Thank God for Prefolds!!!!!

[Chamomile Girl]

So my poor kid had to be hospitalized for chronic constipation. After looking at an x-ray of his intestines the doctors decided that he needed a major, er... cleanse, and proceeded to dose him up with industrial strength mirilax.

We ended up there pretty much without warning after a visit to the ped. so I only had two extra diapers with me. Thus we were using the hospital stash of disposables (I had never used a disposable before...they're funky little things).

On day two they had to give him an enema...
and proceeded to put him in a disposable...
and put him back onto my lap for cuddles...
Where his butt basically exploded, and that darn diaper didn't catch any of it!!

Sooooo I sent my DH home to get our prefold stash. We put him in prefolds for the duration of the stay, and I am happy to report that although we dealt with a LOT more poop, not a single drop (sorry, TMI) escaped the diapers.

I love my prefolds!

[blumooned]

Yay to the diapers!!

I hope your DS is feeling better.

[Oceanone]

Poor little guy! Hope he is all better. I love, love, love prefolds. Ours are on the third babe and still in good condition. They are so versatile. I'm glad yours worked for you both!

[AKislandgirl]

They are awesome, aren't they?

So sorry that you and DS had to go through that though. Yikes! Hope he's feeling better.

[paintedfire]

So sorry your little guy had to go through that! I've been sick since I was a baby, so I know how scary it can be to not really understand what's going on around you. I hope he's feeling better!

Awesome about the diapers, though. I'm currently planning out my stash for when my babe is born and I started thinking about back when I was a pre-teen when I thought that disposable diapers, formula, and babies being born in hospitals were just the way things were done. I'm so glad I wised up before I had kids, so that I'm going into this thing already enlightened.

Cloth diapering, breastfeeding, and home birthing all the way, baby!

[Chamomile Girl]

He seems to be doing fine so far, and I was lucky in that the hospital allowed us an adult bed to sleep together in, so he had lots and lots of mommy time while there. I basically held him in my lap for two days, which was great except for the afore-mentioned explosive poo episode!

Seriously I have never been so impressed by the power of cloth diapers. I don't understand why hospitals don't routienely use them, but I sure am glad that they let me use mine.

[Katie T]

Your poor little guy, glad he is doing better! I hear hospitals in Colorado use cloth diapers for the newbabies.

Glad they let you bring yours, and that they held true for the power of cloth!