In this show, I talk about the things you need for your baby's bottom.
Alright, first a note on diapers.
Diapers come in very, very small and totally adorable sizes.
I've got some small ones here.
This one is really great because it has a opening here for the umbilical cord so that
you know in the early weeks before your baby's umbilical cord has healed that the diaper
will not obstruct the umbilical cord.
So give this style of diaper a chance.
Here's another diaper.
I've got a couple others ones out here.
Now if you don't have this kind of diaper, you can roll down the diaper in order to leave
the umbilical cord unobstructed.
When it comes to sizes don't overdo it with the P preemie diapers, if you've had a small
baby the way I did, or the N size because your baby might be growing out of these sizes
more quickly than you think.
And when it comes to diapers, my tendency is to slant big.
They can be great and they can retain a lot of activity, but they're not perfect.
And I feel that when you slant toward the bigger diaper, you have less of a possibility
of sort of eruptions up the front and up the back, which can happen.
Young babies tend to have these explosive poops so bigger diaper can keep the whole
thing all together.
So don't overdo it buying like ten packages of newborn diapers because you're going to
be out of those sooner than you think.
Okay, moving on: wipes.
Wipes people have different preferences when it comes to wipes.
I tend to prefer the Pampers because they are very easy to get apart from the pack,
they don't stick together so much.
But they are thinner.
Some people prefer the Huggies wipes which are a little bit thicker and more absorbent
so you might tend to use fewer of them.
So it's just sort of a choice thing.
And what you're going to need, you're going to need two things.
You're going to need a big box like this on your changing table or wherever you're changing
your baby.
And then you should get a smaller little box like this that you will put in your diaper
bag.
And I'll show you a diaper bag in a minute.
So, two different forms in which you're going to need to keep your wipes.
Okay, diaper creams.
There's a whole litany of diaper creams out there.
They tend to be either vasoliney type oily creams or creamer, heavier, white creams.
And some examples of those are Desitin, Balmex, and Triple Paste.
Triple Paste is like the crème de la crème of creams, honestly.
It's very, very, very healing cream.
It's good if your baby has a very bad diaper rash.
It's like the caviar of creams, it's very expensive- this is thirty-four bucks.
But some people swear by it so you might just want to have at least a small container of
that on hand.
Okay, so that's the diaper, that's the creams, now I want to talk to you about one of the
things I love the most, and I always thank my friend Miriam for telling me about these.
These are life altering- Chux Changing pads.
These are so great, you can lay these on your changing table, where you change your baby,
and it prevents you from having to change the sheet, the changing pad, ten times a day.
So it really, really cuts down on the laundry.
They are very absorbent.
They're very easy to even wipe down.
And I just think it's a great product.
And I would even put one or two of these in my diaper bag because when you're out traveling,
you will have a changing pad but you could put this underneath so that you're changing
pad doesn't get all dirty and then you just throw away your Chux.
So this to me is just an invaluable product.
I would definitely buy a big package of these.
Okay, so now I'm going to show you my diaper bag.
Alright, so here's my current diaper bag.
I've had this now for two babies, a couple years.
And you're going to want something very practical.
There are very fashionable diaper bags out there and there are more practical, some of
them sort of combine the two things, but make sure you have lots of pockets, lots of storage,
outside pockets for bottles.
And think about practicality first.
You're going to want something water proof, you're going to want something that folds
over, that's easy to carry.
And this one I've been really, really happy with, but have fun choosing one.
This is something you're definitely going to need.
Anyway, so these are the basics of what you will need to take care of your baby's bottom.
And now I'm going to put up a graphic and walk you guys through exactly what you'll
need again so that's it's easy for you when you go to the store.
When it comes to your baby's bottom, you are going to need diapers, wipes (a big container
and a small container), diaper creams, CHUX Changing Pads, and a diaper bag.
So good luck finding all this stuff and I wish you the best of luck with your new baby.