When changing your newborn's diaper, you can use very gentle wipes. You can use a soft cloth or cotton balls and plain warm water. Some wipes can be harsh on a newborn's skin.
Carefully fold the front of the diaper under the umbilical cord until it falls off. Alternatively, use specially designed newborn diapers with a cutout for the stump.
Diaper changes are an excellent opportunity to check your newborn's cord stump. And how it is healing. If you notice signs of an ill umbilical cord, such as yellowish discharge or pus, a foul odor, redness, swelling, or tenderness, contact your doctor right away.
Step By Step For Changing A Diaper Newborn
Step 1: Wash your hands and keep all the supplies within arm's reach of where you will change the diaper.
Step 2: Lay your baby on their back on a changing pad or towel, and remove their clothes from the waist. (Any soiled or wet items on top should also be removed.)
Step 3: Open the used diaper and look inside. If the diaper is only wet, gently lift your baby. By the ankles with one hand and use the other to remove the wet diaper. Dr. Donner says that because urine is sterile. You can skip the wiping step for wet. Pat your baby's skin dry with a clean cloth or the dry part of the diaper.
Step 4: If the diaper is poopy, use the clean part (up top) to wipe everything down and into the diaper. To prevent your baby from spreading the mess. Gently hold their ankles with one hand and lift their bottom as you clean them up. Then, clean the front and back thoroughly and between the skin folds. Use a clean cloth to pat your baby's bottom dry.
Step 5: Move the dirty diaper and wipe it away from your newborn baby, or place it in the diaper pail if it's easily accessible.
Step 6: Apply any diaper cream or ointment you are currently using.
Step 7: Slide the back of the clean baby diaper under your baby's bottom. Then, pull the front between their legs and over their tummy. The back should completely cover the bottom. There should be about the same amount of diaper in the front. And back, level with the belly button.
Step 8: Open the diaper's back tabs and pull them across the front. If you're using cloth diapers, close them with fasteners. Make the diaper snug enough to prevent leaks. But is it not too tight? You do not want to trap moisture. Apply pressure to your baby's tummy. Your fingers should be able to pass between the diaper and your baby's skin. To prevent leaks, ensure that the fringe around the legs of recyclables is free of elastic.
Step 9: Dress your baby in clean, dry clothes (the same ones they were wearing if they weren't wet or soiled). And place them in a safe place like their crib or playpen.
Step 10: Clean the diapering surface.
How To Change A Cloth Baby Diaper
Changing a cloth diaper is nearly identical to changing a disposable diaper. Move a clean diaper underneath your baby; remove the dirty diaper. Wipe your baby's bum carefully and apply diaper cream. Here are the differences:
Grab The Disposable Insert.
Some cloth diapers are made to be used with an absorbent cloth or disposable insert. If that's your diaper style, you must put one in the pocket before diapering.
Fasten The Diaper.
Instead of adhesive tabs. Cloth diapers will use snaps, Velcro, or diaper pins.
Use Outer Covers.
Some cloth diapers need a waterproof outer layer. It is placed over an absorbent cloth diaper. That is fastened with tabs or snaps. After a quick wipe down, you can usually reuse the diaper. Cover your baby was wearing. (Make sure the underwear isn't poking through!
Dispose Of The Mess.
Move as much poo as possible into the toilet and flush. Some people rinse or spray the diaper before placing it in a diaper pail.
Learning to change a diaper newborn diaper. It can be a little intimidating at first. Newborns are tiny. And their bodies are constantly changing as they adjust to their new surroundings. You may worry about injuring your baby. And making a mistake in the beginning.
These concerns are feelings of exhaustion and being overwhelmed. It is caused by parenthood and is extremely common. Rest assured, you will quickly master this parenting task. And the many other skills you will learn as a new parent.