Ask a Doc | How to change a diaper | Cook Children’s

00:00:04 Hi, I'm Dr. Kim Mangum. And today I'm going to show you how to change a diaper and try to prevent diaper rash. 00:00:10 So the first thing I recommend doing is putting the diaper up underneath the baby like this. 00:00:14 The second thing you'll do is go ahead and have your wipe ready. And then unfasten the diaper. 00:00:22 We recommend that you wipe front to back. So you'll wipe from the front to the back. 00:00:27 And then you just take the diaper and close it up. And then you've got your new one underneath and just fasten the new tab. 00:00:37 A couple of tips I have for you. Number one, if the belly button is not healed up yet, you'll just pull the diaper up under here like this. 00:00:45 For little girls, they can, newborn girls can have a little bit of vaginal mucus or blood and that can be normal 00:00:51 For little boys who have circumcisions that are healing, if there's not a stool that has soiled the area then you can just leave it alone. 00:00:58 The other thing I recommend doing, if they have diarrhea is you can use Vaseline petroleum jelly or diaper ointment down in this area just as a moisture barrier to prevent a diaper rash. 00:01:10 And that's how you change a diaper.