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About not wiping babies after they pee

I asked my babysitter, who is also a nurse's aide, if they wipe adults when they have only peed in their diapers.  She said "Ewww and yes."

What are people's thoughts on this?  Is there a difference to you between adults and babies?

Re: About not wiping babies after they pee

  • b15chikb15chik member
    if I wipe mine everytime I change a pee diaper, his skin gets really irritated. I've been back and forth on this one
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  • yo.mamayo.mama member

    omg, are we gonna talk about this EVERYDAY?

  • I wipe her everytime, just like I do me. 
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  • Hmm, it does sound gross not to wipe an adult, however I was told not to wipe DD1 when she pees and I don't.  It's hard enough to get her diaper off and on.
  • I guess its not all that different but baby pee is WAY different than old people pee. For one its way more concentrated and mineralized.  Ns pee has never had an odor to it like old people/adult pee.
  • Baby butt skin is different than Adult butt skin.
  • imagebrookieandphil:
    I guess its not all that different but baby pee is WAY different than old people pee. For one its way more concentrated and mineralized.  Ns pee has never had an odor to it like old people/adult pee.

    True.  Could be because most people are dehydrated and have more toxins in their bodies.

  • LerxieLerxie member
    imageyo.mama:

    omg, are we gonna talk about this EVERYDAY?

    Every.single.day.for.ever.and.ever.AMEN. ;)

  • imageLerxie:
    imageyo.mama:

    omg, are we gonna talk about this EVERYDAY?

    Every.single.day.for.ever.and.ever.AMEN. ;)

    Hallelujah and GBY!

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  • imageKari Merks:
    imageLerxie:
    imageyo.mama:

    omg, are we gonna talk about this EVERYDAY?

    Every.single.day.for.ever.and.ever.AMEN. ;)

    Hallelujah and GBY!

    LMAO - or as they say in the south - Well bless your heart....lol...

  • LerxieLerxie member
    imageMrs.Bible:
    imageKari Merks:
    imageLerxie:
    imageyo.mama:

    omg, are we gonna talk about this EVERYDAY?

    Every.single.day.for.ever.and.ever.AMEN. ;)

    Hallelujah and GBY!

    LMAO - or as they say in the south - Well bless your heart....lol...

    OH! I love "bless your heart" - it's a cute way of being super condescending. Coupled with a head pat = pure awesome high horseity!! LOL

  • iris427iris427 member

    Adults wipe with a dry piece of paper so that we don't drip pee on our clothes or down our legs.  It's not like you're using a wet wipe and cleaning out all your little folds.

    So that doesn't compare to using a wet wipe on a baby who is going to be back in a new diaper in 10 seconds.

    I don't wipe my baby after pees.   Urine is sterile.

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  • imageKari Merks:
    I wipe her everytime, just like I do me.?

    Same here. That's gross if you don't even though it's sterile IMO. ?

  • imageiris427:

    Adults wipe with a dry piece of paper so that we don't drip pee on our clothes or down our legs.  It's not like you're using a wet wipe and cleaning out all your little folds.

    So that doesn't compare to using a wet wipe on a baby who is going to be back in a new diaper in 10 seconds.

    I don't wipe my baby after pees.   Urine is sterile.

    The nurses' aides wipe with wet wipes when they change diapers, not dry TP.  And then the adults go back in a new diaper.  Just like a baby.

  • imageiris427:

    Adults wipe with a dry piece of paper so that we don't drip pee on our clothes or down our legs.  It's not like you're using a wet wipe and cleaning out all your little folds.

    So that doesn't compare to using a wet wipe on a baby who is going to be back in a new diaper in 10 seconds.

    I don't wipe my baby after pees.   Urine is sterile.

     

    Agree!

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    imageadamwife:
    imageiris427:

    Adults wipe with a dry piece of paper so that we don't drip pee on our clothes or down our legs.  It's not like you're using a wet wipe and cleaning out all your little folds.

    So that doesn't compare to using a wet wipe on a baby who is going to be back in a new diaper in 10 seconds.

    I don't wipe my baby after pees.   Urine is sterile.

    The nurses' aides wipe with wet wipes when they change diapers, not dry TP.  And then the adults go back in a new diaper.  Just like a baby.

    Yeah I just realized I read the OP wrong.  I was thinking of people who say they wipe themselves after every pee, so why wouldn't you wipe your baby.

    Back to Reading Comprehension 101 for me.

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  • albl508albl508 member
    I do not wipe after every pee.  That seems as though it would make the skin raw.  I am gross.
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