As a young boy (before age 13), how were your diaper changes determined?

Number of responses received: 56

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
I was asked if I needed a change	26	46.4%
Someone could smell my pee	23	41.1%
Someone could smell my poop	23	41.1%
Someone could see that my diapers were wet	25	44.6%
Someone could see that my diapers were poopy	15	26.8%
I was changed at around same time of day regardless of need	16	28.6%
My diapers were changed once reaching a certain level of use	15	26.8%
Diapers were physically checked (touched, pulled back, etc.)	46	82.1%

How were your diapers physically checked by your mother?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Feel the front of the diapers	37	66.1%
Feel the back of the diapers	21	37.5%
Pull on front of diapers	27	48.2%
Pull on back of diapers	34	60.7%
Sniff down back of diapers	9	16.1%
Diapers were removed without checking	7	12.5%

How were your diapers physically checked by your father?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Feel the front of the diapers	20	35.7%
Feel the back of the diapers	20	35.7%
Pull on front of diapers	17	30.4%
Pull on back of diapers	20	35.7%
Sniff down back of diapers	6	10.7%
Diapers were removed without checking	10	17.9%

How were your diapers physically checked by your brothers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Feel the front of the diapers	10	17.9%
Feel the back of the diapers	7	12.5%
Pull on front of diapers	6	10.7%
Pull on back of diapers	7	12.5%
Sniff down back of diapers	3	5.4%
Diapers were removed without checking	2	3.6%
This applies to older brothers	4	7.1%
This applies to younger brothers	6	10.7%
I have brothers but they did not change me	10	17.9%
I have no brothers	15	26.8%

How were your diapers physically checked by your sisters?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Feel the front of the diapers	18	32.1%
Feel the back of the diapers	15	26.8%
Pull on front of diapers	18	32.1%
Pull on back of diapers	18	32.1%
Sniff down back of diapers	6	10.7%
Diapers were removed without checking	3	5.4%
This applies to older sisters	13	23.2%
This applies to younger sisters	9	16.1%
I have sisters but they did not change me	4	7.1%
I have no sisters	17	30.4%

How could others tell that your diapers were changed?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Clean diapers are dry/not sagging of poop	37	66.1%
Different type/style of diapers than before	7	12.5%
Sounds of diapers are different than before	11	19.6%
I'm accompanied by someone on way to diaper change	26	46.4%
Pants on before, pants off afterwards	14	25.0%
Pants changed (still wearing pants)	7	12.5%
Fit of diaper is different due to different person changing	16	28.6%
I no longer stink	34	60.7%
I smell of baby powder	39	69.6%
Fresh baby powder visible around diaper area	18	32.1%
Dirty diapers smelling up trash receptacle	13	23.2%
Dirty diapers smelling up laundry area	10	17.9%

Who has/had commented on seeing that your diapers have/had been changed?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Mother	38	67.9%
Father	34	60.7%
Older brothers	11	19.6%
Younger brothers	15	26.8%
Older sisters	17	30.4%
Younger sisters	12	21.4%
Aunts/uncles	26	46.4%
Grandparents	28	50.0%
Boy cousins	21	37.5%
Girl cousins	20	35.7%
Boy babysitters	10	17.9%
Girl babysitters	21	37.5%
Other boys	21	37.5%
Other girls	19	33.9%

What kinds of diapers did you wear before age 13?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Single disposable diapers- plain white	33	58.9%
Single disposable diapers- patterned/colored	24	42.9%
Multiple disposable diapers- plain white	10	17.9%
Multiple disposable diapers- patterned/colored	10	17.9%
Single cloth diapers- plain white	11	19.6%
Single cloth diapers- patterned/colored	4	7.1%
Multiple cloth diapers- plain white	11	19.6%
Multiple cloth diapers- patterned/colored	5	8.9%
Multiple underpants- plain white	1	1.8%
Multiple underpants- patterned/colored	0	0.0%
Other makeshift diapers	3	5.4%
Check if you usually have no pants on (>50% of the time)	12	21.4%

Describe in more detail the visual indications to others that your diapers had been changed.

Name	Age	Answer
DAVY	17	they no longer sagged
tomar	25	The bulge in my jeans or shorts was not a large as the soaked diaper
Bob Barker	17	I only wore diapers for bedwetting/pooping, so in the morning my diapers were taken off until nighttime.
	13	they had been higher up, not sagging, smelled fresh, sometimes without pants, dirty diaper in area.
Mike J	18	the bulge wasn't as obvious
Robby	37	I would be quite and walk funny. Sometimes I would be sucking my thumb.
dog2dog	32	i now longer sag in front
Nicholas	12	My diapers are very white
soaker	63	My plastic pants hanging on the line outside to dry. Me with no pants over my diapers and waterproff pants (could see I was dry).
Cameron	16	i usually lost my pants after a change that was the most often visual sign.
chris	16	no sag no bad smells
	15	the wetness indicator went away
Mike P.	57	There weren't many visual indications that I had been changed. As long as my pants were dry/clean and didn't need to be changed, it wasn't that obvious visually that I had been changed. In school I usually changed myself for the last time just before dismissal. Sometimes if I had pooped myself, I didn't have enough time to take care of everything for fear of missing the school bus. Often I wouldn't tuck my shirt in, fasten my belt, and sometimes neglected to pull my pants' zipper up in my haste to get out of the boys' room and out to the bus. I frequently look very dissheveled when I got on the school bus, and I knew many of the kids on the bus knew that I had just changed myself. I'm disabled due to spina bifida and I wear diapers because I'm incontinent.
		Wet spots didn't show on pants.
jere	18	pants were no longer sagging and I didn't smell like pee or poop
Warren	56	I would just have on a dry cloth diaper without pants or without plastic pants. I would be allowed or told to just be in a dipaer for awhile. After some time, I would be told to put on pants or told to come and lay on the floor to have plastic pants put on me.
baby john	6	there wasn`t any soggy spots on the front of my diapers or any brown lumpy spots in back of diaper and no puddles in my plastic panties
allen	53	The suspenders were in a different spot and my shirt was tucked in more
PoopyBoy	10	my diaper wasn't big, it would be big if i had poo
john	22	A smile on my face!
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	They are clean, white and not saggy, or either yellow or brown stained.
chad	19	My diapers were clean and I smelled of baby powder
N/A	13	bulging diaper
alexander	10	the diaper lookes fresh and crisp, not sogging or bulging

Describe in more detail the smell-based indications to others that your diapers had been changed.

Name	Age	Answer
DAVY	17	i no longer stunk of pee/poop and now stunk of baby powder
tomar	25	Baby powder smell instead of urine smell
Bob Barker	17	I only wore diapers for bedwetting/pooping, so in the morning my diapers were taken off until nighttime.
	13	i didnt smeell like pee or poop, smelld like fresh diapers.
Mike J	18	the smell of a fresh, clean one was obvious
dog2dog	32	thay can not smell wee.
Nicholas	12	I smell of soap and baby powder
soaker	63	The smell of baby powder was a gave away.
chris	16	baby powder and lotion smell instead of pee/poop smell
	15	it smelled really ripe
Mike P.	57	Sometimes if I smelled wet before getting changed, I'd smell better afterwards (or least sometimes less wet). If my urine leaked though my rubber pants and my pants became wet, then I probably still smelled after getting changed. When I had a BM away from home (like at school), I stilled smelled dirty even after getting changed. At home I usually had the opportunity to do a better job of cleaning myself up after a bowel movement.
		It was gone
jere	18	smelled like baby powder instead of like pee or poop
Warren	56	I was only allowed to pee in my diaper so they were only wet. Usually it did not smell much given the thick layers.
baby john	6	when i pp or doodoo or both in my diapersyou can smell the stinky pp smell in my diapers. i like to play in my wet and stinky diapers, after a diaper change i smell like a fresh baby!
allen	53	ffresh powder smell
PoopyBoy	10	i didn't smell
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	When we have been changed out diapers smell clean and baby fresh with Destin Oint., and baby powder, as to the stinky smell of pee, and poop, or both.
chad	19	They smelled baby powder
N/A	13	smelled of diaper perfume
alexander	10	smell of patroleum jelly, and or powder, and or oil

Describe how your mother and/or your father physically checked your diapers (touched your diapers) before you were changed:

Name	Age	Answer
DAVY	17	they felt if the diaper was wet at the front
tomar	25	Both my mother and father could tell when I needed a diaper change by feeling the front of my diaper
Bob Barker	17	They would feel the diaper or pull on it and look down. This was only if I had not changed them myself by this time.
	13	my parents didnt physically check me.
Mike J	18	they usually looked down my front and back and felt both sides of them
Robby	37	I was usually called by mom to come to her. She would ask me, "Are you wet?" or "Do you need a change." She wouldn't wait for me to answer. She would stick her finger in my diaper or pull it back and check. Then she would tell me, "You need to be changed." She would grab my hand and lead me to my room where there was a chaning table. If I passed inspection and did not need a change, she would say, "Very good. You are being a big boy."
dog2dog	32	mom touch the front and back and put her hand down the front or back of diaper. dad just put his hnd down the front or felt onn top.
Nicholas	12	My mom always seems to know everytime i have pooped in my diapers. If i deny it she always cheks my diapers. If i have pooped she ask me to come close to her. Then she opens my pants and pulls them down. Then she ask me to turn around and she pulls out my plastic pants and looks down in my diapers. She also sniffes. If she thinks i have peed only she puts down a hand in the front of my diaper.
Cameron	16	whenever i woke up it was usually to my mom checking my diapers. she would feel the front of it if she couldn't smell it already. when we were at my aunts and ucles house my mom would always ask my older cousin to check my diapers "alex can you feel if cameron has wet his diaper?"
chris	16	patted butt and privates
	15	They would check the front by feeling it the would pull the back to check for poop
Mike P.	57	After a certain age, my parents didn't depend on physical contact to determine if I needed to be changed. Up until the time I began going to the bathroom on my own (changing myself), I'm sure my mother occasonally looked in the back in my diaper to see if I was soiled, but I think she mostly went by smell.
		Pulled back to see if there was a mess in there.
jere	18	my dad never checked mt diaper. mom would ask, "are you stinky, or are you wet"? If I said yes, she change me.If I said no and she didn't believe me, she would make me come over and turn around. She would first feel my bottom for poop, then if I smelled like poop, she would pull the back of the diaper out and look inside.
Warren	56	I lived with my Dad. He would either walk up to me and squeeze the front of the diaper or come from behind and reach around and feel the front of the diaper in the plastic pants. Usually it was warm unless I had the diaper on for a long time. He could tell by his touch to the front.
baby john	6	mommy or daddy would come up to me and hold me and stick finger in leg openings of plastic panties and feel for wetness and slide finger back in back to feel for doodoo. sometimes they would stick nose at back of diaper and smell. sometimes i loaded my diaper so full of doodoo that there was no mistaking i had doodooed in my diaper that a big lump appeared in the back of my diaper and a hand to the back was suffucuent.
allen	53	Mom used to touch the front to see how wet they were
john	22	I always got the finger under my bum. I was always surprise how my mom never cared if her finger got as dirty as the diaper.
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	They would call us to them or grab us and then feel both the front and back through our plastic baby pants, if no stains or signs appeared they would usually pull the back open and look inside and the same with the front.
chad	19	My mother and father would pull on the back of my diapers and asked I had wet my didee widey in front of others at the store
N/A	13	squished the front and back of the diaper
alexander	10	come to me pull down my pants if i have them on, stick their finger in the crotch to feel around, rub the back of my diaper, pull the back of my diaper away, smell me stuff like that.

Describe how your brother(s) physically checked your diapers (touched your diapers) before you were changed:

Name	Age	Answer
tomar	25	My older brother usually pulled the diaper out in front
Bob Barker	17	They would feel the diaper or pull on it and look down. This was only if I had not changed them myself by this time.
	13	My brother never changed me.
dog2dog	32	thay did the same as mom and dad.
Nicholas	12	My brother is only three years old
Warren	56	My older brother just followed Dad's approach. When he was responsible for me however, he wold change me when he wanted to so he could say he did it. If I was dry, he would run water on the diaper. He hated to change me, but Dad made him do it.
chad	19	My brother would ask me if I needed changed in front of everybody he would pull the back of the diaper to see if it was poopy and pull the front of the diaper to see if it was wet.

Describe how your sister(s) physically checked your diapers (touched your diapers) before you were changed:

Name	Age	Answer
tomar	25	No sisters
Bob Barker	17	No sisters
	13	i didnt have any sisters.
dog2dog	32	sameas above.
Nicholas	12	My sister is ten years old and she does not check me. If she discovers when i poop or pee she tells it to my mother. Also if i smell of poop
chris	16	same as parents
	15	My sister stick her finger in front of my diaper.
baby john	6	sissy usually does the same as mommy or daddy except she likes to put me over her knee and spank my diapered doodoo rear and smear my doodoo
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	They would check our diapers the same way our parents would check them. (They would call us to them or grab us and then feel both the front and back through our plastic baby pants, if no stains or signs appeared they would usually pull the back open and look inside and the same with the front.)
chad	19	My sister would ask me if I needed changed in front of everybody she would pull the back of the diaper to see if it was poopy and pull the front of the diaper to see if it was wet.
alexander	10	comes over to me and smells me then changes me, but only if my parents tell her she has to.

How do/did your mother and/or father comment on seeing that your diapers had been changed?

Name	Age	Answer
DAVY	17	they will comment to others in the room how nice it is that i dont stink any more
tomar	25	Oh, good,you have a clean diaper
Bob Barker	17	Happy that I had remembered to change them.
	13	they would say "Thats btetter" or "there you go", stuff like that
Mike J	18	they noticed the smell in the trash can plastic bag filled with a dirty depend/wipes
Robby	37	Some time they would say, "Look who got a dry diaper on."
Nicholas	12	Sometimes he says that it must be nice for me to be put in clean diapers.
soaker	63	I see you have dry diapers on, who changed you?
chris	16	noted it didn't smell like the backyard(dogs)
	15	They made comments on how i should have to wear diapers
	15	the diaper looks fit, tight, and clean.
Mike P.	57	They were more likely to comment on the fact that I needed to get changed rather than the fact the I had been changed. As an adolescent I was very resentful of my incontinence, my need to wear diapers, etc. At home on weekends or over vacations, I was very lazy about going to the bathroom on a regular basis and avoided going to the bathroom for as long as possible. Needless to say, I often smelled wet (because I was :) )and my parents used to get annoyed at me and would tell me to go to the bathroom or threaten to change me if I wasn't going to do it on my own.
		No
allen	53	Mom use to say see how long you can keep them dry
john	22	One of these days, you will grow out of diapers
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	N/A, as either they or our sisters changed us on a routine and our parents would also follow that routine, along with our sisters and others of the family that changed us.
chad	19	They would say you now have a clean bottom that's good boy
alexander	10	you have a huge bulge, "your diapers are swollen and sagging", your diapers are yellow"

How do/did your other adult relatives comment on seeing that your diapers had been changed?

Name	Age	Answer
DAVY	17	asked be if that feels better
tomar	25	They usually didn't say anything
Bob Barker	17	Happy that I had remembered to change them.
	13	fresh diaper?
Mike J	18	some of them watched me get changed
Robby	37	He's getting to be a pretty big boy to sill be in diapers.
Nicholas	12	My grandmother always pads me several times with a hand on the back of my plastic pants and tells me that its good for me that diapers have been invented.
chris	16	same as parents
		No
Warren	56	Granddad wold say, "well that looks like a dry one". He said the same line every time.
allen	53	They use to tease me
john	22	Isn't he a little big for diapers?
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	The same with the other adults of the family, they knew the routine of our diaper changes
chad	19	They would say smells better I couldn't breath
alexander	10	dude you need a change

How do/did your brothers and/or other boys comment on seeing that your diapers had been changed?

Name	Age	Answer
tomar	25	Usually nothing
Bob Barker	17	Happy that I had remembered to change them.
	13	they didnt comment.
Nicholas	12	My brother says nothing
chris	16	other boys said it smelled fresh in vicinity
Warren	56	My brither would say, "Won't last long no will it pee-pants.". He would mock me. He wold say that he could tell me to pee and I would obey. I was always scared of him and usually did wet my pants.
allen	53	They didn;t say anything
chad	19	I couldn't breath when your diaper stunk but now that your all clean I can breath.

How do/did your sisters and/or other girls comment on seeing that your diapers had been changed?

Name	Age	Answer
tomar	25	No sisters
Nicholas	12	Sometimes my sister tells me that i smell better than before i was changed
chris	16	same as boys but much ruder
Morgan	15	Well my older sister changes them so she she never really points anything out, my little sister would always say i bet that feels better now that your in your nice clean diaper.
allen	53	nieghbor girl liked to lok and see if I had clean ones on
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	Our sister, promoted us being in and using diapers, and they incouraged their girl friends to participate in our diaper changes.
chad	19	smells better

How do/did you feel when others acknowledged that you need to be changed? How do/did you feel when others comment(ed) on seeing that you have/had been changed?

Name	Age	Answer
tomar	25	I didn't really think about it
Bob Barker	17	I would be a little embarressed when people pointed out that my diapers were wet or messy, but not too much as I liked the feeling.
	13	I felt good and happy when iw as getting changed.
Robby	37	I did not like being changed because it was too much of an interruption. So I usually denied that I needed a change. After the change, I was just happy that it was over.
dog2dog	32	a shamed.
Nicholas	12	I am used to it so i dont care about it
soaker	63	Others wound say things like " the way your diapers are sagging your diaper must be soaked, do you need me to change you?
Cameron	16	i never got over the embassement it was always a big production
chris	16	good because i hated having on pants bad after because no stink no warmth
	15	i liked it when people saw my diaper changes
Morgan	15	It is always embarrassing especially when it is somebody that I don�t live with like cousins, grandparents, or friends.
Mike P.	57	As I got older, I didn't like it when anybody commented on the fact that I needed to be changed. I didn't think it was anybody else's business but my own and as long as I could take care of myself and wasn't asking anyone to change me, I didn't want anyone to mention it. Of course when I was told by my parents to get to the bathroom, I usually did what I was told.
ThicknDry	57	A little embarrassed, but nothing awful
Warren	56	I loved to be changed and to be touched and dryed. I love how it feels to wipe my wet bottom. I always was happy when I was being changed and felt like I had done something good. I felt proudn being put in a dry diaper. It didn't take long to change my feelings to shame once my brother or Dad made me feel bad. They held it over me that wore diapers. Dad had put them on me when I was about 4 or 5 ands was starting to wet the bed and my pants. I was upset about the divorce. Dad made a simple decision and I was put in diapers. I wore them until I went to college when I was home and I still wear them today when I want to really relax.
baby john	6	it doesn`t bother me i love to play in wet and stinky diapers. i run from anybody wanting to check or change my diapers. i feel like a diaper baby when i have a thick fresh diaper between my legs and fresh plastic panties onand smell like a fresh diapered baby!
allen	53	It didn't Bother me because I had no chose in the matter.I had no control of my bottom half
john	22	Very babyish.
Byron, Timothy, Kevin, D.J.(ages 12-16)	14	We, simply had to follow the routine and have our diapers changed when they were to be changed.
chad	19	I felt ashamed

Average Age of respondents to this question:	22.6
Range of ages of respondents:	6 -  63

Age Distribution
Under 10	3
10-14	11
15-19	21
20-24	4
25-29	4
30-34	1
35-39	2
40-44	1
45-49	2
50-54	1
55-59	3
60-64	1
65-69	0
70-74	0
75-79	0
80+	0

Youth Age Distribution
6	2
7	1
8	0
9	0
10	2
11	2
12	1
13	3
14	3
15	6
16	5
17	4

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