Diapers. It's the Diapers. Probably.
I know you're never supposed to read the comments, but sometimes a flailing, cranky toddler has you up at 2:00 am and your common sense is smart enough to stay asleep. My brain without common sense does things like open up Facebook and read the comments and HOOBOY.
I learned two things:
1. There is a very real possibility that Mila's hives are being caused by her diapers. It appears that more than one parent is fighting the same battle, and everybody seems to have started having the problem within the past few weeks. Luvs changed something. I'm currently working on figuring out which diapers in our house are from before The Change and which ones cause the flailing, cranky toddler who wakes people up at 2:00 am.
Maybe I will figure it out. Maybe I won't. We shall see.
2. OMG. PEOPLE. READING COMMENTS BAD. BAD PEOPLE. COMMENTS. BAD.
Ahem.
At 2:00 am, while lacking common sense, I discovered that there are people who leave comments for diaper companies who have less than no common sense. They have negative common sense! It's possible!
Since I'm here to help and I happen to know there are a couple of people who read this space who are at the beginning of the fun that is spending all of your Starbucks money on diapers, I have some thoughts. A few opinions, if you will.
The first of my opinions is OMG STOOOOOOP WITH THINKING BRAND MATTERS. It's a diaper. You buy it for the sole purpose of catching poop as it shoots out of your preshusssss. Then you throw it away. I mean, if you want to buy the more expensive brands because they make you happy, go ahead and do that. They aren't BETTER, though.
Wait, what? What's that? You swear there are better brands? PSHAW. It's a fit thing, yo. Alexis was best off with Pampers. Pampers are a disaster on Mila. I kind of doubt Pampers decided to start making junk diapers at some point in the past ten years. I don't doubt that Alexis was shaped very, very differently than Mila is. That might just make a difference.
A big difference.
My other opinion is that maaaaaaybe if you've posted photos of "foreign objects" in diaper after diaper in an attempt to convince the company that they're shipping diapers that have glass fragments, dead bugs, and all sorts of interesting things in them, maaaaaaaaaybe you need to find a new hobby. Sewing might be good. Yes, sewing. Make your own diapers.
My other, other opinion is that people who take photos of what happens when a diaper leaks and then post it to the internet suck. They suck almost as much as the people who take photos of their baby's rash and post it to the internet. All of the sucking! So many sucking photos!
ANYWAY.
I'll stop now.
I have a few hundred diapers to stare at so I can figure out which ones are evil and which ones are still welcome to do their job.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Reader Comments (3)
I have gone through at least 6 brands because my son was allergic to diapers and wipes both. One would work for a while then it wouldn't anymore. Luvs were always bad for him allergy/sensitivity wise...we also had a few Huggies then I believe. Up&Up didn't fit. Walmart's Parent's Choice or whatever was OK for a while until the next size didn't fit or something. We used Earths Best for a while then something changed and his skin reacred to them so he was in Seventh Generation. Pampers daytime diapers used to irritate his skin yet the overnight Baby Dry were OK and the pullups are too now that we started those. I don't get that. We've pretty much always had to use paper towels and water for wipes whether it is his bum or face. I did discover EB sensitive wipes was OK for a while then they changed them too.
Fit definitely makes the difference! Huggies are the only ones that fit Charlie for the first 3-4 months. He was just super skinny and petite. As his shape changed we were able to switch to less expensive brands.
Hives! I am a hives master! Bee had hives for 9 months - NINE MONTHS - when she was three. Send me an email or Twitter DM if you need battle advice. Because hives are THE WORST and I'm so sorry you and Mila have to deal!