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Re: Why are diapers so expensive?

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Post by ataturk »

Someone1234 wrote: post #343
snovv_crash wrote: post #257

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Then how do Asian kids do it by age 1?

I assume you're referring to China, since "Asia" is a big and diverse place. The Chinese use elimination training, or "potty on demand." You place the kid over the potty, make a specific sound they associate with going potty (you created the association previously) and they go. You then repeat this enough times in a day to eliminate the need for diapers. I don't think elimination training is potty training. In potty…

The Chinese also let kids roam around diaper-less and just shit and piss wherever. I have a hard time buying into the idea that the Chinese have anything to teach anyone about anything at this point in history. The whole place is a falling down mess, and now it's a dictatorship besides.

And yes, I do/did have some very close friends from Mainland China, but always like the Taiwanese better.

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Post by opencl »

fizgig wrote: post #305
robert_foss wrote: post #282

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I switched to a safety razor 10 years ago, and ordered 250 science (not shaving) grade blades. I still have about 150 blades left. The pack cost me EU.

Got a link, brand, or model number for these "science" grade blades? I've been an on-and-off DE shaver for some years, and I've never heard of this option. I settled on Feather blades myself.

I imagine they're referring to the blades marketed for cutting up samples to put under a microscope. They're commonly sold in packs of 250.

Examples:

https://www.fishersci.com/shop/products/razor-blade-uncoated...

https://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/preparation/bl...

Re: Why are diapers so expensive?

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Post by mixmastamyk »

eesmith wrote: post #239
mixmastamyk wrote: post #125

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> you rinse it out and the majority of the gross stuff is down the drain. How do you rinse it? What drain? > Get some quality covers and then buy a ton of flour sack towels. They make the best inserts. Super absorbent, cheap, and unfolds to a single layer, which means they get cleaner and dry faster. Don't understand this whole paragraph.

Many people have a laundry room (or area) with washer, dryer, and utility sink. For example, see http://www.mlexecutiverealty.com/_account/images/listing/122... . Taking care of a baby requires specific education. You should not expect to know everything about the topic if you have not researched it. It is rude to express your confusion this way. As written it implies that the author did not express things well, when…

I don’t agree, it was terse but didn’t intend it to be rude, and there is some responsibility to use clear wording without obscure terms or jargon. Raised a child and never heard any of those terms before.

Reminds me of many tech articles here where obscure acronyms are never explained.

Also putting feces down the sink doesn’t sound like a great idea, though maybe it’s fine. No explanation given either way.

Re: Why are diapers so expensive?

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Post by latortuga »

war1025 wrote: post #21
shiftpgdn wrote: post #2

My wife and I cloth diapered both of our children. In addition to being radically cheaper it also resolved rashes/eczema in both kids as well as accelerated potty training. There is an 'ick' factor but liners and a toilet sprayer take care of 99% of that.

We cloth diaper too (3 kids, a two and a half year old potty trained for about a year now, and 5 month old twins). Personally, I find disposable diapers to be way more disgusting than cloth. With cloth, you rinse it out and the majority of the gross stuff is down the drain. With disposables, you end up with a garbage can literally full of poop. Its like having a mini pit toilet in your house. We have also noticed, li…

> With cloth, you rinse it out and the majority of the gross stuff is down the drain. With disposables, you end up with a garbage can literally full of poop.

Worth pointing out that just because you use disposables doesn't mean you can't rinse it out / dump into a toilet. We used cloth for 8 months and then transitioned to a daycare that wouldn't let us use them. I still dump all solids into the toilet because I don't want my baby's room to smell like poop 24/7.

Also, if you read the box, most diapers will instruct you that you are supposed to do this, as human waste doesn't belong in landfills.

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Post by jacquesm »

toasterlovin wrote: post #336
dpark wrote: post #309

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12 doesn't seem that strange to me. That's every 2 hours on average. 8 a day is every 3 hours like clockwork to keep a fresh/dry diaper on. Add in the unexpected poops that don't land on 3-hour boundaries and it's not hard to do 12. It seems like the upper end of normal but not an outlier.

It's pretty common for newborns to be on a highly regular 3 hours schedule for diaper changes. Happened with all three of our kids. Like clockwork, basically.

Babies don't read books about how babies are supposed to behave they just do what they do, be it 2 hours, 3 hours or some baby unique interval.

Re: Why are diapers so expensive?

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Post by sageabilly »

randyrand wrote: post #396

Diapers are not a necessity. Washable cloth is more than fine, just more work and less convenient.

Can't wash them in laundromats that don't allow them, and you have to have the money for the initial purchase plus the time to do the laundry. Plus you cannot use cloth diapers at daycare.
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