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Would you wake your baby to change their nappy?
Since weaning (and teething - 1st one broke through today ), my LO has taken to pooing a LOT more than she used to! We went from 1 a day pre-weaning to anything up to 7 times a day at the moment
With this, she also wakes up most mornings with a pooey nappy and I feel bad for leaving her in it all night, but I just don't know it's there and it clearly hasn't bothered her sleep.
But the other night I was randomly awake at like 4am and heard her poo. She didn't even stir let alone wake and so I spent ages trying to decide if I should go wake her up to change her. As it is, I must have dozed off and she woke me by grizzling at 5am so I took the opportunity to get her up and change her.
If you know during the night that you LOs have pooed, do you wake them up to change them or do you leave them be if it's clearly not bothering them? I'm particularly worried at the moment as she's got a bit of thrush so I'm trying to do all I can to keep her clean and dry - and clearly laying in poo for part of the night is not a good thing.
What are your thoughts?
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With this, she also wakes up most mornings with a pooey nappy and I feel bad for leaving her in it all night, but I just don't know it's there and it clearly hasn't bothered her sleep.
But the other night I was randomly awake at like 4am and heard her poo. She didn't even stir let alone wake and so I spent ages trying to decide if I should go wake her up to change her. As it is, I must have dozed off and she woke me by grizzling at 5am so I took the opportunity to get her up and change her.
If you know during the night that you LOs have pooed, do you wake them up to change them or do you leave them be if it's clearly not bothering them? I'm particularly worried at the moment as she's got a bit of thrush so I'm trying to do all I can to keep her clean and dry - and clearly laying in poo for part of the night is not a good thing.
What are your thoughts?
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Sorry, that's not much help I know!!!
But it's the fact this thrush appeared last week that I'm now really paranoid as she looks so sore. Not sure what I can do when most of the time I don't know she's done it, apart from set my alarm for 4am and check her bum! But the time I heard it I was in a real dilemma...even woke hubby up to discuss at 4am
It's a hard one isn't it?
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Nice to know I'm not the only one who finds it a dilemma.
I think if I hear her go again in the night I'll wake her up while she's got her sore bum.
I'm keeping everything crossed that now one tooth has sprouted and the other isn't far behind it, it'd be nice if she went back to one or two poos a day only. We're going through nappies like there's no tomorrow!
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He has never had nappy rash and never seemed bothered by it!
Luckily he seems to have stopped, so I don't have to worry about it any more!
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Miss I, when I changed her the other night, she was wide awake during and I was dreading the next few hours thinking she'd either think it was time to start the day and be wide awake and want me up - or alternatively just keep crying. However I put her down wide awake and after a bit of fidgeting I didn't hear another peep. I am so pleased that self settling is one of the things my girl is good at...most of the time, she definitely has her moments (like yesterday when it took me 45 minutes to get her to nap for 20 mins...not a happy mummy!) and I was sure that 5am was gonna be one of them. So I wouldn't fancy trying my luck too often.
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Yeah similar here when my lo has done this, I did change him but did it in the dark and didnt use too many wipes to avoid waking him, you can do a proper clean in the morning, its just to make sure they're dry/comfortable
I would just do quick change not necessarily that thorough to ensure that they don't feel all cold and wet. x