How quickly should you change a newborn nappy?

[dmuk]

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?!

Very young breastfed babies often save it up for a few days. Hence the term "poonami".

Ideally asap, but myself and another mother of 3 under 3 (newborn twins) once confessed to each other that in the early days, if we had finally msde it to the front door with snowsuits on and ready to go and thensmelt pooh, we occasionally left it until we arrived at our destination to change the nappy. None of our babies got nappy rash and are all 10 years plus now.

My 9mo stores them for a couple of days and then does a succession of explosive ones that require full outfit changes and sometimes decontamination of the surrounding area. It's fairly spectacular. I am very grateful for Aldi nappies! But there isn't any question of leaving it anyway, it would be uncomfortable not only for him but also for anyone with a nose within about a 50ft radius!

MIL told me that DH once held it in for a week. When he started to go, she held him over the loo for about 10 minutes until he stopped!

Yes there is definitely a risk of skin irritation if they sit in faeces for an hour. Some can even cause what look like burns. DD only poos once a day now at 14 months. Despite being breastfed she always went numerous times a day as a newborn and 50% of the time they leaked all over her sleepsuit . I think she stopped pooing so often and leaking so much at around 3 months.

If they are awake I would change it straight away but my DS (5 months) has never been upset by a dirty nappy or had nappy rash so if he's asleep I don't wake him (I did in the first few weeks, but that was partially because we were using crappy naty nappies! Now we are in cloth, which doesn't leak poo really).

I'm sure this will all change when we start solids!

TheWhiteRoad

Old thread but I must correct you, newborns do need their nappy changing regular but it's also normal for a newborn to go up to 3 days without a poo so you could have a newborn who has one poo per day and that would be 'normal' , js! Not all newborns poo all day.