Originally Posted by glenechogirl:
Okay I don't want to come across as a horrible terrible dirty nasty provider because I totally am NOT! I clean my house every single day, constantly wiping down tables, vaccuuming, mopping, etc.
So please don't think I'm horrible in saying I'm quite surprised everyone seems to be saying they change diapers every 2 hours!!! I've never heard of such a thing!!! I cloth diapered my own child until 6 months old and I know I'm crazy, but I practice elimination communication aka infant potty learning and so my 9 month old honestly pees on the potty a few times a day and poops on the toilet daily too. As a result, he's usually very lightly wet/dry, and I change him very often.
When I started my daycare I had never used disposables and the only thing I'd heard was that they get changed every 4 hours, and most parents told me I should change their kid 3 times in 10 hours which I was horrified by but seemed the norm.
So I change everybody about ever 3-4 hours, except poopies i change immediately. Am I completely wrong here? Am I really supposed to change them every 2??? I thought cloth gets changed every 1-2 hours and 'sposies' every 4ish???
NO you're not weird! Not IMO anyway. I change sposies when they are noticeably full, and I change cloth when they feel wet/damp. Some kids, this is every two hours. a couple I changed (SPOSIES) every time they peed it seemed because their diapers stank something fierce. My son, even in cloth, only gets changed every 3ish hours because he just doesn't pee that often.
And GOOD FOR YOU!!!! on the EC. I'm really interested in it but haven't had the time to dedicate to trying with either child. Maybe the next baby...I've been thinking about seeing what would happen if I tried with DS but I think he's too old
And honestly, that's what I always heard too--cltoh 1-2, sposie 3-4. I HATE changing a mostly dry sposie.