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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Blow-Outs
How is it that the poop manages to come up the back of the diaper and all the way up the babies' backs? Are there any tricks to prevent this from occuring? Anyone?
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Ahhh the blow-out! Carly SAVED me in a near disaster at Suburban Square. I had forgotten to change Owen's diaper for many hours. It was EVERYWHERE!
Friend, Lydia, had a technique...fold down the top of the back...and the poop gets stuck there and doesn't go out the top. Never tried it... I found that 1)whisking him away to the changing table immediately, and 2) using a bigger size helped a lot. Hope those ideas help!
I hate to be the Costco person again, but... I hated their Size 1-2 diapers. Blew out constantly. But their Size 3s are differently shaped and never, ever do. Go with Kirkland 3s when they're over 16 pounds.
Lydia, I'm so glad you wrote that about the diapers....Ahhhh I thought it was just "the way it was!" MY COSTCO size 1-2 diapers blew out all over the place All the time too!!!!!!
Oh well....I got really good at doing laundry and learning how to "shout it out." Eventually gave up and put the bottle of the stuff right next to his diapers on the changing table. :)
I have a bucket with Oxy Clean and water under the bathroom sink. I threw all the poopy clothes in there until wash time. Ever since, clothes have been coming out of the wash clean, what a surprise! I still use this for our dirtier clothes, not poop usually now a days, but cherry stains can be just as bad.
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4 comments:
Ahhh the blow-out! Carly SAVED me in a near disaster at Suburban Square. I had forgotten to change Owen's diaper for many hours. It was EVERYWHERE!
Friend, Lydia, had a technique...fold down the top of the back...and the poop gets stuck there and doesn't go out the top. Never tried it...
I found that 1)whisking him away to the changing table immediately, and 2) using a bigger size helped a lot. Hope those ideas help!
I hate to be the Costco person again, but... I hated their Size 1-2 diapers. Blew out constantly. But their Size 3s are differently shaped and never, ever do. Go with Kirkland 3s when they're over 16 pounds.
Lydia, I'm so glad you wrote that about the diapers....Ahhhh I thought it was just "the way it was!"
MY COSTCO size 1-2 diapers blew out all over the place All the time too!!!!!!
Oh well....I got really good at doing laundry and learning how to "shout it out." Eventually gave up and put the bottle of the stuff right next to his diapers on the changing table. :)
I have a bucket with Oxy Clean and water under the bathroom sink. I threw all the poopy clothes in there until wash time. Ever since, clothes have been coming out of the wash clean, what a surprise! I still use this for our dirtier clothes, not poop usually now a days, but cherry stains can be just as bad.
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