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StarLightStar22
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What things are needed at the diaper table? Daiper cream?
StarLightStar22
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Sorry for the super newbie question! Someone recently told me cotton balls and q-tips are good to have at the table? What else do you have at the table? Also.. what diaper cream did/do you use?
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Re: What things are needed at the diaper table? Daiper cream?
Here's what we have (I'm including the obvious):
Diapers
Wipes
Butt cream
Burp rag (my babies were notorious for puking while I was changing them and then we'd end up with a soaking wet changing pad so I started laying a burp rag under their head at diaper changes)
Extra change of clothes
ETA: We use California Baby diaper rash cream or Angel Baby Bottom Balm - love them both
Diapers, wipes, Butt Paste/Desitin (We have used both, like both...) and this may sound really strange but yeast infection cream. Sometimes my son would get moisture build-up in the creases where leg meets torso and his doc said to put that on instead of diaper rash stuff. Never had a need for cotton balls or q-tips with him, don't know if it's different for girls?? We also keep the rectal thermometer in the bucket with the diapers, that way it's handy if we need to take his temp. We have a Vick's thermometer, it only goes in a very small amount (so you don't accidentally get it too far in there) and has a 10-second read for temp.
ETA: My doc said do NOT put alcohol on the umbilical cord, but I know some of the more old-school docs still recommend this. Basically we didn't touch it or mess with it at all. Healed perfectly, didn't dry out excessively (alcohol would do this) and fell off in about 8 days.
Things in our changing table:
Diapers (daytime and nighttime), diaper cream, vaseline, lotion for after baths, wipes, thermometer, basket of white onesies and snap t-shirts in the beginning (that's what they wore almost exclusively for the first month when it was hot outside), bibs to put on them right after changing b/c they were notorious for spitting up the second we lifted them off the table, burp clothes, and extra changing table covers.
In addition to all that, we used these disposable changing table pads on top of our regular changing table covers and kept an extra supply on the shelf beneath the changing table. The babies spit up so much in the beginning, and this caught that so we didn't have to change the cover as often. We loved them.
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what we have:
-wipes... kirkland/costco wipes are all we'll use- all others SUCK.
-butt paste of some type - triple paste has been our favorite for bad rashes... but regular Target brand desitin type for normal use.
-powder --- baby powder is unsafe if babies breathe it in- so you always want it out of their reach - but it's totally safe to use ON baby - which we do after baths to help keep their skin dry and avoid rashes and yeast infections, which one of my boys is more prone to.
-child Q-tips (that have a safety end so you can't stick in too far) that we use to clean out ears after baths (every couple days).
-aquaphor - esp in the winter- to put on chapped cheeks/chin at night and for naps.
-booger sucker bulb
-toothbrushes - they like to brush their teeth when getting changed - so we also have their trainer tooth paste there, too. This is good to start early so they learn to like brushing - it's more of a game for them now- but soon they'll do real brushing with real paste.
-thermometer + vaseline for butt use
-bag of plastic bags - that we put diapers into.... diaper champ was a waste - always stinky- so we started just putting diapers into grocery store bags- and once a poop diaper was in there- tie it up and throw it in garbage outside... so all our spare bags go into their room.
-all their clothes are nearby - so if I forget to get something out- i can easily grab it while keeping one hand on the baby...
-oh, and diapers of course... they are in different sizes so we have 2 bins with their names on them - and both I keep filled with regular and night time diapers.
-i keep the wipes container stuck down with velcro- makes it so much easier when trying to pull out wipes with one hand- so the whole thing doesn't lift up and fall down.
In addition to the pp's suggestions, I would definitely have a bunch of grocery store plastic bags. These are good for those poop explosions. You can just put the diaper and wipes straight into the bag without having to worry about where to pile up all the dirty wipes. Plus you can put the poopy clothes in another bag. Granted, poop explosions don't happen all the time, put its nice to be prepared just in case.
We used boudroux's (sp?) butt cream at the first signs of a rash. Neither boy has had anything more than a little redness down there.
I also have a box of Kleenex on the changing table. In the beginning I would use it to cover their little penis so I didn't get peed on
Great advice in PPs so I won't list... But on powder, I just learned something. One of our boys got a yeast infection (I thought it was diaper rash). I told the dr. I had used powder and she told me to stop immediately b/c yeast feeds on powder. (Might only be cornstarch?) Just a heads up, if you see a rash that looks like there are dots, hold off on the powder.
with our daughter, we keep the following:
cotton swabs
q-tips
diapers
wipes
desitin
baby powder
a chew toy
The toy is to distract her so she doesnt try to roll off of the table.
The desitin is good if they get a rash and baby powder can help prevent them.
hope this helps