Colostomy Bag For Newborn Baby

Place a cotton ball inside the bag to help soak up the stool in between drainings.

Colostomy bag for newborn baby. For a baby with a stoma it is handy to use a nappy pack or a romper suit with poppers on the under side so that the little one cannot pick the stoma bag loose. Get an elastic bandage like coban or an ace bandage and cut it to where it can be wrapped around the waist twice helping secure the bag. A colostomy and an ileostomy require a drainable ostomy pouch. With a baby it is advised to attach the stoma bag so that the opening hangs to the side so that it is easier to place in the nappy.

An urostomy as well as a very aqueous colostomy and ileostomy call upon an urostomy bag with a drainage valve. Then use a diaper a size larger that can comfortably cover the colostomy bag. Shorts are also suitable for this. If using a separate wafer warm it by sticking it in your bra or armpit while you prepare supplies.

Put baby in a snug onesie a size smaller may be needed. Pediatric ostomy bags are designed for newborns infants and children with a colostomy ileostomy or an urostomy. Softening it like this will help it mold to baby s skin better. Write the date time on a sticker and put it on the bag to identify how long the bag has been on.

Children who require a colostomy in the newborn period are those without evidence of an anal opening on the perineal skin those with a recto urethral fistula and patients with cloacal malformations.