How often to change newborn nappy

[SassyPants87]

how often should you change newborn nappy? I always change him straight away when he does a poo but should I change every wet nappy too? If so that’s a lot of nappies!

Yes changes are more frequent when they are small as they have a small bladder. The urine will burn the skin if left and soreness will develop quickly

I changed mine as soon as. Their skin is so sensitive too. Make sure you have sudocream in case of redness as wipes can be so harsh on skin. I use water wipes

Yes I always change if she's wet. I usually change her every 60-90 mins (she's 11 weeks) during the daytime and then at every waking in the night (she wakes once now but I would always change her as the nappy is always full of wee!)

Sorry forgot to say that if I know she has had a wee then I would change her as soon as I knew but if out I check every hour.

Yes, always change when wet. We used cloth nappies though for environmental reasons so that does require changing after every wee or poo.

Wow, I changed as soon as they pooed but otherwise every feed so 2 to three hours. Also after the first few weeks I only changed at night if they pooed as then you can feed them back to sleep before they are properly awake.

Bucking the trend here but no I wouldn't change for every single wee. Poos and every 2-3 hours for just wees.

As a newborn you are meant to change after a wee, that is why a lot of the nappies have the indicator on them..I think a line comes up on them or something

I changed every poo obviously, but also every 60/90 mins as I didn't want DD to get a sore bottom

Every poo, and for a wee, when it felt a bit padded or heavy. I wouldnt do it for a tiny wee, but I wouldnt wait until sodden either. It worked out probably every 2-3 hours in the day, and slightly less often at night.

...people changing after every wee are bonkers. Changed after every poo, or after 3-4 hours. We used reusables and absolutely no way would I be doing that much laundry.

Do people changing disposable nappies after every wee realise how long it takes one of those plastic nappies to decompose? Shameful.

Would you like to sit in your own pee?

Check once an hour

I change after every poo but otherwise every 2-3 hours, certainly not after every single wee. No soreness. I change him once overnight before his feed. He’s 6 weeks.

I think this is probably clever product design so that people use/buy more nappies!

Wow I only did mine every 3-4 hours for a wee and up to 12 hours if he slept through the night. Obviously change right after every poo

Just to add, although I didn't change for revert wee, nappy rash was never an issue with my first and only very rarely (and mildly) with my second.

That is a lot of disposable nappies in landfill! We've used reusables mainly with both and definitely wouldn't be changing for every pee, and even less likely to in disposables because they are designed to wick the pee away so they aren't sitting in their own pee.

... that's a feature the nappy manufacturers built in to increase sales.

I thought the line was because newborns nappies don't get that heavy (small bladder/less urine) so it's not as easy to tell when they've weed.

I used to change every feed and also when pood'd - given they poo and feed a lot when small, it's ends up being pretty frequently anyway

Thanks everyone! I’m changing every 3 hours when I do a feed but didn’t know if I needed to change more often than that. I’m also giving him nappy free time at every change to make sure the skin breathes but wasn’t sure if I should be changing more often than that

I was just asking a question, calm down

DC1, every single wee because she would fuss, even if there wasn't enough to trigger the strip... DC2 every couple of hours or every poo overnight because he was not bothered by wee... That said having a boy after a girl was a learning curve, there were a few dry nappies/wet clothes/bed incidents in the first few days due to careless positioning 🙈

First baby after every wee or poo!

Second and beyond usually just when they wake up, do a nappy change then a feed then sleep….unless they do a poo or particularly large wee in which case change it straight away.

If it’s the middle of the night and they start shuffling for a feed don’t do a nappy change for just a wee as you run the risk of waking them up.

That’s the approach I took and never had any problems with nappy rash!

As soon as they pooed, but otherwise about every 2 hours or so unless nappy was soaking, which it usually wasn’t because newborns do very small amounts of wee. Once they were a bit older I avoided changing overnight too unless absolutely necessary because I found it woke them up more and it was harder to get them back off to sleep again. Especially dd who was a bloody nightmare anyway. I used metanium nappy cream to keep nappy rash at bay.