is a huge PITA. I'm sorry. It is SO hard when you are sleep deprived and emotionally exhausted and your baby is fucking finally asleep. Man. I wouldn't blame you for waiting a little bit, it just might bite you in the ass.

[bugandbibs]

Aw, congrats on your new baby!

I'd leave the baby sleeping, but my kids are not prone to rashes. My kids are not the kind to sleep through a diaper change or go back down quickly. We hard core subscribe to the "never wake a sleeping baby" school of thought.

[Captain Serious]

Aug 31, 2014 23:16:53 GMT -5 @porcupine said:

Aug 31, 2014 23:14:07 GMT -5 toledo said:

I thought this was about female-to-male.

Lol, changed the title to prevent further confusion.

What does the FT stand for? All I can think of is full-time, and I'm wondering what makes a part-time mom and why they aren't qualified to answer.

[Captain Serious]

Thank you! That makes so much more sense.

[Sloane]

10 days? Let her sleep and change at the next wake up, they sleep and wake so much that it's no biggie. I also subscribe to the never wake a sleeping baby camp. Both mine would wake up cranky and be harder to get down later.

[SKP82]

I always slathered Vaseline or Aquaphor on her bottom in case she did poop while sleeping. The barrier eased my mind about her not getting a rash.

A tip on the sleeping if you'd rather her sleep at night than during the day- our pedi told us to "mess" with DD hourly while sleeping during the day. So we would tickle her feet and it kept her from getting into a deep sleep during the day. She slept much better at night once we started doing that.

[liverandonions]

I never knew when my newborn pooped so she slept with many poopy diapers. I think you're ok to let her sleep. Now however, no dice. My kid gets rashy quick-it just didn't happen with baby poop luckily.