Diaper duty and the problem of poo.....

You have certainly come up with the best excuse for using disposable diapers: Having other people change them when you can't/or won't (you know, when you've already done 10 that hour! lol).

Sorry for the error, my mother-in-law dumps it in the toilet, not the trash can. On the first sentence, I meant to say, trash not ash.. Sorry.. And the word tendency is misspelled in the post..

I've never dumped any diaper before, I just wrap it up and take it outside. I didn't have one of those diaper genie things either, it was easier just to take the individual poop diaper outside.

That's actually why I wouldn't even choose to use a diaper service, you still have to handle them WAY too much even if you don't have to wash, dry, and fold them lol.

Diapers are a once in awhile thing for me, like when I have someone else's kids. it's so much easier when it's not your own, even if you have them for a day or two lol.

I am so glad to see all of the answers here echo how I feel. If you ever read a package of diapers, I think it actually mentions dumping the poop but I really have no idea why anybody would want to do that lol.

I cannot imagine living in a place that did not have disposable diapers lol. My daughter was born in 2004, I thought disposables were available in every developed nation these days... or at least in the last 10 years!

Although originally from a first world nation I have lived all my married life in a third world country. yes,, they are avaialble now but were not in my time!lol

I know! That's the same thought that went through MY mind. I mean I used disposable diapers for a grand purpose - buy them, use them to contain the poop and pee that a baby can't just wait to do - THROW THEM AWAY. People who think too much are exceptionally gross, yes lol.

LOL! Well back when I was still pregnant, I used to frequent a pregnancy and birth site and a due date forum, and apparently if you actually READ the package of diapers, they recommend you dump the poo. Now I didn't think anybody would actually DO something like this, but because I had met these moms at this site, I found out that SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY DID THIS! Not only that but I discovered a huge following of 'cloth diaper addicts' and a lot of them turned their noses up at moms who bought diapers to throw away. Oh well, it's all a matter of preference to me. Some of them pointed out that disposables were so UGLY, well golly gee, it's not like I took my baby out in JUST A DIAPER! I put cute little clothes on her and it wasn't likely anybody out in public was even going to SEE her diaper.

I totally agree with you. Not that I'm one of those evironmental friendly nuts anyway but I looked at it several ways. First of all, what is healthier for my daughter? Disposables. I found excellent quality cheap ones at Babies R Us. Also, what is healthier for ME? Disposables. If I had used anything but, the only pair of hands EVER changing my daughter would have been ME. I doubt I would have managed to trick any of my other kids or my husband into changing a cloth diaper, and my friends.... I don't think they'd have wanted to do that either. My daugher hardly ever got diaper rash, that was probably because disposables are so great at keeping everything away from their skin, so even if I couldn't get her changed right after she went, it's not like it soaked into her and gave her a rash from 15 minutes in the car. Also, people forget the extra costs with cloth. Water and detergent for washing. Electricity for the washer and dryer. In terms of time and annoyance and boredom for ME to wash, dry, and fold the damn things. I did price diaper services once for a friend (considering buying her a month or two for a baby shower gift) and the cost was greater than buying her several huge boxes of disposables lol.

ha ha ha ha! Yeah I know, it's like the laundry multiplies and makes its own babies while you aren't looking - for an HOUR lol. With 3 kids plus us, laundry was BAAAAAD until I started making the older kids do their own. That in itself was a hassle, when you have to get a 12 year old to do their own laundry after someone else has been more or less doing it for 12 years, they aren't super receptive to the idea but they get irritated when all their clothes are dirty... I don't want a diaper genie. I want a live in housekeeper. Forever.

my only wish would have been that i could get my money back on that stupid thing LOL