Any moms that don't change poopy diapers?

[princesspumpkin]

I have seen so many "A Baby Story" episodes where the dad just "doesn't do the poopy diapers". I have also seen it numerous times at my job, new mom will jump up out of bed to change the diaper because dad, just doesn't do them.

Anyone ever heard of a mom who just refuses to do this? Is it only the male species that becomes physically ill when dealing with baby poop?

 

[golfgal]

Dh and I had a deal, he would clean up vomit, I got all the dirty diapers. I jumped all over that because I was forward thinking enough to realize that someday the kids would be out of diapers but they still vomit even as teenagers .

 

[NYPDwife]

Dh and I had a deal, he would clean up vomit, I got all the dirty diapers. I jumped all over that because I was forward thinking enough to realize that someday the kids would be out of diapers but they still vomit even as teenagers .

That was SMART!! Dag, why didn't I think of that?

 

[luvmy3]

I knew a mom and dad like that so they just hired a live-in nanny for their dirty work

 

[princesspumpkin]

Dh and I had a deal, he would clean up vomit, I got all the dirty diapers. I jumped all over that because I was forward thinking enough to realize that someday the kids would be out of diapers but they still vomit even as teenagers .

Perfect! Now see, I can understand parents having a deal worked out - it's when dads say "I just don't do poopy diapers" that I'm having a problem wrapping my head around.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

My DS has been potty-trained for about 6 months but still wears a pull-up overnight. The other night he actually had a poopy pull-up in his sleep. I have really bad "morning sickness" nausea so I was able to get DH to change DS because it literally was making me sick. Score!

DH and I both changed DS though prior to potty-training. We took turns. "I changed the last poopy, it's your turn....."

 

[happygirl]

It was never that big of deal to me or my hubby. I guess we were lucky

 

[OceanAnnie]

I think some people just say that in jest. You have a kid in a poopy diaper and you are the only one there, guess what. You do poopy diapers.

 

[mtemm]

well, the closest I came was I never changed a meconium one in the hospital. I had 2 c-sections and gee, just wasn't as quick as my husband at getting to them. so he did all 3 kids in the hospital. but as soon as we were home I did plenty regular ones. and since I bf, they were plentiful for quite a while!

 

[NY Disney fan]

Ahhh, yes. Meconium. Black gold.

 

[HM]

My mom and dad tell a story about when I was a baby. My mother was a kindergarten teacher and my dad was a grad student. So, he was home more than mom. Back then, there were no disposable diapers, only cloth with pins. Dad would change me, but hang the dirty diapers over the toilet seat for mom to clean when she got home.....

I actually have never come across anyone that didn't help with changing their child's diapers.

 

[Robinrs]

It was never that big of deal to me or my hubby. I guess we were lucky

That's not luck, that's common sense!

 

[Robinrs]

Ahhh, yes. Meconium. Black gold.

My first son died of meconium aspiration. I have another term for it.

 

[mjkacmom]

Dh and I had a deal, he would clean up vomit, I got all the dirty diapers. I jumped all over that because I was forward thinking enough to realize that someday the kids would be out of diapers but they still vomit even as teenagers .

I can beat you - DH changed hundreds of poopy diapers, and he's in charge of vomit, too (he even disposed of my puke bags a few weeks ago after I was #6 to get the stomach bug here - at least it was bagged - can't say that about the kids!).

 

[Northstar]

Yes, I know a mom who doesn't do poopy diapers. Luckily she is stinking rich and has a nanny.

I hate her just on general principles. She may actually be a nice person, but I think she needs a good dose of poopy-diaper reality to know what life is really like...

 

[mjkacmom]

My first son died of meconium aspiration. I have another term for it.

I am so sorry! Ds11 had a pediatrician waiting in the room when he was born for the same reason.

 

[happygirl]

That's not luck, that's common sense!

I guess it's not common sense if there are parents out there you don't like it or won't do it. I'm very lucky it doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Aisling]

My sister paid the neighbor girl 25 cents to change her kids diapers.

 

[talulabelle]

I saw a Dad yesterday on Baby Sotory that didn't do poopy diapers. He actually went on about it like he would get weak in the knees and gag. It accidently got on his hand and freaked and wouldn't touch anything with that hand (I wold have just wiped it off with a wipe and went about my business finishing changing until I could wash my hands) then washed for the longest time in hot hot water, then doused himself in Purell. I thought it was the craziest thing ever. And the Mom didn't care and thought it was cute. Exactly what disease did he think he could contract from his own baby? And it was a newborn! an you imagine how he will act when the kid is a toddler? With my babies, I love them so much, that anything that comes from them can't be gross. (OK, when they are 10 and throwing up, it ain't so cute anymore, but I still deal with it because I love them)

My mother-in-law didn't do poopy diapers. She would leave the kids in the diaper until her husband got home or would have the house keeper do it. Made the biggest deal of it. Of course, she also doesn't drive, do laundry, grocery shop, clean house or do dishes (they are all "icky"). (has NEVER cleaned a toilet, and wouldn't know where to start). She did cook. That's it. But her husband took her to one casual restaurant a week, and one fancy expensive restaurant every weekend. One day I was talking about my least favorite chore being laundry because it never ends and is never done and she is they type that turns EVERY story around to herself and she says "Oh, I know what you mean, my worst chore is having to wash and set my own hair every week. I hate that, I never had it as easy as the other women in the neighborhood who could afford to go to a hairdressor every week. " Her most used phrase is "Oh, whoe is me!" She really thinks she has lived a hard life. Sle likes to go on and on about how they have no money or savings and her husband will never be able to retire. A) they have no savings because they blew it all as soon as they had it and B) her husband doesn't want to ever retire, because that would mean he would be home with her during the day.

To get back on topic though, when I first had my first baby, I asked her to watch him a couple of times when I had a doctors appt or something. (I thought she would enjoy having alone time with the baby) but both times I came home to a crying hungry poopy baby. She would always act like, "oh, he must have just done that, I didn't notice it until now" and it would be obvious the diaper had been there sometime. She also had an aversion to feeding him because she was afraid he would spit up on her. She is a FREAK. Needless to say, I never left the baby with her again. She never visits her grandkids, and they have like no relationship with her.

 

[puffkin]

My husband acts like that. Before DS he used to gag and carry on if one of the animals had an accident in the house and make me do it.

Well, I had a C-section and was on my last night in the hospital. DS woke up and was stinky. It was the first night I was ok getting up out of bed and it was my first time changing his diaper. I got over there and DH came to show me where the stuff was on the cart. My mom was there too. Take DS's diaper off and it is like a soft serve ice cream machine (chocolate of course ). Every time we wiped it up more was flying out. What a mess. DH is gagging and practically crying, I can barely stand up and my mom is doubling over in laughter. Well, needless to say after getting through that diaper, we all were not very excited to change the next diaper. I pulled the "c-section" card so DH had to do it. Lots of gagging but he got through it. We actually were pretty good about taking turns even though he told me he couldn't do it. I didn't fall for it.

I did get out of doing the cat litter box for almost 3 years though. I told him I couldn't be around it because of DS. He fell for it for 3 years and just recently called me on it