Is it okay to let a baby sleep in a poopy diaper?

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asked Sep 17, 2017 in Baby/Newborn by Romando (230 points)
Is it okay to let a baby sleep through the night if they pooped their diaper?

If you notice your baby has pooped in their diaper and it's not waking them up is it okay to just let the baby sleep and change the poopy diaper in the morning?

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answered Sep 17, 2017 by Lilly21 (57,780 points)
I personally don't think you'd even be able to sleep as your babies poop will smell up the room.

I'd personally wake the baby up and change them. If your baby gets diaper rash from sleeping in the poopy diaper then you certainly won't be getting much sleep then either as your baby will be crying because of the painful diaper rash.

Even if it takes a little bit for your baby to fall back to sleep after waking him/her up it's best to go ahead and change the poopy diaper.

Wet diapers aren't as bad to let your baby sleep through but poop contains bacteria that shouldn't stay near your babies skin for too long.

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