A Night time Diapering Trick I discovered!

[PeachBaby]

Maybe you expert mamas already know to do this, but me being a first time mom and with no family nearby (being a transplanted American living in Japan with only Japanese DH and FIL here), I have to figure out many things by myself. So I was excited to finally find this out!

It is just a way to minimize baby's crying during night time diapering changes.

I just happened to think to do this last night and was so happy I did. But I wish I had known to do this from when DS was a newborn since he would wake every 2 hours (now it's about every 3 or 4) during the night crying his head off when I had to change his wet diaper. Poor DS, and poor DH and FIL too! And me too, because that meant I had to stay up comforting him back to sleep.

I hope I can describe this so that it's understandable...

While DS was still in the sleepy stage, just wiggling around, I would feel his diaper, and if wet, I would open the diaper cover. Before he would always cry as soon as I removed the wet cloth from him, so instead this time I just peeped to make sure he hadn't made any poo, then continuing to keep the wet cloth still on him, I lifted both his legs up and pulled the cloth (not the diaper cover, just the cloth) from under his butt and folded it up onto the front part where it was still covering him and kept it there on him. (I am sure now that his crying was from the change in temperature or the naked exposure feeling.) Then I pulled away the old diaper cover from underneath him and pulled in the new diaper cover with clean cloth under him and set his legs down. Then as soon as I pulled off the wet cloth from him, I was able to quickly cover him with the new dry diaper so that he didn't feel exposed. Voila! Baby is still sleeping, and so is everyone else! (All during this time I also kept a blanket covering the top half of his body so that he still feels somewhat snuggled.)

Just thought I'd share this in case it can help anyone. Although *I* still had to wake up as usual, at least everyone (DS, DH, FIL, and maybe even the neighbors!) could finally sleep in peace for a change! Last night not a peep out of him!

(Not sure if this belongs here or in the diapering forum ....)

[funfunkyfantastic]

That is actually a pretty cool idea. Never did think of that. Hmm... wonder if that technique could work for disposables (had to switch to those unfortunately when DD decided to become a heavy wetter )

[littlebabydoll]

You dont wipe him clean with water? We get red butt here if I dont do that.

Im sure diaper change tears are from temp change. I used a wet cloth wipe on my belly after a pee leak on me and boy is it cold, even with warm water.

[annettemarie]

Moving to the Diapering forum

[skolbut]

Originally Posted by littlebabydoll

You dont wipe him clean with water? We get red butt here if I dont do that.

We don't wipe unless poopy or there is some definite funk. Even with only water. For either kid. I found, for us, it's less irritating and/or drying. Maybe we're weird and gross...

[nevaehsmommy]

Originally Posted by skolbut

. Maybe we're weird and gross...

I did not and do not wipe unless they are poopy. I know there was a thread about hwo grown women wipe themselves so we ought to wipe our little girls


I DO not wipe but rather drip dry. I have cut out my yeast infection and UTI down to maybe 1 time a year. I dont knwo if I am allerigic to the stuff in toilet paper or if I dont wipe "right" or what....but some say that is weird and gross as well.

[sapphire_chan]

That's a cool thing you figured out on your own. Seems to me if you did have family nearby you'd be giving *them* advice on baby problems.

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I blot Lina after her in the toilet pees, but she's actually *wet*. The tiny bit of moisture after an in the diaper pee is less than when she sweats at night and I'm sure the new diaper can handle it just fine.

[beautifulboy]

I am so impressed that you manage to do this with baby still sleeping!!!!!

As for us, we stopped the night changing at around 2 months or so. I started using diaper boosters (ie: extra layers) and I guess he stopped peeing so much. Although we do have an occasional night-time change if it's one of those nights when he's nursing all night long, then e's peeing all night long too.

[beautifulboy]

I am so impressed that you manage to do this with baby still sleeping!!!!!

As for us, we stopped the night changing at around 2 months or so. I started using diaper boosters (ie: extra layers) and I guess he stopped peeing so much. Although we do have an occasional night-time change if it's one of those nights when he's nursing all night long, then e's peeing all night long too.

We use wet cloth wipes and this great spray made by California Baby, which we dilute. We always wipe him down, we're super conscious of red skin around here and my baby gets red if I don't wipe him.

http://www.californiababy.com/non-bu...sh-6-5-oz.html

[PeachBaby]

It's still continuing to work so well, I'm so happy!

I found out that I could use any clean cloth to cover him (as opposed to his already peed on diaper) and it works just as well, so yeah I don't see why it wouldn't work for disposables.

Nope I don't wipe if it's just pee. Especially not in the night as I am too much of a grump for that! Ha ha! For sure I wipe if it has poo though.

Also I found that if DS starts to stir, I just stop what I am doing and put my hands on his thighs (and sometimes I rub them), and he immediately goes back to sleep! Sometimes he might stir a few times so I'll do this a few times too, but so far he never wakes up. Boy, the extra sleep I get is sooo wonderful!