aibu to ask how often you change your dc nappies?

[judgejudithjudy]

as op :-)

Life's too short to dangle my 8 month old over a loo.

My nan did try to get me to do (as it is now labelled) EC with DD, 10 years ago. It was how she did it with all of her 5 children in the 50's/60's.

DD potty trained reasonably well, she is now 10 and for the vast majority of her life has used the toilet with no problems. No baby dangling required.

But, if you want to do that then knock yourself out - I'm very much about parent choices based on your own circumstances and beliefs.

Such a waste of precious short babyhood IME at Miaow

I didn't do ec. Didn't do pss pss noises. Didn't dangle tiny babies over toilets. But once they are able to stand/ walk/ talk (11-13 months here), I would like Iv said pop on toilet at each change. Hardly strange or hippy.

Amen to that miaow and tootaboo.

Ams fwiw, I'm open to a bit of crunch but the holier than thou attitude and offensive statements to those using nappies just pisses me and I'm sure others off which stops me wanting to find out more.

What is this ec thing please someone?

Much more often when tiny. When a bit older eg 18 months only if poo or if very full wee.

Hardly strange or hippy

Hmm yes it is.

This is EC riskit

www.nappyfreebaby.co.uk/what-is-elimination-communication

"I'll potty train in accordance with the vast majority of the UK population and not in accordance with what some internet agenda pusher wants to do thank you - so fuck dangling an 8 month old over the loo making pssss pssss noises."

I think I love you, Miaow.

I have an 11 month old DD & change her nappy every 2-3 hours or so. Straight away if she's had a poo.

DS as a newborn screamed after every wee so probably changed him about 10 times a day despite the fact he only pooed 2/3 times a week.

Once he was sleeping thru, around 2 months he'd go all night which cut it down a bit, now he's 8.5mo and not fussed so gets roughly 5 changes a day, approx every 4 hours

The term Elimination Communication cracks me up. It sounds like one of those US military euphemisms for blowing the heads of enemy combatants, for crying out loud.

My son is 20 months. He's changed first thing in the morning, when he poos at 8.50 am (he's a regular creature), before his nap about 1pm, and when he does his second poo, circa 5pm, and after his bath before bedtime.

There is a big difference between the nappy requirements of a newborn and an older baby. A newborn constantly poos and wees, has more delicate skins. An older child who is close to being ready for potty training may well have a clean dry nappy for hours.

For the first 3 months I changed my children roughly every two hours. After that we used 4 to 6 nappies a day. We tried elimination communication with dd, but it all went turd shaped when she discovered mobility.

Elimination communication does work to a point, but it is a way of managing baby waste rather than toilet training. Certainly if you use cloth nappies then avoiding pooey nappies is brilliant.

My children were ready for toilet training around two and half years old. Some childrne are ready earlier and others are later.

My baby wees constantly and poos a lot!! I went through 130 nappies last week (far too much money) that was about 18 a day but usually it 12/14 a day. I cant leave her in her wee or a dirty nappy cos on the rare occassion we have left her in a dirty nappy for 20 mins she starts to get the nappy rash. Sometimes a change can take 2 or 3 nappies as she wees waits until I change her then wees or poos again.

Any tips on how to get them to wee less would be much appreciated.

Both of my children as newborns pooped at every feed! Which was about 50 times a day.

Some newborns hardly ever poo, my ds pood once every 5/6 days until he started eating food at 6 months. I did the same as I do now, one nappy overnight and 2 in the day. We did have lots of nappy off time though.

Jigsaw, obviously you would change a dirty nappy immediately, but surely a nappy slighted wetted with a single pee in a decent-quality nappy isn't an issue in terms of contributing to rash? That sounds like an unsustainable number of nappies to me!

6mo in reusables. I change after every nap and before we go out (and after a poo obvs). So probably about 6 times a day.

Sorry, that should read 'a nappy slightly wetted with a single pee'.

Honestly, jigsaw, if I am changing my son and he pees as soon as I have put the new nappy on, I will usually just leave it, unless it's quite a lot of pee and the nappy is visibly soaking up liquid.

Not changing them often enough is not just about the hygiene aspects.

The WEIGHT of a full nappy (which is significant to a baby/toddler) lowers a child's centre of gravity and affects their balance and gait.

Depends on the child. Generally every 2-3 hrs and immediately after a poo. Change before sleep. A child with a sensitive bottom will be changed more often. A child approaching toilet training will often say when they need a change and might be less often.

NB: other people's children - I'm a CM.

Wow. Some people only use 3 nappies a day? Really?

Ugh! I feel for the poor babies! That must be horrible trawling around with a big wet nappy stuck to your backside just because mum would rather it was totally bulging before it gets changed! Just because they can soak up lots of wee (designed to do this so it gets you through the night!) doesn't mean you have to let them. Shudder!

I suppose you get your money's worth that way though

Surely it depends on the child though? I only use 3-4 nappies a day as stated previously but DS doesn't seem to do 'little wees'. His happy will be completely dry for 3-4 hrs then he'll have a big wee.

I don't leave a huge bulging nappy on my child, he just ewes differently to yours. But don't let that stop you boiling your judgy pants!

Dyac!!! I think my message is pretty clear without pointing at the exact words my phone decided it knew better than me!