RSSFast Fix: Switching Diaper Sizes for an In-Between Baby
By
Homemaker Barbi |
March 22nd, 2008 |
Category:
Baby |
Problem: You buy a box of size 2 diapers, and after you’ve used about five of them, your baby has a growth spurt and needs size 3! You don’t want your baby to wet his clothes 5 times a day, but you also don’t want to waste that entire pack of diapers you just opened. How do you use up small diapers when your baby is in-between sizes?
Solution: Keep both sizes at your changing area. Use the smaller diapers for times when you’ll be staying at home and your baby is going to be awake. Make sure the tabs wrap as far around the mid-section as possible, while keeping them looser than usual to allow for comfort. (Note: the diaper won’t form a circular leghole anymore, but more of an oval, and that’s okay. This is why leaks are possible. You can make up for this a little bit by angling the tab downward instead of straight across.) Use the larger size diapers when you’ll be away from home, or when baby is going down for a long nap or nighttime.
Why? As your baby grows, the too-small diapers don’t wrap as far around his tummy. This means they don’t provide the great coverage they did before, and don’t protect against leaks as well. You can still use up the smaller diapers when you’re at home and it won’t be as much of an inconvenience if a leak does happen. Using this method, you may be able to use the majority of the smaller diapers before having to switch to the new size 100%. I can get down to about 10 remaining unused diapers on this method, and that’s good enough for me!
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Great tip. I’ve ran into this problem before!! Thanks
Thanks for the tips and the website! The problem described here can also be avoided however by using cloth diapers. There are many modern solutions that make cloth diapering relatively easy to use and care for. I have diapered all three of my children in both cloth and disposables and even gdiapers for the latest. Cloth diapers are by far the most comfortable and fit the widest range of the above . I bought mostly one size diapers (8-40lbs like cuddlebunz and wahmies motherease, and bumgenieus) for baby #1. After the tiny newborn stages (when I use prefolds with covers) they last the entire diapering time till potty training. They don’t leak at night when paired with the right inserts and or covers and the prefolds can be used to boost absorbancy as well. Finally baby is exposed to less chemicals than having disposable gel chemcial filled diapers on their bottom next to their genetaila for the first 3 years! For an initial investment of $500 and about $100 for baby #2 and $3 for various extras if I had chosen to never buy disposables I would have been set!