Sleeping baby, dirty diaper

Do they mind? do they have sensitive skin? How do you know they pooped?

I was generally so tired in the middle of the night I wouldn't have known unless my kid minded (at wich point of course you change it)

My kids have sensitive skin so if I let it go we'd have raw bottoms. If it seems not to bother them and you don't think it'll bother their skin then I'd let it go.

Well, I don't think you should let your babies sleep with poopy in their diapers, unless they'll only be sleeping for like 10 minutes or so. Not trying to be rude or anything, but how would you feel having to sleep with poop in your pants and then wake up with a bad rash? I think it's worth a try to get them back to sleep rather than let them sit in poopy. Especially at that young of an age, because their bottoms are more sensitive.

Having a raw bum can't be all that pleasent. I watched twin girls and by 2 months they would sleep through diaper changes. Simply because they got used to it. They also got used to waiting their turn.

I would risk waking them. Especially if they are girls, poop can get up into areas it shouldn't be and cause all kinds of problems.

if they arent waking up though, it probably isnt bothering them.
i can see not wanting to wake them. i couldnt imagine having two 5 week olds, and trying to get them both back to sleep.

I know with my daughter, if I woke her, that was it. She would not go back to sleep and she would be terribly irritable. Fortunately this did not happen that often but I would let her sleep in it. I wouldn't let her sleep hours but enough so that she'd be rested. I'd then change her immediately and put on diaper cream or lansinoh cream whether she looked like she needed it or not.

I think it really depends on the child. With my son, I'd wake him up, change him and he'd go back to sleep but that just wasn't an option with my daughter and, believe me, she was much happier with sleeping.

Let them sleep.

my kids have very sensitive skin so I learned real quick, at each diaper change, cover them with zinc oxide...then if they do poop while sleeping its will give them pretty good protection...I needed my sleep too so it gave me enough peace to get a bit of a rest.

The only real rule I remember about having a baby or more than one baby is:

SLEEP WHEN THEY SLEEP.

I hope you are sleeping when they are...and no excuses, we've all said "if I don't do laundry or dishes or mopping or whatever while they are sleeping, it'll never get done....it will and it does, and if you are rested, the babies and DH are much easier to deal with.

God Bless you and those precious little ones!

...I can't imagine having 2 at the same time...what a huge blessing from the Lord!

LongingForLight said:

I'm mom of two 5-wk-olds. In the last five minutes they both woke up, pooped, and went back to sleep. It's not time for them to get up yet, but if I change them now they would not go back to sleep. What would you do?

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I have twin girls. When they were newborns, they wouldn't sleep in their cribs at all for the first three weeks. After that they started doing better and were sleeping through the night by about six weeks. Most of the time, I would try to keep them sleeping as long as possible. I wouldn't have known if they had poopy diapers unless I went into their room to check on them and it smelled bad. My opinion is that if it doesn't bother them, it's fine to let them sleep. If they wake up and cry or need to be fed, then change them. As someone else suggested, putting diaper-rash ointment on their skin before they go to bed might help. On the other hand, if you are breastfeeding, leaving them in dirty diapers for very long could be a problem. My babies sometimes had huge blowouts that leaked all over if I didn't change them immediately.

I would try letting them get back to sleep and then when they are in a sound sleep change them without waking them up, I've changed all mine without them waking if you can do it at the right time....if not play it by ear if they really need thier sleep let them get it and notice how badly it bothered thier bottoms, sometimes thier sleep is more important and sometimes thier little bottoms will hurt if they do, just takes trail and error

I would change them if they still have a long time left in their nap...If it's not long before its time to wake up...I'd let them sleep.
My kids got used to changes while sleeping...Just takes time.

I always changed my kids. When they're that small they tend to get irritated much quicker if left dirty. You just need to practice the quietest, quickest diaper change. My pediatrician used to tell me to leave the light off, DO NOT talk or smile at the baby (that is SO hard but necessary so they don't think it's playtime), and do it as quickly, and gently as possible.