Wet diapers...PLEASE HELP?

Question

how much liquid or amount is considered a wet diaper? i ve been having trouble thinking my baby dosnt get enough fluid and breastmilk and she only has 2-3 wet diapers a day. they arent saturated diapers. i consider a wet diaper when its heavy and needs changed and consider that a "wet diaper" but is a wet diaper every time they urinate.. and the diaper isnt hardly wet? my baby is reaching her milestones and is an appropriate weight for her age. she seems happy. but they say the proof is in the diapers...but im confused?? please help, and thanks so much!!!

Answer 1

a wet diaper is every time they  pee..

Answer 2

Less than 6 weeks

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/enough...

WET DIAPERS: 5 - 6+ sopping wet diapers per day (after 1st week).

Expect one wet diaper on day one, increasing to 5-6 by one week. To feel what a sufficiently wet diaper is like, pour 3 tablespoons (45 mL) of water into a clean diaper (if baby wets more often, then the amount of urine per diaper may be less). Urine should be pale and mild smelling.

More than 6 weeks

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/enough...

WET DIAPERS: 4 - 5+ sopping wet diapers per day.

To feel what a sufficiently wet diaper is like, pour 4-6 tablespoons (60-90 mL) of water into a clean diaper (if baby wets more often, then the amount of urine per diaper may be less). Diapers may be wetter in the morning, especially with older babies. Urine should be pale and mild smelling.

http://www.llli.org//llleaderweb/LV/LVDe...

In answer to the question, "Is baby getting enough?" a second question could be posed, "Enough of which?" In the early weeks wet diaper counts give only part of the answer. Because the nursing newborn takes in plenty of foremilk before receiving the richer hindmilk, it would be difficult for an infant to produce several bowel movements per day without being adequately hydrated.

However, the opposite can easily occur. Since feeding practices, ineffective sucking or other problems may diminish the mother's milk supply or prevent the baby from receiving an adequate portion of hindmilk, it is possible for a baby to be adequately hydrated yet have an inadequate calorie intake. Frequent urination remains one valid indicator of adequate newborn hydration from foremilk intake. Multiple daily stooling is an indicator of adequate newborn calorie intake from hindmilk. Both factors are needed to fully assess neonatal breastfeeding.

Since a lack of daily stooling may be associated with inadequate newborn calorie intake, it is also a predictor of poor infant weight gain. Early detection of this symptom can be crucial for the baby's health and the continuation of breastfeeding. In severe cases, an infant's low calorie intake may lead to weaker sucking, diminished milk supply and critical dehydration. While less serious conditions may be improved at various stages of breastfeeding, it is much more effective to establish a generous milk supply and hearty weight gain in the early weeks than to have to work to achieve them in later months.

Stooling Patterns

There are many benefits to discussing normal stool patterns with each new mother. When a fully breastfed newborn baby is having several yellow or tan, seedy stools each day, Leaders can emphasize this is a reassuring sign that breastfeeding is off to a good start. What a wonderfully observable proof allaying a new mother's fear of inadequate milk supply!

While new parents often have difficulty deciding if a baby's diaper/nappy is truly wet, there's little doubt when one is soiled. For the mother who is worried—even without saying so—that frequent stooling is diarrhea, hearing the expected frequency and significance of the normal newborn pattern is again a great relief and confidence builder. Beginning a call with this positive interaction sets a supportive tone as the conversation moves on to other topics of interest to the mother.

On occasion a mother calling with a deceptively simple or unrelated question will describe notably infrequent newborn stooling when asked. Sometimes it has been overlooked or, using the criteria for older babies, labeled normal. Sometimes, under the advice of family, friends or health workers, this has already been treated as constipation. During the 1990s mothers have related such treatments as: changes made in the mother's diet; various supplements for baby including glucose or corn syrup water, fruit juices, or pureed fruits; various types of anal stimulation, anal dilation and enemas of vegetable oil. In cases of infrequent newborn stooling, babies are often known to have or are later found to have poor weight gain.

When a mother describes infrequent newborn stooling the Leader will want to carefully discuss adequate urination. Well hydrated infants are expected to have pale yellow, clear urine significantly wetting 6-8 cloth or 5-6 disposable diapers/nappies every 24 hours starting the third day after birth. A new mother can learn how a minimally wet diaper would feel by pouring one to two ounces (30 - 60 ml) of water onto a dry diaper. Even though disposable diapers may not feel wet, they will feel recognizably heavier.

Answer 3

A wet diaper means they have peed, not that they have soaked the diaper because you haven't changed it yet. You shouldn't wait until the diaper is completely full to change it in the first place. You would probably have more 'wet diapers' per day, if you changed them more often. Just because the diaper is hardly wet does not mean they 'hardly peed'. Diapers these days are so absorbent that it takes A LOT of pee for them to be considerably wet.

Answer 4

A diaper is wet everytime a kid urinates and it should be changed as soon as you can. It is ot only for being wet and uncomfortable for the kid but also for heigyne purpose as well.

Answer 5

Every time they pee is considered a wet diaper. If you are using diapers like Pampers or Huggies .... they are very absorbant, and sometimes dont feel very wet... when infact they are!!!