Yesterday I called a mom back of a 6 week old. The call was about stool being loose and leaking out of the diaper. While we chatted the baby is breastfed so loose stool is totally normal, he is having same number of stools but now they leak out of the diaper. Mom was worried maybe there was a problem. During our conversation when there seemed to be no evidence of infection, I asked the mom what size diaper her 6 week old son (who was 8 pounds at birth) was wearing. "He in newborn diapers still."
And there was the problem!!! Poor little guy still squeezing into newborn diapers at 6 weeks of age - I imagine he's probably 10 pounds by now. The package for newborn diapers says up to 10 pounds but come on!
Gently and calmly I advise "You know, he is eating so much more than when he was born and pooping so much more, he is probably ready for size 1 diapers now."
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