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disposable swim diapers - the things I learn!

poobear2015poobear2015 member
in February 2012 Moms
My grandmother would always reuse the little swimmers on my cousins - and my mom and I were just laughing yesterday at how gross and crazy this was. Well, I started going google crazy and found out that people think that the pee doesn't stay in the diaper - it's only to hold in poop and so reusing it is "ok" because it's not soiled unless it's pooped. Then I saw things about people washing them to make them last longer. Well - my interest was peaked and I'm sorry to inform the people - but the little swimmers DO hold in pee! I dried DD's out yesterday and took a whiff and it smelled STRONGLY of urine! I wasn't planning to reuse it anyway - but then I thought about the washing part...I was doing laundry anyway, so I threw it in. I was so sure I'd pull it out in pieces! Nope! Came out looking the same way it went in, except smelling delightful! Looks like I will be reusing it since its clean now! I guess the other moms weren't so crazy after all.
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  • boydstmboydstm
    Good to know. How big is your LO? DD is only 13lbs and I didn't think they would fit her.
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  • christinak22christinak22 member
    No WAY!! I'm totally washing them from now on.
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  • sarahandtimsarahandtim member

    imageboydstm:
    Good to know. How big is your LO? DD is only 13lbs and I didn't think they would fit her.

    I was wondering the same thing. The disposables say they start at 16 lbs and I'm worried they'll be huge on our little guy.

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  • MrsLindinger0905MrsLindinger0905 member

    DD is about 14 lbs, the diapers look really silly but they're not so big they fall off. Plus we have a one piece bathing suit and I think that helps with keeping the diaper on! 

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  • jju_stb_jjujju_stb_jju member
    im so glad you posted this!!!!! thanks for the info, im glad to know we wont have to buy so many packs of disposables!!!!!
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  • preggersINschool25preggersINschool25 member

    For the person who asked about size.  I have huggies little swimmers size small and my LO was in the 8th percentile for weight at the last check and I estimate him to be 12 pounds or so.  The diaper is huge.  It would not hold anything in. 

    I'm hoping the iPlay diaper arriving this week fits better!



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  • noryangnoryang member
    Why not try cloth? If you are washing disposables anyway...
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  • poobear2015poobear2015 member

    imageboydstm:
    Good to know. How big is your LO? DD is only 13lbs and I didn't think they would fit her.

    My scale says she's 14 pounds - but she may be close to 15 now and the smalls fit her great! They just go up really high but fits her legs perfectly!

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  • poobear2015poobear2015 member

    imagenoryang:
    Why not try cloth? If you are washing disposables anyway...

    And I probably will get a cloth one eventually. We just don't have one yet and this will at least make these last til we get one

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