Quick Q: baby fell asleep with dirty nappy

[omri]

Quick question- 9 month old was tired so I put her in her cot with her bottle while I cleaned the kitchen. By the time I was finished she was asleep so I went in to take the bottle out and cover her with her blanket. But could clearly smell a big dirty nappy... I left her to sleep in it- what would you do? This just 5 mins ago and I'm sitting here with my cuppa thinking hmmm should I pick her up and change her?!

I would never leave a baby in a dirty nappy. Nappy rash is really painful.

showy I didn't know that about coats and car seats! I just googled it after reading your post.

omri did dd wake up?! I've left my ds is a dirty nappy when I knew it was going to be a quick nap. Luckily he has a very robust bottom! and now poos like clockwork at breakfast so it's no longer a problem

Op - of course you're not a crap mother! It's gutting to have to wake a sleeping baby and most of us would have thought 'bugger, do I really have to do this' but you did the right thing.

Good info re the bottle. Best not to leave unattended.

Hope you are having a peaceful evening.

Always a dilemma, especially when it has taken ages to get them to sleep, but when mine have done this I try and change them without waking them... mostly successfully with a few fails!

I had a rule when DD was that age. Never wake the sleeping baby! Obv if you know poo = bad bum or they would sleep tho a change then its different but one wife bum while asleep is not going to kill anyone.

Change her. I didn't notice DD had poo'd for about 10 mins earlier and she was already really sore, I feel awful about it . It can affect them really quickly.

Sorry, commented before reading the whole thread as I felt so guilty about poor DD's sore bum today .

Oh, everyone said different to me. I change my son if his pooey nappy wakes him, but would leave him otherwise. He's never once had nappy rash and never once slept through a nappy change. He's 12 months old. I'd be much more concerned about the bottle issue, but that's been addressed. As has the nappy thing. .. too late!

Mine has never slept through a nappy change either, sadly (but then has never slept through a poo either so never had the dilemma of whether to wake her!).