Weird. I breastfed both of mine and they seemed to never poop until they were on solids. I actually ended up taking my daughter to the doctor because she only pooped about once every 2 weeks and was told “oh, breastfed babies almost never poop – breast milk is such a perfect food there’s almost no waste.” Guess it’s different for all of us, eh?
Crossing fingers and hoping her baby is like Litoris’s
Minor nitpick- they absorb more of freshwater solutions than salty. You can make them release water by adding salt. It doesn’t seem like they have an absorbance limit, but they do. Typically 800x their own weight, depending on the degree of crosslinking. I do love that you pointed out how harmless they are. I still read notes of chemicals=bad when people realize there are superabsorbers in their diapers. The presence of those polymers drastically reduced the amount of bulk celulose necessary and had a huge impact on the amount of landfill space used by disposable diapers.
Yeah, I kept reading all the info that said “don’t worry if your breastfed baby goes days without pooping!” I had super poopers. (but at least it smelled more like buttered popcorn than actual poop)
Oh, man. I’m actually feeling nostalgic for breast-fed baby poop. I wasn’t quite tempted to smear it on fresh popcorn, but breastmilk-only baby poop is totally innocous.
Then let your kid start eating solid food, and it’s like a toxic chemical dump crawled up your baby’s ass and died there.
I’m a gel ball complainer. I never thought they were dangerous; I just think they’re really gross. When I used disposables on my older son, it was like the magic sticking gel. You’d wipe and they’d just migrate over to another area. Then you’d think you were done, and they’d all be sticking to your hand. Blech. Little pee-filled capsules of gunk, all caught in the baby’s folds and crawling up your arm.
The gel balls go marching one by one hoorah, hoorah
The gel balls go marching one by one hoorah, hoorah!
The gel balls go marching one by one
The little on stops and sticks to your thumb
And they all go marching down.
I’ve seen the gel balls (on other boards which I do not frequent) used as a reason for never ever using evil disposable diapers. They’re full of CHEMICALS! Do you really want CHEMICALS near your baby’s GENITALS?!?! Who knows what that gel is going to do to your baby’s development! He might catch teh gay!
Two years and counting with disposables. Oh sure, I have cloth diapers, they are GREAT for cleaning.
I’m a Diva Cup girl (recent evangelical convert) and I never considered using cloth diapers. I have enough laundry that I ignore.
Life is sunshine, rainbows and butterflies, disposable diapers and a diaper champ. YMMV.
ETA: This is probably the wrong place to admit after the discussion about chemicals near your babies genitals that we have to hide the Beaudreaux’s Butt Paste from my daughter because she eats it.
I just wanted to relate a somewhat-relevant incident from this morning: Whatsit the Youngest is wearing a prefold and a diaper cover that has Velcro closures. I put him down on the floor to roll around and explore, and a few minutes later, he started emitting Noises of Extreme Distress. Upon investigation, I discovered that one of the Velcro tabs on his diaper cover had come loose and very effectively stuck him to the carpet.
I leave it to you to decide whether or not this is a bad thing.
I had a (disposable diaper wearing) infant roll underneath the couch and disappear once while my back was turned. Perhaps you should send your story to the diaper cover PR department!
Of course, in six weeks we’ll find Pampers Supreme Plus with Secure Baby Anchors! at Target, with an extra square of velcro on the ass. 