It was sometime around the birth of my first child — before she was born, I thought
diapers were gross, even cloth ones.
Myth # 1: Cloth
Diapering Is Gross
They might say cleaning messy
diapers is gross, or that they don't have time for 2 extra loads of laundry.
Not exact matches
Not only
is leaving poopy
diapers around
gross, but it will contaminate the washing machine for the rest of your clothes.
With my first boy I'd have to say it
was when I walked in and he had all of the pooey contents of his
diaper smeared all over himself, the crib, and
was eating it... Top 10
grossest things ever!
Yes, it
is the same
diaper that
was gross and stained just a few pictures back!
Still, even the
gross parts
were cool, giving me an opportunity to try every tip and trick for washing and stripping
diapers and preventing these issues from returning.
This helped a little bit, but not only
was it
gross — it also meant stains in my
diapers.
Maybe you
are confused by the process, or perhaps the thought of used cloth
diapers is kind of
gross to you.
We keep her
diaper pail in her room and I usually ring out the
diaper in the toilet before running it back to her room — I know
gross but I
'm going to wash my hands anyway.
They treated the
diapers like they
were gross.
When DH
is working in the garden or outside and
is gross and doesn't want mud / dirt in the sink, I just spray his hands / arms off before he washes That aside, it
's great for cleaning the toilet, and... of course, the
diapers!
But aren't cloth
diapers gross, hard to use and messy?
The wipe count skyrockets,
diapers and clothes have to
be changed again, and you feel pretty
gross.
With pants on, she just goes in the pants, but with no pants she'll have to decide whether she
's going to 1) poop on the floor (she
's old enough to think that
's gross and not respectful), 2) ask for a
diaper to poop in, 3) ask for underpants to poop in, 4) poop in the toilet, or 5) not poop at all.
The cloth
diapers you find today
are easy to use and not as
gross as you might imagine.
Cloth
diapering is a lot less
gross than you might think.
There
are those who say its
gross to wash dirty
diapers.
I know, it can seem really, really
gross (and sometimes it
is), but most of the time your child's poop will just plop right out when the
diaper is flipped into the toilet.
Tuscaloosa News, April 20, 2008 Soft, cloth
diapers have benefits by Kristi Palma «When the topic of cloth
diapers is brought up at play dates or baby showers, the general consensus
is that they
're gross and time - consuming.
And also the correlation between your truly - terrified - of - poop friend and your own fears — your imagination
is generally worse than reality, and even when reality IS pretty gross (like that time my baby had an explosive poop all over my lap at a restaurant that only had the tiniest bathroom ever, like there wasn't enough room between the toilet and the door for the diaper bag, much less a three - month - old) you just sort of... take it in stride and deal with it, knowing that the benefits of babies and children outweigh the occasional brush with grossnes
is generally worse than reality, and even when reality
IS pretty gross (like that time my baby had an explosive poop all over my lap at a restaurant that only had the tiniest bathroom ever, like there wasn't enough room between the toilet and the door for the diaper bag, much less a three - month - old) you just sort of... take it in stride and deal with it, knowing that the benefits of babies and children outweigh the occasional brush with grossnes
IS pretty
gross (like that time my baby had an explosive poop all over my lap at a restaurant that only had the tiniest bathroom ever, like there wasn't enough room between the toilet and the door for the
diaper bag, much less a three - month - old) you just sort of... take it in stride and deal with it, knowing that the benefits of babies and children outweigh the occasional brush with grossness.
Gross - Loh, a stay - at - home mom in New York City,
is part of a growing movement called «infant potty training» - or, in slightly ickier terms, «elimination communication» - whose followers believe that most parents
are overly reliant on
diapers.
When people hear that we
're cloth
diapering, they usually think it
's gross and time - consuming — until they see my son
's diapers.
I forgot to say I also like what you said about «the ick - factor» people (my sister especially) sometimes tell me they could never cloth
diaper because it
's too
gross.
For those who
are grossed out by cleaning dirty
diapers, spray more than one
diaper per day, have a spare bathroom where they can leave the shield set up or prefer to set their water pressure high, you would enjoy the Spray Pal spray shield for sure!
As it happens,
diaper mess
is pretty
gross stuff, and it needs a fair amount of detergent to get it loosened up and out of the fabric.
I really don't understand when people tell me it
's really
gross to cloth
diaper.
And the build up
was so strong on those
diapers that touching them to put them in the wash (which then yielded great big huge puffy bubbles like a bubble bath)
was just
gross.
Cloth
diapers are a cute alternative to the conventional throw away
diapers that
are not nearly as
gross as you might think.
So the dilemma
was, leave a toddler with a poop
diaper half off or let the other one splash in the
gross public toilet, never changing them in there again without my stroller».
Cloth
diapers are «
gross.»
Whether you cloth
diaper or disposable
diaper, if you have a kid, you know they
're gross.
Hint to moms: it might
be gross but underwears
were a must, because with pullups they think they
're still in
diapers.
I know a lot of people think the cloth
diapering is really
gross or a pain in the butt, because I used to feel that way.
Plus, it
's just kind of
gross to leave your hands unwashed after dealing with a dirty
diaper.
But there
's something hilarious about watching a grown man get
grossed out and freak out when having to change that dreaded stinky
diaper.
Cloth
diapers are synonymous with crunchy moms, but they
're not as
gross as they might initially seem.
Makes any bag a
diaper bag and covers up the
gross diaper changing stations when we
're out.
Sure, I love cloth
diapers, but poopy toddler
diapers are so
gross.
There
are so many
gross things that happen when you change a
diaper but, as a parent, you tend to get over and learn to live with it and, in other words, consider those
gross things to
be relatively «normal.»
Most people think that cleaning cloth
diapers in a toilet
is gross, nasty and disgusting even with a
diaper sprayer.
Plus, the following
gross things that will inevitably happen when you change your kid's
diaper are all the more reason to look forward to potty training, right?
When I
was pregnant I knew I'd exclusively cloth
diaper, but cloth wipes just seemed a little too...
gross for me.
The
gross taste in my mouth continued for a few moments before I realized that it wasn't me, it
was the fact that I
was mouth - breathing the contents of last night's dirty
diaper.
I mean, some folks change a
diaper AT their seats... which
is grosser?
Now you want me to do WHAT with the poop
diaper?!?!?» I know, it can seem really, really
gross (and sometimes it
is), but most of the time your child's poop will just plop right out when the
diaper is flipped into the toilet.
The thought of stinky
diapers prior to motherhood may have
grossed you out but you've likely quickly learned that
diapers are not a big deal.
Poop
is definitely the thing that seems to
gross people out most when it comes using cloth
diapers.
Yes, it may
be more
gross than using a
diaper sprayer, but you
're going to wash your hands and you will eventually wash the
diaper that you dunked in a public toilet anyway.
And those
diapers were so
gross that it
was «bleach it or burn it.»