Diaper Changing 101

It sounds stupid, I know but I never even changed a diaper until after I had my baby. I knew nothing about diapers, babies or anything else. I was totally lost, thank goodness for the help of my mom and the nurses at the hospital. So here are the basics for such a simple task, changing diapers. Welcome to Diaper Changing 101.

First of all, you are going to need a diaper, a place to change the baby, baby wipes, diaper rash ointment, paper towels for drying off babies bottom, you only need this if baby has diaper rash, For older babies you are going to need something for baby to play with.

Now that you have your supplies lets get started. If you are using disposable diapers then this is how you change a disposable diaper. There are also cloth diapers which our parents and parents parents used. Not really the best thing for your babies behind. There is no absorption so baby is more likely to get diaper rash.

First you are going to have to get all the supplies you need to change a diaper, because you should never be more than an arms length away from your baby, at any time, if your baby is on a changing table. If you have a changing table then all of your supplies are usually right there anyways. If changing baby on the floor this doesn't apply.

Secondly you will have to get your baby and place baby on the changing table, if changing table has a security seat belt then buckle that. Cheek to see if baby has soiled her clothes if she did remove all her clothes and cover the top part of her with a blanket so she doesn't get cold.

Remove the dirty diaper, if it's a poopy diaper make sure to have a baby wipe ready and immediately place on your child's bottom. Proceed to clean up all the poopy. There are baby wipe warmers so you don't place an ice cold baby wipe on your babies bottom, This would most likey not be pleasent for your baby. If your changing a boy, BEWARE OF THE SPRAY. it seems like when you change a boy's diaper the second you take the diaper off boy's pee. So before removing the boys diaper cheek to see if it looks like your little boy is going to pee on you. If it looks like they are then wait a second or two and cover baby back up with the dirty diaper until your baby is done.