How quickly should you change a newborn nappy?

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How quickly should you change a newborn nappy after they wee/poo?

I've found plenty of emotional guidance but looking for something a little more factual or scientific.

Well aware of the nappy rash issue. However if baby soils a clean nappy, is waiting an hour an issue (assuming they're not in discomfort). Especially if there is more to come.

I'm less worried about number ones as the nappy is designed for absorbing liquids.

Please don't judge to harshly. Not trying to be lazy! Just curious to know best practice if it exists?!

Always change poo immediately. If it's just wet then I change when they are heavy, maybe 3-4 hourly.

I always changed immediately for a poo. Unless we were in the car and then we would stop as soon as we could.

I wouldn't worry too much about wet nappies but would always change a pooey one straight away - it must feel horrid to lie in!

As soon as baby has pooed I always changed them. I'd never leave them an hour.

One of mine would poo. I'd change him and he'd per an hour later. But I wouldn't keep,him in a dirty nappy even though I knew he would poo again later.

Aldi nappies are cheap and very good if money is an issue for you.

I always changed my two as soon as possible once if noticed a dirty nappy, and would never have left them for an hour . I don't think you'll find anything scientific, just common sense, would you want to be left in your own shit for an hour?

Yes, change poo immediately. Wee can wait a while. They will end up being in wee soaked nappies all night when sleeping through.

Newborns can poo 12 times a day so you do have to change a lot of nappies at first!

Poo straight away. Would you delay wiping your backside if you knew another one was coming?

Nappy rash is a bugger and just not worth the nappies you would save.

Plus poo can dry on the skin and is a swine to get off.

Immediately after a poo. Lidl nappies are excellent whether you're on a budget or not. Many councils give grants to cloth nappy users too.

There will be plenty of times they time a dump immediately after a nappy change. It's just a fact of life.

Yes, change as soon as you can after a poo, it's like acid on their skin. Wee, not such a problem.

ASAP or else it leaks out everywhere

Oh yes. You can guarantee that once you've changed the nappy they will poo.

But a baby WILL be uncomfortable to be in a soiled nappy! How could they not be? Pooey nappies should always be changed as soon as you notice. Wees can be left longer.

Aldi and Lidl do cheap and reliable nappies if cost is a factor in your question.

This continues to be a problem as they get bigger as well, btw - DS2 has a sore bum today from being at MIL's (with DH, I might add, but he's a lazy bugger when it comes to nappies and lets MIL do it) because she didn't clean his bum properly after he'd done a poo. It's like a raised red burn welt, almost. :( Luckily the bepanthen will clear it up quite quickly but he got quite distressed when I cleaned it :(

An hour is too long- it would leak.

Straight away. That's why you get the time off work.

I would change a poo nappy straight away. You wouldn't want to sit in your own crap would you?

IME the "six poos a day stage" is over quite quickly, and within a few weeks you begin to get through far fewer nappies. But once a baby gets nappy rash, it can be a bugger to get rid of and you may find yourself using more nappies because the rash is uncomfortable after a wee

And I'm not sure you're going to find any scientific studies about the optimum length of time between poo and change

Poo immediately. Would you want to sit in poo for an hour! Or would you not wipe if you knew you might need another soon? It really doesn't take long for the acid in a poo to damage a newborn baby's skin. The period where they poo multiple times a day doesn't last very long, thankfully.

Wee would be close to impossible to change immediately as they wee small amounts very very often. In the very early days we were probably getting through about 12-15 nappies a day.

As soon as possible of course! i dont understand why you are looking for a time frame within which to leave it. Why would you if you can change it?

Poo straightaway. Overnight no change if there was no poo. Day time every 3 hours ish depending on the child pfb probably more regularly

I would imagine it might be a financial issue, Surly.

In that case could i suggest nappy liners? You can get washable and disposable ones. Whatever suits your circumstances.

Wow, thanks for the quick replies!

The question of time is more around health issues. If people are saying (from experience) their is a higher risk of skin irritation then it makes sense to change as soon as you can.

I found an NHS guidance that says as soon as possible. I assume as baby gets older the frequency will become more regular (?).

Newborn babies poo an awful lot. As they get bigger, this decreases. A 3 month old may poo three or four times a day, a 9 month old only once or twice. Obviously it depends on your baby but fewer dirty nappies as they get older is to be expected.