Poll: Do you wipe down your LO's after a wet diaper?

[PikoPiko]

We were at our friends' house yesterday and the conversstion went to what kind of wipes we're stocking up on. Turns out I'm going through baby wipes 3x faster than our friends because I wipe DS during every diaper change and my friend only use wipes if her son produced a poopy diaper. The husband thinks I'm just OCD and am wiping DS too much. Now I just have to know what my fellow F15 ladies' habits are.

[hollydfromtn]

I voted wipe but that's mostly because DS poops a lot too. There's very rarely a wet only diaper.

[cougarette]

No wipe for my DS. He used to shart a lot so I'd use a wipe with just about every change. Now that he'll have wet-only I don't bother then.

[mrsclark731]

I pat her down with one wipe even if it is just a wet diaper.

[toadandbuggie]

I started off not wiping but then my sil was like "but there's pee all over him" and while there's no obvious pee I think there is some residue. So now I use one wipe for a quick wipe down and re diaper.

[osumegs]

I don't unless there is visible pee.

[dacora]

I just do a quick wipe down. I figure it's only one wipe per wet diaper, and she sometimes skips days between poops. Better safe than sorry is how I feel.

[taberbtb]

^ this

[mishka29]

Team wipe! I figure that pee went all over before it got absorbed in the diaper.

[lilyelayne]

I voted wipe, though occasionally if he seems totally dry I won't. Chunky kid has some impressive rolls where his legs meet his body, so those generally could use a clean out anyway.

[misshart00]

I do sometimes. But u find that DD (20 months) has far less duaper rash when I don't use a wipe for pee. I haven't noticed much difference with DS.

[lotsofdotts]

I'm about 50/50 with this. It depends on if he is being fussy during a diaper change or not.

[jensoprano82]

Maybe every third time, or if he's obviously dirty or what have you. He spits up like crazy, sometimes ten times a feeding, (to varying degrees) so I do grab a wipe and clean up his neck every other or every third diaper.

[Mom2Ms]

Team wipe, with a boy. I just had this convo with DH the other day, when I gasp at his lack of wipe after a wet diaper.... Call me OCD.

[kartish]

I voted sometimes, because I forget a lot, but I try and wipe the creases and folds because those can trap moisture and get funky.

[missys]

^ same

[mommadozer]

I only wipe during poopy diapers. DS takes a bath every night and that is washing off any pee that is left.

[RedGiant]

I wipe every diaper change, to remove old ointment and any pee or poop. Then make sure she is dry, and put on more A&D or zinc. She got mommy's sensitive skin, so any moisture sitting on her for too long leads to a mild rash.

For DS, I did a wipe every diaper until recently, and he's 2. Lots of wipes in this house.

[Deleted]

I always wipe with a dry wipe to keep those leg folds un-funky, but only sometimes with a moist wipe (we use cloth).

[WittyLittle]

Mobile so can't vote
I wipe at every diaper change also. I wow myself every time i go to the toilet so i just thought i should do the same for DS. Hadn't really thought about it!

[WittyLittle]

Btw how are the results looking of the poll?

[cougarette]

Team wipe (I have a boy) 4
Team wipe (I have a girl) 7
Sometimes 8
Nah (I have a boy) 5
Nah (I have a girl) 1

[anchovies]

Not usually. I didn't at first and then I did for a while. Now I'm back to rarely for just pee.

[junebugjam]

I'm mobile so I can't vote either, but I'm about 50/50 on it. I will use wipes at least once or twice a day typically, just for good measure, although he does usually seem dry. I have a boy.

[misshart00]

I vote on mobile.

[Deleted]

My best friend whose LO is 18 months older than mine was having issues with diaper rash in the beginning, and was told by her pedi that overwiping was the problem, just wet diapers don't need it. So I do as I was taught with her DD. No wipes after a wet diaper.

Instead, I pat the skin dry with cloth after a wet diaper or after using wipes after a dirty diaper (since wipes leave the skin wet too).

At night I also wipe her whole diaper area down with a wet wash cloth, paying special attention to the leg folds, and then pat dry before putting on some diaper cream and her diaper for the night.

[PikoPiko]

Sample size is small, so our results don't actually tell us anything. But it might suggest girls are more likely to be wiped for wet diapers, which was what I was expecting to see because mothers could be projecting their own wants/needs.

I wipe at every diaper change because I am seriously OCD, but it did also cross my mind that overwiping esp with chemicals could be a problem, just like what @ellteejay says. LO gets changed after every feed, so every 3-4 hours and also immediately every time he poops. On average 7 -9 butt wipings a day. So far we've never had a diaper rash since LO was a couple weeks old. I'm curious if there are any pattern to wiping/not wiping to diaper rashes.

Not sure if I'm talking out of my ass here, I thought diaper rashes most of the time are caused by ammonia that came from a reaction of poop mixing with pee. That's the reason DH, who doesn't have OCD, wipes.

[boxerrrmama85]

Now I feel like a bad mom. Since I saw this poll I have been wiping more often-- because I don't want the urine to be on her skin

[taberbtb]

Jun 1, 2015 5:34:03 GMT -5 PikoPiko said:

Not sure if I'm talking out of my ass here, I thought diaper rashes most of the time are caused by ammonia that came from a reaction of poop mixing with pee. That's the reason DH, who doesn't have OCD, wipes.

I was under this impression as well. I wipe DD everytime I change her, and then use a little bit of baby powder. We have never had an issue with diaper rash, and I never used diaper creams on her.

[seamonster]

I have a boy and wipe at every change. He always seems soggy and there's sometimes residue from the pee or the stuff in the diapers.