How often do you change a nappy?

[August24Mama]

So my baby is almost 8 months old, and I've changed her nappy everytime she wees since birth. Never had a rash, I use Mamia nappys so they're cheap and a pack will still last a few days. Only time I don't is when nighttime as baby sleeps through the night. Unless she poops, poop obviously needs to be changed straightaway. Not a problem.

I was scrolling tiktok and I seen a video saying no one actually does this. The comments were filled with mums saying they change wee nappies every 2-4 hours. I had no idea this was a thing, I thought it was normal to change every pee. The thought of my baby sitting in acidic pee just rubs me the wrong way. I saw people saying if they did change every pee then nothing else would be done, but it only takes two seconds to change a nappy? I definitely don't spend all my time changing nappies haha.

Out of curiosity, what do you mums do? I had no idea this was a thing until today.

I didn’t know every wee was a thing, genuinely never heard of people doing that. Definitely immediately for a poo, but 3 ish hours for wees (or when feels heavy).

How on earth do you change every pee? It's impossible to know that. Seems ridiculous to me.

I used to change every 2-3 hours as a newborn and my son has never had a rash. He's 15 months now and unless he has pooed I change 4 times a day.

Hi OP,

I have been doing elimination communication (basically catching wees and poos in the potty) since my baby had a horrible fungal rash (twice) and I had to keep her nappy free for a week or so. That was when she was around 4 months when we started. She is 10 months now. I am still traumatised by how horrible the rashes were (bloody and horrible).

Every time I do this I change her nappy to a clean one (if dirty), but sometimes catching the wees means that she is still dry and I saved a nappy.

Best bit is that she can do poo on the potty and I don’t always have to change her smelly poo nappy.

I like to have her dry as much as possible too. I feel the inside of a dirty wet nappy and it still feels wet to me.