A winner and a tip! WINNER AND A TIP!
August 26th, 2010
Hey-Yo!
We have a winner in our merry wipes giveaway! Kristen! Wipes for Kristen! (Kristen was #12, and I did it via random number, and I CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A SCREENSHOT, so don’t yell at me.)
Send me your address, and I will pass along to my friends at Huggies so you can get your glorious wipes! Don’t use them all in one place.
This ends my Poo-Free Summer, and honestly, thanks for putting up with this. I know that I never do this kind of thing, but I … well, honestly, Huggies has been great to work for, and I actually use their products, so I felt okay about it. Nay, I FELT GOOD.
(Although wait! There’s more! I am writing for Highchair Critics, which is Huggies-sponsored.) (Yes, they keep asking me back. Don’t miss Emo Baby, and the photo of me taken by the super-talented Leah.)
And now, while I realize it’s the end of summer, and this will be sort of fruitless unless you live in Florida, I want to share with you the one thing I learned after the WORST WIPE-UP IN THE HISTORY OF WIPE-UPS. Sam pooped in her swim diaper after a morning at the splash park. No big deal, right?
WRONG.
Have you ever taken off a swim diaper? They don’t have TABS. They’re PULL-UPS. OH HO HO HO. So I … pulled it down. And smeared poop all over her legs and, oh God, her FEET and OH GOD OH GOD.
And then I wiped! MANY WIPES! MANY MANY WIPES! AN ENTIRE TUB OF WIPES. PLUS A BATH.
And then I posted about it on Facebook. And that’s when I got the best secret ever that is probably not a secret to you, but whatever:
Swim diapers — well, Huggies anyway, I can’t speak for others — RIP OPEN AT THE SIDES FOR REMOVAL. YOU JUST RIP OPEN THE SIDES. NO POOP SMEARING. RIP THEM OFF.
!!!!
You’re welcome. Remember this next summer. MY GOD.
Disclaimer: I have been compensated to provide content for Huggies’ Highchair Critics blog and as a brand ambassador for their wipes. That said, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments.
Entry Filed under: Beeber McSteebs,Diapergate
6 Comments Add your own
1. Mama Bub | August 26th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Remember that ripping open at the sides business when Sam starts potty training. I find it to be absolutely NOT WORTH IT to save a pair of pooped in unders and just cut them off at the sides and toss them.
Yes, really.
2. Suzanne | August 26th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
As soon as you said the words “swim diaper” I KNEW what was going to happen and I started yelling “NO! YOU RIP THE SIDES! RIIIIIIP!! THE! SIIIIIDES!!” at my computer screen.
We also learned this lesson the hard way. I think everyone does.
3. Blythe | August 26th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Yeah, it took me an entire session of swim classes to figure that one out as well. Why isn’t there a giant picture on the side of the package?
(Of course, I didn’t put it together later when we reached the pull-ups stage that those do the same thing. In fact, one brand actually has a kind of velcro closure on the sides. Let my ignorance be your bliss.)
4. Melanie Kerton | August 26th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
I remember being floored when I realized that huggies pull-ups not only opened on the sides, but could be RECLOSED….. since I use them as “insurance” over my kids underwear when they slept (because hey I wanted them to get the nasty wet underwear feeling but I sure as hell didn’t want to be stripping sheets at 2am) often they would be dry in the morning and we would just reuse them the next night–since they were on top of underwear I didn’t think it was gross, but maybe I am just cheap.
5. craftyashley | August 27th, 2010 at 10:31 am
I was going to tell you the sides ripped off! I thought I was the only one who knew this holy grail of secrets. Now I feel dumb!
6. Laura | August 27th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Another secret of the swim diapers (I used to work for Kimberly Clark) is the swimmers ONLY contain, they do NOT absorb. They are not absorbent at all. So, the lesson there is to wait until you get to the swim park to place them on the baby unless you want a car seat full of pee.
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