My husband drives me crazy and doesn't wrap up the old diaper before tossing it. I shove all of the wipes in there and use the tabs to hold that sucker together like it's an atomic bomb.
When they were newborns I always slid a new diaper under. I think H still does it. I haven't in a long time and **knock on wood** haven't had any issues. My kids love being naked so they laugh when they have those few moments of no diaper.
When we get ready for bath I let them run around naked. DS has never peed but DD did squat and pee on the carpet once.
Old-timer chiming-in on this one (old-fashioned cloth diapers and rubber pants - 1980's).
Get the job done... no-nonsense... all business.
With baby or child in crib, pull rubber pants off and slide rubber pants under baby's diapered butt. Unlatch and pluck pins from diaper, lift child by the ankles, fold diaper over in half, use outside of cloth diaper to wipe baby's bottom. Diaper and rubber pants into plastic diaper pail.
100% cotton baby washcloth to do the finishing cleaning, a fresh diaper under baby's bottom, fasten with safety pins (one on each side), top diaper off with a clean pair of rubber pants.
Used to be able to whip through a diaper change (when wet) in a minute (or under) most days, add another half minute to the chore when soiled.
One pin-prick is all it took for a squirming or flailing/kicking child to learn to lay still while being changed.
I usually put a new diaper under, but not always. Like 80/20. E2 definitely still surprises me with the errant pee/poop so it's nice to catch those. I do always have a burp rag underneath to catch pee/poop/spit up before it hits the changing pad though.
ETA: I can't remember what I did with E1 when he was older and pee/poop was more predictable. Probably naked butt.
Post by icedcoffee on May 19, 2019 13:55:04 GMT -5
When he was tiny I slid the new diaper under because he’d randomly pee when cold air hit his privates. Now I fold the old diaper over underneath him and wipe him while he leans on that and then once he’s clean I swap it out for a clean one. This helps keep poop off the changing table as well as keeps the new diaper clean.
I always open up the new diaper before I start changing him and pull out a wipe. It helps get it all done quicker.
I would love to perfect the standing diaper change at this point but I find it hard to get the diaper on with a good fit while he’s standing. Some people comment I pull the diaper up too high but I find it gets a better fit sooo....shrug!
Also—I only wipe poop so pee changes are real quick.
ETA: sometimes h lets him run naked for a minute after bath and my heart basically stops. It makes me so nervous.
When he was tiny I slid the new diaper under because he’d randomly pee when cold air hit his privates. Now I fold the old diaper over underneath him and wipe him while he leans on that and then once he’s clean I swap it out for a clean one. This helps keep poop off the changing table as well as keeps the new diaper clean.
I always open up the new diaper before I start changing him and pull out a wipe. It helps get it all done quicker.
I would love to perfect the standing diaper change at this point but I find it hard to get the diaper on with a good fit while he’s standing. Some people comment I pull the diaper up too high but I find it gets a better fit sooo....shrug!
Also—I only wipe poop so pee changes are real quick.
ETA: sometimes h lets him run naked for a minute after bath and my heart basically stops. It makes me so nervous.
I, too, found pulling the front of the diaper up higher made for a more snug and proper fitting diaper.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on May 19, 2019 15:27:32 GMT -5
It took reading the descriptions of others for it to come back to me, but what I used to do was open up the new diaper and set it in easy reaching range, open the dirty diaper, use front inside of the dirty diaper to wipe them down a bit, then put clean top side of the dirty diaper under their bum (so the diaper was closed under them) if it wasn't too messy. That way, if they peed/pooped while I was wiping, it would go on the dirty diaper. And I'd pile the wipes on top of the diaper too, then when done, fold up the dirty diaper and wipes and slide the clean one under.
Post by sunflower17 on May 19, 2019 19:00:41 GMT -5
As a newborn, new diaper under old. Now at 15 months it’s a fucking workout. The past few weeks have been awful. I take off old one and roll it up to contain mess. I then have to wrangle her because she’s screaming and rolling over while hanging for dear life onto the right side of changing table with left hand (or vice versa) I have to pick up her naked ass several times and lay her back down and also find new diaper that she has now checked someplace. If I’m lucky enough to get new diaper under her ass, she moves by the time I fasten it. Rinse and repeat. ETA- I forgot to add wiping and diaper cream, but you get my drift.
Post by arehopsveggies on May 19, 2019 19:23:32 GMT -5
The first couple months I put a flat cloth diaper under. After that just makes booty. I don’t want to waste a diaper on a change of They pee in the middle!