Post by DarcyLongfellow on Dec 19, 2013 20:33:20 GMT -5
My MIL always tries to leave pants on for a diaper change. Then every single time they end up falling off anyway, or getting poop on them, or else just making the diaper harder to get on right.
I've tried leaving pants on, but it never seems to work for me. I just take them off. Did it for every diaper change for 2.5+ years with DD1 :-)
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::
We used to do the double diaper but now we change him standing up. We leave his pants on for standing changes. When he was younger we took his pants off.
I'm lucky, DS is still awesome on the changing table so we keep using it. He doesn't try to roll off or stick his hands in his poopy diaper. He totally runs away if we try to change him standing up. So we keep doing what works!
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, it works for just pee-pee diapers, but I am only tempted to do that in a public place / public changing table. I usually take the pants all the way off, like OP.
Also at what age do babies have to start wearing shoes in public and stop wearing just socks everywhere? *hopes later than six months*
Haha, when they hit the toddling stage, just bc they are walking on the public floor/road. ALthough socks alone are okay if they are in the stroller. * Take this with a grain of salt. I live in the hot and humid South, and we're not the most formal crew of folks.
He kicks so much during diaper changes, I don't think I could do this. Kid HATES diaper changes, and starts to kick and cry as soon as he gets set down on the changing pad. Pants around the ankles would make it too hard.