Diaper Swappers

Green Decals · 12-12-2012, 08:23 PM

I know to go front to back LOL but do baby girls need to be wiped at every diaper change? I have 2 boys and am thinking our newbie might be a girl, in which case do I need to make more cloth wipes? I didn't wipe my boys at every change, only when they needed it, but I have no clue how to care for a girl (other than myself) LOL.

sandrc · 12-12-2012, 08:35 PM

I don't always wipe at every pee change. She just won't stay still that long all the time.

HeatherDanae · 12-13-2012, 01:10 PM

I don't. Only if she's really wet. Otherwise just when there's poo.

ktmelody · 12-12-2012, 08:37 PM

I have 6 girls. I wipe at every change. Who wants pee allover themselves? I sure dont, dry or not we wipe. (Always wiped my son down as well). I just use one wipe that is wet.

MrsAsh · 12-12-2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ktmelody

I have 6 girls. I wipe at every change. Who wants pee allover themselves? I sure dont, dry or not we wipe. (Always wiped my son down as well). I just use one wipe that is wet.

Agreed. I only have boys here, but I've always wipe with every change on the girls I've baby sat or any boys in my care.

knodceo · 12-13-2012, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ktmelody

I have 6 girls. I wipe at every change. Who wants pee allover themselves? I sure dont, dry or not we wipe. (Always wiped my son down as well). I just use one wipe that is wet.

This.

I was always concerned with rashes.

Melinda29 · 12-12-2012, 08:38 PM

Just wipe for dirty diapers, just like boys. But girls are much harder to wipe off IME. They have all these folds and crevices that "stuff" gets mooshed into....

my2sweets · 12-12-2012, 08:39 PM

Yes. Urine is on the diaper thats touching skin so I wipe it off from both boys and girls. I wouldnt want pee on my sensitive privates.

raymark · 12-12-2012, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by my2sweets

Yes. Urine is on the diaper thats touching skin so I wipe it off from both boys and girls. I wouldnt want pee on my sensitive privates.

I agree with the above. Both boys & girls should always be cleaned with a wet wipe after every change. Their skin has basically been being mosturized with heated urine - urine breaks skin down.

Almacham · 12-12-2012, 08:39 PM

I always took a dry wipe and just dabbed my girls very quickly, while holding their legs with one hand. I got super fast with my last girl because she's feisty and doesn't like to stay still for long!

12-12-2012, 08:23 PM	#1
Green Decals Registered Users Formerly: mumma1010 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,683 Ratings: 137 Feedback: 99% My Mood:	Moms of girls - re: wiping I know to go front to back LOL but do baby girls need to be wiped at every diaper change? I have 2 boys and am thinking our newbie might be a girl, in which case do I need to make more cloth wipes? I didn't wipe my boys at every change, only when they needed it, but I have no clue how to care for a girl (other than myself) LOL. __________________ Check out my massive ISO/IHA thread HERE!

12-12-2012, 08:35 PM	#2
sandrc Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,282 Ratings: 361 Feedback: 100%	I don't always wipe at every pee change. She just won't stay still that long all the time. __________________ Ask about custom size undies.

12-13-2012, 01:10 PM	#3
HeatherDanae Registered Users Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ~Home of the Pittsburgh Penguins~ Posts: 3,349 Ratings: 378 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Moms of girls - re: wiping I don't. Only if she's really wet. Otherwise just when there's poo. __________________ Heather married to Chris Homeschooling Mama to DS Evan 7 yrs, DS Levi 5 yrs, DD Adella 4 yrs, DD Eliana 2 yrs, and DS Abel July 11, 2012! My 2 babies in heaven Learning to take one day at a time...

12-12-2012, 08:37 PM	#4
ktmelody Super Moderator "We're all mad here." Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vegas BABY! Posts: 18,297 Ratings: 617 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	I have 6 girls. I wipe at every change. Who wants pee allover themselves? I sure dont, dry or not we wipe. (Always wiped my son down as well). I just use one wipe that is wet. __________________ Katie, mom to Olivia (97), Veda (98), Franky (2004), Wendy (2005), JoHannah (2007), Thea (2009) and NEW baby Sunny Ella 12/6/2011

12-12-2012, 08:38 PM	#7
Melinda29 Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,023 Ratings: 27 Feedback: 100%	Re: Moms of girls - re: wiping Just wipe for dirty diapers, just like boys. But girls are much harder to wipe off IME. They have all these folds and crevices that "stuff" gets mooshed into....