When checking your baby's
diapers during these first few days, you may also be surprised (or scared) by the color of the urine.
Your child should have at least two wet
diapers during the first few days when you're only making colostrum.
Not exact matches
We used disposable
diapers (Honest Company
during the
day, Bamboo Nature at night due to higher absorbency)
during the
first few months and then switched to cloth.
When I think back to those
first few days of motherhood, I think about how I felt in those moments with each of my daughters; and I think about how they were feeling looking up at me
during those midnight feedings and
diaper changes.
The transition from spending 24 hours a
day smelling like
diapers and burp cloths to being a professional might feel energizing and rejuvenating, especially because you don't get much feedback from your baby
during the
first few months of parenting.
As with
Day 1, you probably will change only a
few wet and dirty
diapers on baby's second and third
days, and do not be surprised if your baby loses weight
during the
first couple of
days.
Stock up now on
diapers, either cloth or disposable — you'll be going through ten to 12
diapers a
day during the
first few weeks.
In fact,
during the
first few weeks of life, a newborn will spend the majority of her
days and nights sleeping (though it may not seem like she's sleeping very much at night), waking every
few hours to eat or to have a
diaper change.
Diaper Changing: Coconut oil is great for soothing diaper rash and getting rid of stubborn meconium your baby might have during the first few
Diaper Changing: Coconut oil is great for soothing
diaper rash and getting rid of stubborn meconium your baby might have during the first few
diaper rash and getting rid of stubborn meconium your baby might have
during the
first few days.