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A so-called sexuality expert’s bizarre diaper advice is being dumped on.

Deanne Carson’s recent appearance on ABC News drew ire after she suggested parents should ask their baby for permission before changing a soiled nappy.

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“We work with children from three-years-old. We work with parents from birth,” Carson told a surprised ABC News anchor. “Just about how to set up a culture of consent in their homes.”

Carson suggested parents should ask their infants: “I’m going to change your nappy now. Is that OK?”

She continued: “Of course a baby is not going to respond, ‘Yes mom, that’s awesome. I’d love to have my nappy changed.’ But if you leave a space. And wait for body language and wait to make eye contact then you’re letting that child know their response matters.”

Of course, some experts vehemently disagree.

“Babies don’t know what permission is and so trying to teach such a young child about consent in this situation is wrong,” child behaviour expert Nathalie Brown told news.com.au.

“If parents didn’t change their child’s nappy every time they cried or were upset then we’d have a country full of kids with soiled nappies.”

In other words, a you-know-what storm.

Carson, who lists herself as a sexuality educator, speaker and author, has since protected her Twitter account.