Is it terrible to leave your LO in a poopy diaper at night???

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During the night I feed my LO about every three hours. He wakes up, I breast feed, and he normally passes a lot of gas and poops while I feed him. When he's all done I burp him and keep him up right for about 10-15 min. Then I change his diaper. He's gets super wide awake when I change his diaper so I usually feed him again for about 5 min and he gets tired, and then I put him back to bed. 
Once every couple of nights he'll poop again when I feed him the second time, is it really bad to leave his diaper on for about 3 hours? Until I feed and change him again?

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If she poops when I am up with her I change her. If she poops in the middle of the night then it is what it is and she stays in it because I wont know she pooped unless she woke up

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I never leave my baby in a poopy diaper. That being said, it’s your baby, your decision. But, if I can tell my baby’s wet, I also don’t leave her in a wet diaper. I just couldn’t imagine how uncomfortable it is 🤷‍♀️

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I would change them depending on circumstances but my daughter is also super sensitive and we struggled with such severe diaper rash the first 5 weeks of life. Now though she’s been great and since her BMs are much less frequent we’ve had no issues. I still put Vaseline on her bum as a barrier to protect her. Because of that barrier and the fact that she’s not had any rash issues for a few weeks I no longer panic if I discover during a diaper change that there was a little poop. If it’s a true BM I’d change them, if it’s the slightest “skid mark” and they have no rash plus a barrier cream on I wouldn’t be concerned if it’ll avoid interrupting sleep

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I change between breasts. Feed on one side, burp, change, feed on other side. It -usually- works well for us.

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I change it if i know baby has pooped. I hate oversoaked diapers & blowouts. So i change it so he can be as clean as possible & avoid leaks due to full diaper

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I only change wet diapers at night if they are full to the point the pH strip has turned blue all the way towards to bum. 
Poo’s typically change immediately because the hassle of dealing with diaper rash isnt worth it in my mind...

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If you want to avoid diaper rash I would change unless it’s just a skid mark. If my girl has only peed once and the line is barely blue I won’t change it during the night I’ll let her sleep. But if it’s really wet ofcourse I do, she just usually doesn’t pee much at night

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Knowingly yes. That will irritate their skin. I change mine right before bed, his middle night feed (if there is one) and morning even if I have to wake him up. It's best to cover their bum with diaper cream before bed to avoid irritation.

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I guess it depends on how bad the poop is, because poop is acidic at times especially as they get older and start teething it can make them sore.
Vasaline is a good barrier, maybe after his feed check him first before you burp? and then hold him upright?
My daughter doesn't suffer much with gas but most of the time if I feed her, change her nappy and bring her up to burp she does almost immediately from being led down.

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If I am aware my daughter has pooped then I change her immediately. I wouldn’t wanna be laying roun in poop for hours. Plus it’s harder to clean.

Is it terrible to leave your LO in a poopy diaper at night???

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