Question from 3rd Tri RE: Diaper changes at night

butterfly8199 · December 2010

Hi Ladies

Do you do diaper changes before, in the middle or after feedings generally at night.

I am thinking before so that LO wakes up a bit and then if they go again during, just add another change?

TIA

Copernicus08 · December 2010

Generally speaking I always change the diaper before a feeding, no matter what time of day.

polkadotsock · December 2010

I usually don't change LO at night at all unless she pooped. But when I did, I did it before I fed her so she'd fall back asleep easier.

erbear · December 2010

I used to have to change her before and after feedings when she was tiny. But I had a pooping machine for a baby. It kind of sucked because she'd fall asleep when nursing, but then wake up during the diaper change. I think she stopped pooping every time sometime around 3 months.

Tassie06 · December 2010

I do it in the middle. i feed him about 2-3 oz, then burp and change him then feed him the remainder 3 oz. and by then he's pretty much asleep again. If i do it at the begining, he will scream cus he's hungry, if i do it at the end, i feel he's that much more awake.

msimecek · December 2010

I change her between boobs. It wakes her up just enough to finish eating. I just turn on a lamp near the changing table, and I don't talk to her or anything (unlike daytime, when I narrate the whole thing!).

Linzee498 · December 2010

In the beginning I would change before, so he would fall asleep again during the feeding, but he would always poop after and then scream and it pretty much defeated the purpose. Now I only change him 1x at night, usually after the 3 am time- which means he is up for awhile after. Currently we are working on this...

aribs2010 · December 2010

Before, so she will go back to sleep easily.

Amy1020 · December 2010

Tassie'sfirst:
I do it in the middle. i feed him about 2-3 oz, then burp and change him then feed him the remainder 3 oz. and by then he's pretty much asleep again. If i do it at the begining, he will scream cus he's hungry, if i do it at the end, i feel he's that much more awake.

This!

anniebet619 · December 2010

I always have to do it after because LO very commonly poos while she is feeding. At night I only change her if she does actually poo.

lauranrudy · January 2011

msimecek:
I change her between boobs. It wakes her up just enough to finish eating. I just turn on a lamp near the changing table, and I don't talk to her or anything (unlike daytime, when I narrate the whole thing!).

This for me too.

bmqcmg · January 2011

We always do before.

starlettedir · January 2011

aribs2010:
Before, so she will go back to sleep easily.

Ditto

Britty685 · January 2011

we used to do before, now we do after since LO has decided that eating=poopy time. I was having to change diapers before and after and interrupting our sleep wasn't fun.

You just have to see what your baby does. There isn't a right or wrong answer, just as long as it gets done.

momofmanyinthemitten · January 2011

msimecek:
I change her between boobs. It wakes her up just enough to finish eating. I just turn on a lamp near the changing table, and I don't talk to her or anything (unlike daytime, when I narrate the whole thing!).

This exactly!

caden · January 2011

We do (well, did) before at night. And also before at the feeding just before bedtime. That way we don't wake them up after their feeding. Every other feed we change them after.

wife1014 · January 2011

always before, never after...unless she poops

Sarahhhlynn · January 2011

I do it at all different times. Try to do it before, but most of the time the kid is screaming. Cant do it inbetween because he has panic attacks once i take the bottle if he hasnt gotten his 6oz. Try to do it after, even though it wakes him up and then its playtime at 1am

If i dont change him overnight, he will pee through the diapers while hes alseep, and onto my sheets, which i personally dont like waking up in a pee pee puddle. (happens too often that i dont even "try to make it" anymore. I just suffer with 45 mins of playtime untill i can get him to calm down.)

AndysGrl08 · January 2011

Before. I only change after if I hear and feel him poop while he is eating. He goes to sleep a lot quicker and easier if he eats and isn't disrupted with a diaper change.

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