Babies have
diaper blowouts on the kitchen floor, figure out how to spill milk from their bottle all over the couch, and wipe mashed peas on every surface imaginable.
You arrive at the playdate and realize that your baby had
a diaper blowout on the ride over.
Not exact matches
I save hot water washes for killing dust mites
on mattress covers and eliminating bacteria
on clothing or sheets involved in baby's
diaper blowouts or
on bath towels to get them extra white.
I always say here
on the CanDo Kiddo blog that I'm a new parent just like you - alongside you in the trenches of sleepless nights and
diaper blowouts.
And we've had only a handful of
blowouts and leaking incidents — the real elastic
on cloth
diapers holds everything in better than the fake elastic and leg gussets
on disposables.
Changing
diapers is something you will quickly master from experience, but there are some tips worth sharing... things that can help you avoid
blowouts, getting peed
on, and other
diaper change disasters.
I also must say that I have never had a poop
blowout or even a
diaper rash
on my little monster!
With a hybrid
diaper, you lose many of what I consider the most important advantages of cloth: no chemicals
on your baby's skin, no messy or smelly trash, fewer leaks and
blowouts.
Each
diaper seemed to have their own problem the fuzzibunz leaked out of the ditching the bumgenius resulted in
blowouts along the legs the alvas weren't absorbent enough the runparoos were hard to clean and really held
on to odors and the grovia just didn't fit properly.
They practically have poop explosions
on a daily basis, thank god parents have
diapers to contain most
blowouts, but sometimes that
diaper just isn't enough to save the furniture, floors, walls, cars, or mom's clothes!
When I realized that I was having way more
blowouts on the road than I did at home with my cloth (I was doing part time cloth back then) and I was leaving dirty
diapers for my family to contend with, I decided to make the switch to cloth
diapers full time.
The only thing worse than a baby
blowout is a curious toddler
blowout, because naturally, they'll want to explore what's going
on inside that
diaper, and unfortunately, they now have the skills to whip off that
diaper and free themselves!
A time when you no longer have to worry about a leaky
diaper or a
blowout on a road trip sounds pretty inviting.
Having that many wipes and
diapers on hand at all times may seem excessive, but I guarantee all it takes is one middle - of - the - night, up - the - back
blowout and three seconds of sheer panic to realize it's worth it to have them
on hand all the time.
Baby's can be messy, so it's best to have an extra set of apparel for them in case of a leaky
diaper, a full -
on blowout or spilled milk.
I find that when my daughter has a
diaper blowout that the majority of the mess occurs
on the 1st layer of clothing rather than the second.
You know the moment — your baby has had a
blowout and you've got the
diaper part under control, but you can't for the life of you figure out how to get the soiled onesie off your child without getting the mess
on them.
Plus, the longer you wait to change a dirty
diaper, the greater the chance you'll have a messy
blowout on your hands (and up your baby's back!)
Blowout diapers and getting peed
on are just the beginning.