Nappy change

FTM here, if baby has fallen asleep during a feed and needs changing as has pooed mid feed, do you leave them to sleep and change after or change then try and get them back off to sleep? The nappy change keeps stimulating my baby then she won’t go back down?

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I always change the nappy as my baby will wake up because of the wet/poo nappy in half hour if I leave it! it's a no win for me either option 🫣

Will change his nappy. Don't want to risk a nappy rash.

I pause mid feed to do the change straight away so that I can use the second half of the change to send them back to sleep again. Baby doesn’t like feed being interrupted but at least there’s a way to get them back to sleep again after the trauma that is a nappy change!

100% change . I would never leave them in a nappy full of shit . I would change wee aswell but if they had been fighting sleep all day and it wasnt that full id consider leaving it

Always change the nappy or baby can get infections - especially for baby girls

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