changing diaper on picnic table bench

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty laid back and didn't flinch much when my SIL changed my niece on the picnic table bench. Now when she set the dirty diaper on the picnic table and just left it there, my appetite departed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s weird when people are still having a child that old lie down for changes. Walk the kid over to another spot and have them stand up while changing. It’s better for potty training anyway.

I have a 20 month old I'm about to potty train, so this question is a bit pointless, but I'm curious: how does one change a poopy diaper without a mess while they're standing? My technique is very dependent on legs in the air.

I’ll bite.

I have my kid hold on to something. Usually the stroller or a bench (far away from others!) I can even improvise with my leg if there’s nothing else available. Gravity helps. When I undo the diaper the poop is already there. I wipe him and put the new diaper on. I don’t take off shoes - I just pull his pants down - this also signals to him to stay still.

I’ve been doing this since he could stand - so much easier. It’s a lot less mess. If you change the diaper before the kid has a chance to sit down, there’s almost nothing to wipe off the skin. If I catch the diaper right away, I can usually clean him with one wipe whereas it would have taken several laying down. The number of wipes is not a big deal - I’m just trying to explain how much easier and less messy it is - especially when you’re not at home.

I think your experience is specific to kids with a certain type of poop. My friends who cloth diaper would talk about plopping the poop into the toilet from the diaper. My children rarely have firm poops that would plop. Their poop is squishy and every diaper change is a 4 wipe affair. Also my kids butt cheeks are too tight together to get a wipe in there unless they do a downward dog.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Well that got derailed.

I was grossed out. I mean, we all had to smell the poop. And it’s unsanitary. There was so much green space. Lay down a towel and change your kid.

An infant with non smelly poop is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s weird when people are still having a child that old lie down for changes. Walk the kid over to another spot and have them stand up while changing. It’s better for potty training anyway.

I have a 20 month old I'm about to potty train, so this question is a bit pointless, but I'm curious: how does one change a poopy diaper without a mess while they're standing? My technique is very dependent on legs in the air.

I’ll bite.

I have my kid hold on to something. Usually the stroller or a bench (far away from others!) I can even improvise with my leg if there’s nothing else available. Gravity helps. When I undo the diaper the poop is already there. I wipe him and put the new diaper on. I don’t take off shoes - I just pull his pants down - this also signals to him to stay still.

I’ve been doing this since he could stand - so much easier. It’s a lot less mess. If you change the diaper before the kid has a chance to sit down, there’s almost nothing to wipe off the skin. If I catch the diaper right away, I can usually clean him with one wipe whereas it would have taken several laying down. The number of wipes is not a big deal - I’m just trying to explain how much easier and less messy it is - especially when you’re not at home.

I think your experience is specific to kids with a certain type of poop. My friends who cloth diaper would talk about plopping the poop into the toilet from the diaper. My children rarely have firm poops that would plop. Their poop is squishy and every diaper change is a 4 wipe affair. Also my kids butt cheeks are too tight together to get a wipe in there unless they do a downward dog.

Like I said, it’s time to take a look at their diets. Lots of adults need wipes too and generally it’s because they eat badly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s weird when people are still having a child that old lie down for changes. Walk the kid over to another spot and have them stand up while changing. It’s better for potty training anyway.

I have a 20 month old I'm about to potty train, so this question is a bit pointless, but I'm curious: how does one change a poopy diaper without a mess while they're standing? My technique is very dependent on legs in the air.

I’ll bite.

I have my kid hold on to something. Usually the stroller or a bench (far away from others!) I can even improvise with my leg if there’s nothing else available. Gravity helps. When I undo the diaper the poop is already there. I wipe him and put the new diaper on. I don’t take off shoes - I just pull his pants down - this also signals to him to stay still.

I’ve been doing this since he could stand - so much easier. It’s a lot less mess. If you change the diaper before the kid has a chance to sit down, there’s almost nothing to wipe off the skin. If I catch the diaper right away, I can usually clean him with one wipe whereas it would have taken several laying down. The number of wipes is not a big deal - I’m just trying to explain how much easier and less messy it is - especially when you’re not at home.

This all depends on the consistency of your kid’s poop. I’m guessing you have one and assume everyone else is exactly like him. This technique would work perfectly for one of my kids; most of the time for another of my kids; and not a chance in hell for my middle child.

I love this discussion.

Shape and firmness of the kid’s but matter too. Chubby kid with looseish stools? Non-starter.

[Anonymous]

All those people saying you can't necessarily do a standing change on a 2-year-old... My daughter's preschool ONLY did standing changes, and they start kids at 2-2.5. So I guess it works out, one way or another? IDK-- I somehow escaped ever having to change one with poop (it was a co-op).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All those people saying you can't necessarily do a standing change on a 2-year-old... My daughter's preschool ONLY did standing changes, and they start kids at 2-2.5. So I guess it works out, one way or another? IDK-- I somehow escaped ever having to change one with poop (it was a co-op).

You never changed a poop diaper?

[Anonymous]

Anyvone who does this this should have been called out. Gross and disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people saying you can't necessarily do a standing change on a 2-year-old... My daughter's preschool ONLY did standing changes, and they start kids at 2-2.5. So I guess it works out, one way or another? IDK-- I somehow escaped ever having to change one with poop (it was a co-op).

You never changed a poop diaper?

Not at school, no, and not at home past 12 months. I feel like I saw a lot of other friends do standing poop diaper changes on 2-4-year-olds, though?

[Anonymous]

That is gross. I never change poopy diapers in the vicinity of others except maybe a newborn.

+1 to standing diaper changes. You can do them almost anywhere. Who wants to smell poop around food! Gross.

[Anonymous]

TMI alert....


Hey "examine their diets" PP, their poop is not supposed to be firm and ploppy. A soft log is squishable and turns to goo when smooshed in a diaper. This is according to my PEDIATRICIAN when I asked about my kid's poop consistency because I heard most kids had hard poops by toddlerhood. She ate, and still eats, more produce, beans, and whole grains and has pretty much a perfect diet for a kid. And that squishy hard to wipe poop turned into normal solid poops when she started pooping in a toilet and not a diaper (so 4 diaper wipes turned into one clean swipe of toilet paper).

Ask your doctor if you don't believe me, but don't spread misinformation that there's something wrong if a kid doesn't have "one wipe" diaper poops.

*Stepping off a very weird soapbox now, thank you.*

[Anonymous]

So, all of you saying this is no big deal; I would be fine with me changing my toddler’s diaper on your kitchen chairs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, all of you saying this is no big deal; I would be fine with me changing my toddler’s diaper on your kitchen chairs?

I wouldn't, because my kitchen chair is indoors, in my kitchen, and I will use it every day. An outdoor park picnic table bench is a lot different, in my opinion.

Even so, I'm not sure I'd be that troubled if you changed your kid's diaper on my kitchen chair. I guess I could make you use the floor, but my baby crawls there, so that might actually be worse. Come to think of it, I prefer the kitchen chair! LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TMI alert....


Hey "examine their diets" PP, their poop is not supposed to be firm and ploppy. A soft log is squishable and turns to goo when smooshed in a diaper. This is according to my PEDIATRICIAN when I asked about my kid's poop consistency because I heard most kids had hard poops by toddlerhood. She ate, and still eats, more produce, beans, and whole grains and has pretty much a perfect diet for a kid. And that squishy hard to wipe poop turned into normal solid poops when she started pooping in a toilet and not a diaper (so 4 diaper wipes turned into one clean swipe of toilet paper).

Ask your doctor if you don't believe me, but don't spread misinformation that there's something wrong if a kid doesn't have "one wipe" diaper poops.

*Stepping off a very weird soapbox now, thank you.*

This is why people are saying that it’s cleaner if you catch the kid BEFORE they sit down. If the kid poops and sits down to play, you’re not going to get the one wipe diaper change. Changing the diaper is easier for many reasons outlined in PPs.

Try it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, all of you saying this is no big deal; I would be fine with me changing my toddler’s diaper on your kitchen chairs?

I wouldn't, because my kitchen chair is indoors, in my kitchen, and I will use it every day. An outdoor park picnic table bench is a lot different, in my opinion.

Even so, I'm not sure I'd be that troubled if you changed your kid's diaper on my kitchen chair. I guess I could make you use the floor, but my baby crawls there, so that might actually be worse. Come to think of it, I prefer the kitchen chair! LOL.

OP here and to me, it is not a matter of inside and outside. It is a matter of putting poop close to food, AND close to people. An empty picnic table? Fine, use the bench if you must. But people were gathered around the table eating and she laid the girl down on the bench part and changed her poop.