This is a YouTube video titled "Newborn poop tip from a NICU nurse and mom of 4! #newborntips #newborncare" containing advice from a single speaker, likely a nurse and mother, explaining how to care for a newborn's first poop (meconium) to prevent skin irritation. The content is instructional and aimed at expectant or new parents, created in September 2024.
Expectant parents. Can I talk to you about your newborn's poop? Your baby's first poop is called meconium. It's black, it's sticky, it's like tar, and it adheres to their bum like nothing you've ever seen before. So here's what happens. Your baby has such delicate skin, but it's stuck on there. So you wipe and you wipe. You wipe, and then their little bum gets red and it can leave sores. So here's a hack to help. Lather their bottom with either off Aquaphor or coconut oil. This lubricates it, it protects it. And then when you go to change their diaper, it literally just wipes away. So before they poop, lather their bottom. Do it with every diaper change. I'm telling you, it will make a huge difference.
