Pregnancy by Mumsnet

Author:Mumsnet
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408803295
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

Changing gear

Glamorous new nappy bag ‘Any excuse for a new bag!’ jokes one mum. But be warned: make sure it looks good for either sex to carry, unless you want to be the one lugging the nappies around for the next two years. Rucksack-style changing bags in a dark colour are less likely to humiliate your partner than something with flowers and diamante bits. A changing bag should have lots of room for stashes of nappies and spare clothes. Some also have a fold-out bit that can be used as a portable changing mat, which is useful for laying on top of discarded needles and bodily fluids on the baby changing tables in public toilets.

Nappies even if you are a hardcore eco-warrier, disposables are easiest for the first few days when you are still feeling a bit shell-shocked. Oh, and the baby emits a horrifying sort of black sticky ectoplasm from its bottom for the first day or so, exactly like the no-nails glue ‘Sticks Like Shit’ purveyed by builders’ merchants. Now you know where they got the name from.

Baby wipes or cotton wool balls to remove ectoplasm from all surfaces, including baby. Some people don’t like the fact that baby wipes contain a lot of fragrances and chemicals, and can sting some people’s skin (‘I wiped my own bum with these once and had to sit in a bucket of cold water for an hour afterwards,’ one mum complains). Although as another mum points out: ‘You can always run them under a warm tap to take out any chemicals if you want to.’ Their woven surface doesn’t disintegrate like toilet tissue, so they are better for wiping sticky stuff. (Some people use flannels and warm tap water instead: dirty ones are bunged in a traditional lidded nappy bin for later washing at a high temperature: ‘If you use washable nappies, make your own wipes from cheap face flannels or tea towels cut into eight and wash them with the nappies.’)

Barrier/nappy cream (Sudocrem or similar) this is the stuff that you can slap on babies’ bottoms if they are a bit sore and acts as a barrier to the ectoplasm and urine, which can trigger nappy rash. You should have some in case you need it.

Changing mat sticky poo gets everywhere and baby will let it all out as soon as you whip off that nappy, so invest in a waterproof changing mat (or two – if you live in a house with several floors). You can buy changing stations which are pieces of furniture with a changing mat on top. These are better for your back than constantly changing the baby on the floor and they also have handy drawers for changing paraphernalia and clothes. Using one can be tricky though if you have a wriggly baby as you need to keep one hand on them so they don’t crash to the floor while you scrabble around trying to wipe poo off your sleeve.

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