[HokieMum]

We were at a birthday party today for some of Paige's little friends. We were there for 3 hours, and changed Paige's diaper twice. No one else changed a diaper. We are the only cloth family of the group, but still, isn't that kinda long to let a young toddler go in a sposie? It makes me feel sorry for the little ones...

My husband was the one who brought it up on our ride home.

 

[kenzie&wyatt'smom]

Yeah I always think of the same thing when we are in a group of friends with little ones. I can change DS two to three times and never once see them change there child. Poor babies bums!

 

[lisabc311]

What really bothers me is when people argue that cloth isn't cheaper...because they buy one of those big boxes of diapers at Sam's Club and it lasts them 1-2 months!

 

[Ok]

Hard to say. I was at a party today for a 3yo too

(although C is 14mo)

Anyway, we leave the house and drive 1.5hrs, spend 4 hrs at the party and drive home. He had 1 wet diaper the whole time and was dry when we got home. Yes, I nursed him a lot while there, before and afterward. I'm guessing he just doesn't pee much when travelling?

Anyway, just throwing out there that maybe the kiddos weren't peeing.

 

[boxcarbecca]

I used sposies for my first 2 children and i usually changed them every 2-three hours unless they had a dirty diaper. so, that doesn't seem all that unusual to me.

 

[USAmma]

My toddler only requires a diaper change about every 3 hours these days. I took her to a party today and we were there for amost four hours, and it's a 30 min. drive. About 30 mins. after we arrived she pooped so I changed her. I didn't change her again until we got home.

What I think is gross is that some disposable users try to get the most out of their sposies, so they wait until they are very, very full. I knew one mom who only changed her dd's diaper 4 times in 24 hours!

 

[425lisamarie]

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Originally Posted by ZenSizzled Hard to say. I was at a party today for a 3yo too (although C is 14mo) Anyway, we leave the house and drive 1.5hrs, spend 4 hrs at the party and drive home. He had 1 wet diaper the whole time and was dry when we got home. Yes, I nursed him a lot while there, before and afterward. I'm guessing he just doesn't pee much when travelling? Anyway, just throwing out there that maybe the kiddos weren't peeing.

yeah I agree with that sometimes. I would hope parents check, but when Joe is having fun playing at grandmas or something he wants nothing to do with eating or drinking or nursing, so he doesn't wet as much. I try not to be critical though because ya never know.

 

[justmama]

YEP! I feel this way a lot of the time. We had friends over who had a 2 month old the other day. I changed my 5 month old's diaper literally about 4 times in the 4 hours they were here. They didn't change their son once. And he's a tiny little baby who probably pees like crazy. They let him fuss and cry by himself in his carseat too while my 4year old tried to engage him ad talk to him to make him happy since she's not allowed to pick up babies but that's an entirely different board altogether! Poor little ones! I wouldnt' want to sit in my own pee, I can't imagine they do either.
Meg

 

[gossamer]

It does bother me when I can smell the wet disposable and know that if they were wearing cloth they would be changed. Or worse yet when I smell a poopie dipe and the parents tell me they will wait and change when the child is done having fun. Expecially now that I am pregnant, sposie smell really gets to me.
Gossamer

 

[ShadowMom]

My DS is 18 months and he doesn't seem to like to "go" when we leave the house.

I honestly cannot remember the last time he pooped while we were out. And, he rarely pees while out as well.

Maybe it's something like that?

I think parents tend to change diapers less while out too.

Me, I change every few hours, so I would have only done one changing during that time, depending on how long the drive there was. Unless he poops, of course, then I change it right away.

 

[amberb]

I was reccently visiting my brother and sil, who have a 1 year old. I was contstantly changing my dd, and I only saw them change him about two or three times a day! Maybe he's not a big wetter, but still. I love them to death, but that really bothered me.

My mom said it was a couple hours after he woke up that she changed his morning diaper

Poor little guy, he's so sweet and almost too good I think!

Side note.....Diapers are just such a big part of my life. To most of us here it's a hobby and a lifestyle, to them, they are JUST diapers.

 

[Jennisee]

If it were just one person who didn't change a diaper, I would say, "Oh, maybe the child didn't pee."

But the fact that not a single person changed one diaper the entire time, I think, speaks to a general culture trend.

 

[Jachut]

I do too. I use sposies when my mum or daycare watch Eliza - not because they're unwilling to do cloth, but because they have this insane idea that disposables are the modern miracle that never need changing, therefore despite having cloth nappies all her children, my mother cannot get into her head that if she's got Eliza for 6 hours, that will mean at least two nappy changes. She just leaves her in it until it starts to wick onto her clothes, or she poos, whichever happens first. Then she says "these cloth nappies are terrible". AAARGH. So I have to provide sposies because I think if you're going to leave your child in one nappy for 8 hours, sposies will remain more comfortable for the child, and they dont leak and wick either. It drives me nuts though.

My SIL's child use to poop and she'd wait a couple of HOURS till her husband got home because "he kicks too much". It was absolutely unbelievable.

Yet my sister changes her child (in sposies) every bit as regularly as I change Eliza. Different strokes you know?

 

[Liggy]

My DS is in sposies b/c when we switched to cloth he was too close to having to be PT for preschool. But anyway, it totally grosses me out that when I go to playdate I am the only one who changes their kids dipes. And I know, some kids just dont pee like mine do (super pee'rs both of them), but when ya see the 'saggy butt'.. it just kills me that the mom wont change it. I've had plenty of leaks w/our sposies.. but it's from super pee'er.. not saggy bottom

 

[sb1177]

When our friends visited us from NY, I only saw them changing their son when he pooped. Then they used diaper rash cream on him all the time. And the parents are doctors!

 

[daekini]

I've been bothered by the same thing... I had been talking to a member of our playgroup (you know her too, HokieMum) about CDs and the cost benefits, and after looking into it for a week she told me there was no way she'd save money because she buys walmart brand diapers and only changes her dd's diaper 4 times a day including nighttime

: I didn't know how to respond without being insulting.

Then she said she was thinking of switching brands because her diaper sagged something awful. Um, why not try changing the poor baby's diaper once in a while?????

 

[JohnnysGirl]

Yeah, I hate this too. My friend just had a babe and is very awesome about changing regularly (sposies), not interested in trying to 'get the most' out of a single diaper, and cares about her daughter's health/comfort. But she told me her DH came home with a pack of pampers (they were using a finnish brand) that was supposed to be super-ultra-nighttime-whatever (more absorbant, is the point) and was all proud that he said he figured out a way to spend less on diapers--they would use this new brand that 'didn't need changing as much' and they wouldn't have to change her as much and therefore go through less diapers, and spend less on diapers per month.

:

 

[Nada]

Yup, it bugs me too. I'm not sure if 3 hours would bug me because, to be honest, I would probably overstuff and make sure I had a fleece lining so that the diaper would last 3 hours and keep him relatively dry. I would definatly change right before leaving. I know Brandan would have one of those 2 year old screaming fits if I took him out of his fun time to change a diaper, kwim? OTOH, my friend came over with her ds a couple of weeks ago. She was here from early afternoon (2-ish) until past 10pm and didn't change his diaper at all in that whole time.

Even then, I had to ask her if she was going to change him as she was putting his PJ on. Meanwhile we had gone through at least 4 changes.

Nada

 

[Jennifer3141]

Oy. During the last Kindermusik session, we had a Mom there who only changed dipes THREE times a day to save some money - no matter what. The smell of that pee and the chemicals literally made me want to puke and I just could not hug this poor little guy when he wandered all over looking for some loving. I felt horrible but I didn't exactly want to VOMIT in class and the other Mom and I surely didn't develop much of a rapport. She saw me changing P before (and usually after) every class.

Jen

 

[Shaunam]

My DH manages a Dairy Queen and there is a woman who works there who's husband always comes in with their 16 month old DS. He doesn't have a job, so I guess watching his wife work her minimum wage job is quality entertainment.

Anyways, he's there for HOURS at least a couple of times a week. DH said he's never even seen this guy take his kid out if his stroller, let alone change a diaper. He basically ignores the baby while he runs his mouth to anyone who will listen. He doesn't give the baby toys, food, nothing. The baby (usually) sits quietly and plays with his shoelaces for hours.

Well, ignoring the child is a whole other post. But, yes, it bothers me.