Let's talk about pee

BootsOrHearts · May 2014

Do you wipe the relevant parts when changing just a wet diaper? inquiring minds want to know.

MissyC979 · May 2014

I usually give him at least a quick wipe down for pee.

dupe · May 2014

Most of the time yes, unless I'm trying to be quick bc she never sits still anymore while I'm trying to change her

lifesaverz · May 2014

wait I'm confused...some people don't?? this literally never occurred to me.

shelbygirrrrl · May 2014

jordanm24 said:
wait I'm confused...some people don't?? this literally never occurred to me.

This. To the people who put never...WTF

BootsOrHearts · May 2014

I guess I see it being more important for a girl than a boy. I don't do it if I'm in a hurry or it's the MOTN.

Mac2588 · May 2014

jordanm24 said:
wait I'm confused...some people don't?? this literally never occurred to me.

This

BoothBaby · May 2014

I voted "yes every time" for my guy, but only because we have a little diaper rash that we're dealing with (on his lower abdomen), and I'm trying to keep him as dry as possible to help it go away. Prior to the rash, nope.

notkateanymore · May 2014

BootsOrHearts said:

I guess I see it being more important for a girl than a boy. I don't do it if I'm in a hurry or it's the MOTN.

Stuck in the damn box

Do you not wipe yourself after you pee? Try peeing in your underwear and then changing them but not wiping. Gross.

SusanC111 · May 2014

It's not about the time it takes.....it's just not necessary. Sorry about spacing, I'm on iPad. If it's just urine you're dealing with, you don't always have to use a wipe, according to Dr. Bender: "The newest diapers are so absorbent, they actually take a lot of urine away from the skin." Plus, since urine is a clean substance, letting a small amount dry on the skin shouldn't be irritating unless your child already has a diaper rash or there's poop in his wet diaper, too. The important thing is to avoid trapping in moisture, so whether you're using wipes or not, let your child air-dry before diapering again. https://www.pregnancymagazine.com/baby/basic-baby-care/ You don’t have to worry about wiping baby down after a pee, Jana [Laura A. Jana, M.D] says, because urine rarely irritates the skin, and because today’s diapers are so absorbent, the skin hardly comes into contact with urine anyway.

SusanC111 · May 2014

ballerina10 said:

I'm with @KateMW‌ in this... I always wipe myself after I pee so why wouldn't I wipe LO?

it doesn't really compare. You use tp right? Not a wet wipe. So are you really cleaning yourself with paper, or are you drying yourself? Tp doesn't clean you, it dries you. I do dry both boys with a dry cloth if they had a very wet diaper. But I don't CLEAN them with a wet wipe. And neither has ever had a rash.

notkateanymore · May 2014

I think it's gross not to wipe pee off my kid...do what you want.

ugoglencoco · May 2014

I just feel like LO smells like pee if I don't wipe him.. Can you not smell it?! I dunno, just grosses me out. I do have a good sniffer so maybe I'm the only one who can smell pee diaper... Is that weird?

cammyisagirlsname · May 2014

Wow. Can't believe y'all are taking a poll on this. Hell yeah I wipe my boy every time he pees.

notkateanymore · May 2014

The extra absorbent diapers freak me out too...that's a lot of chemicals if you can't feel any wet.

penelopemaria · May 2014

This may be semantics here, but I don't wipe after pee; I dab his penis once with a cloth wipe. Usually nothing ends up on the cloth, but I still do it. I don't wipe him bum after pee.

Alexisgamez105 · May 2014

Mmc0323 said:
I just feel like LO smells like pee if I don't wipe him.. Can you not smell it?! I dunno, just grosses me out. I do have a good sniffer so maybe I'm the only one who can smell pee diaper... Is that weird?

Lol you're not weird I can smell a pee diaper too

lp0 · May 2014

Mmc0323 said:
I just feel like LO smells like pee if I don't wipe him.. Can you not smell it?! I dunno, just grosses me out. I do have a good sniffer so maybe I'm the only one who can smell pee diaper... Is that weird?

This! I wipe both DS and DD every single time otherwise I feel like the smell like pee.

I also use a soft wash cloth afterwards to make sure they are dry. No rashes in this house.

notkateanymore · May 2014

I think some babies are more prone to rashes...it could just be that.

lifesaverz · May 2014

@dontstopbelievin, I use a dry cloth too after I've already wiped her (so the bum is clean), & I use it just to dry her off before I put on the vaseline, to help with preventing diaper rash too. I use the cloth many times & wash it maybe once a week. It doesn't get dirty or smelly or anything like that since it's pretty much just drying up extra moisture from the wipe.

lba0614 · May 2014

So the baby nurses at the hospital actually told us that it was super unnecessary to wipe after a pee diaper....wondering if the other non-wipers got told this as well?

Anyway I don't think it's gross. LO has never had a diaper rash and certainly never smells like pee, so it works for us and I don't think it's gross.

I totally get why other people would think it's gross though, but I also think it's irrelevant to use the argument that "you wouldn't not wipe yourself after you pee" because adults don't (typically) pee into diapers.

blainethetrain · May 2014

I wipe baby at every diaper change, but bathe her once or twice a week.

juliagulia38 · May 2014

I guess my FFFC should be I don't wipe LO after every wet diaper. Also DS doesn't wipe his penis after he pees. I told him he needed to, DH told him he didn't. I'm not a guy, so I guess I trusted DH with that.

synergy_gd · May 2014

lba0614 said:
So the baby nurses at the hospital actually told us that it was super unnecessary to wipe after a pee diaper....wondering if the other non-wipers got told this as well?

Anyway I don't think it's gross. LO has never had a diaper rash and certainly never smells like pee, so it works for us and I don't think it's gross.

I totally get why other people would think it's gross though, but I also think it's irrelevant to use the argument that "you wouldn't not wipe yourself after you pee" because adults don't (typically) pee into diapers.

Totally agree. We were also told it wasn't necessary in the parenting class at the hospital and there was a lot in the media at the time of how over use of wet wipes was causing skin irritation in babies. I don't know about girls, but this works for my little guy. No nappy rash, doesn't smell. He has a bath every evening. I think if you ask any guy they will tell you there is a reason urinals don't have toilet paper.

Ktrue85 · May 2014

I thoroughly clean top to bottom for my boy every single diaper change. I couldn't imagine ever not doing it.

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