Diaper change with pants

[Deleted]

I only remove pants if I'm trying to avoid a POOP EVERYWHERE experience. She rarely poops at the moment, so pants rarely come off.

[MamaMaui24]

I'll occasionally do that, but definitely not with poo!

[greekypie]

I couldn't do that bc DD kicks her feet so much the pants come off anyway. But I would do it for pee only diapers, if I could.

[Ashley&Scott]

M kicks his pants off or they get twisted so I just remove them. I have witnessed others (like DC teachers) successfully change without removing pants though.

[snshne322]

I leave his pants on every change. Honestly, it keeps his legs together so I don't have to wrangle both feet. It's especially easy if he has shoes on. I saw them doing it at daycare once. I've been doing it ever since!

[countthestars]

I try to unless we have a poosplosion, but she usually manages to kick them off.

[BAMFMrsB]

It depends on what DS is wearing. Loose, 'sweat'pants? No prob. Tight, jeans or the like? It's a pants-off par-tay!

If he's a squirmy monster, they come off then, too.

[Velar Fricative]

I always take off her pants but DH did ask me why a few days ago. I tried leaving her pants on but I prefer taking them off - I feel like I can put the diaper on straighter. But I'm weird.

[jr009j]

When DD was younger, pants always came off. Her legs weren't long enough that pulling her pants down to the ankle was enough to prevent ick transfer. Now they never come off

[MadamePresident]

Pants off always for poop.

Pants on if they are tight around the ankles. Its waaayyy too much work to put them back on after a diaper change, especially now that putting on pants is like wrangling a monkey.

Looser pants are on a case by case basis, but with my squirmy kid usually end up coming off.

[Deleted]

I feel too uncoordinated for this. Like I am missing the mom gene that does this and is able to BF without a pillow and plans parties on Pinterest.

[ohgillian]

Pants off. Easier for me.

[meltoine]

Ditto @tokenhoser

[fbf2006]

I try leaving my son's pants on but he always kicks them off.

[magpie]

I can leave them on for pee and that's only if A is bout flipping out (rare!).

[AmyRI]

Pants off only for poo. I find that the pants holding the legs together makes the change go faster and easier. It becomes a huge PITA to change a kid that's wearing shoes (or slippers in our case - our floors are cold in the winter, so both kids have something on their feet 90% of the time) if you have to take pants off, too.

[mainelyfoolish]

I removed pants more so when my kids were tiny infants because there wasn't much room between the diaper and the ankles. With a toddler with longer legs, pants almost always stay on during a diaper change.

[bunch]

BABYLEGS SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS

[jenn248]

We try to leave them on, but sometimes DD has other ideas...

[winecheery]

Dec 19, 2013 11:52:30 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

I was nursing DS in the nursing room at the mall yesterday, and I saw another mom change her daughter's diaper. The daughter was very little - under 4 months, I'd say. The mom pulled down the girl's pants to her ankles, LEFT THEM THERE, changed the diaper, and then pulled the pants back up. Is that...a thing? Have I been fully removing DS's pants at each diaper change like a chump? Is everyone laughing at me when they see me change his diaper? Or is Random Mall Mom the crazy one?

lol  yep, it's called me being lazy!!!

[blindyswife]

When I worked at a daycare, I changed all diapers with the pants around the Ike's ankles. It made it easier to hold both the feet up in the air.

But somehow, I've never been able to do it with my kids. They wiggle and kick their feet too much. So pants come off.

@lauralynne Shoes everyday? Even if you don't leave the house?

[shellbear09]

Keeping pants on here haha! Ok not if it's gonna be super messy but usually.

[Deleted]

It has never occurred to me to take them off unless there's a poop disaster.

[ladygrey]

I probably leave DD's pants on 90% of the time, unless it's a really messy diaper or she kicks them off.

[soozy87]

I take the pants off, but he is mostly wearing one piece sleepers.

[Deleted]

I always take them off. I feel like there's too much stuff between his legs otherwise. When I change diapers, I take off his pants, put the clean diaper under the dirty one, fold the front of the dirty one under his butt (to keep poop off the changing table), clean him up, toss the dirty one then fasten the clean one. I would get all that tangled in his pants if they were around his ankles.

I know my "double diaper layer" seems complicated but I like it. DH doesn't do it, and he regularly gets poop on the changing table. Obviously doesn't bother him, b/c he's not the one doing the laundry ::eye roll::

[hski2349]

I do not take pants off unless there is a poop explosion. It is a lot of work getting pants off on. I also put DD's shoes on even if we are not leaving the house.

[blindyswife]

Dec 19, 2013 17:34:22 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

Dec 19, 2013 16:58:53 GMT -5 blindyswife said:

@lauralynne Shoes everyday? Even if you don't leave the house?

Yup - wake up, get dressed including shoes, no matter what we're doing for the day.  Since day 1.  I'm weird that way (I'm the mom who dresses her boy like a little old man too )

Wow you are motivated. I'm impressed.

I'm lazy as shit. We usually have two days on average each week where I don't even take the kids (or me) out of their pjs. Plus I'm a barefooted hippy.

[rex]

I leave them on unless it's poop. It's much easier.

[Deleted]

Pants on unless it's poop.

Also at what age do babies have to start wearing shoes in public and stop wearing just socks everywhere? *hopes later than six months*