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Consumer Product Safety Commission investigation into Pampers Dry Max
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Anonymous
| GREAT...I just bought pampers today out of the blue and I normally buy Huggies |
Anonymous
LOL, this is awesome. |
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Anonymous
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Yet another cloth user. We use cloth because we are afraid of the chemicals in disposables -- not just these extremes, but in all of them. I know, it's totally hippied out, but mothering magazing did an article on the petrochemicals in most disposables that really freaked me out. It was extremely well-documented.
I think most people just think we use cloth because we're environmentalists, but we're more concerned about the chemicals next to DS's skin, some of which are known carcinogens. People say it's all about the dose...maybe so. But here you have multiple major burn incidents with the leading disposable. It's just scary to me and I'm glad we're doing cloth. For those who think it's not feasible, why not? In addition to being way healthier, it's better for our environment and cheaper. Plus, modern cloth diapers are seriously cute. |
Anonymous
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When DS was younger/smaller, Luvs was a decent alternative to Pampers (Huggies leaked). Now that he's nearly 18mo, the Huggies Pure & Natural are working well - no leaks or other problems.
We'd been big Pampers fans until this change - the new version are awful. After months and months of no leaks, problems, etc., he had leaks and minor rash with these. And they're overwhelmingly scented. I tried the Huggies P&N primarily to get away from that. We don't live near a Costco or Target, so haven't tried their brands, but others recommend them. |
Anonymous
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Any word on if swaddlers or swaddlers sensitive are effected? I hope not.
I used swaddlers sensitive until size 3 with DD, then switched to Target brand (we love them, best deal around, too). I wanted to do the same with no. 2 due in June... |
Anonymous
| To the cloth diaper user who does not understand why it sometimes is not feasible, I can tell you at least one reason: daycare. We started on cloth and had to give it up because no daycare we found let us use cloth. So, yes, sometimes it is not feasible. |
Anonymous
Oh, okay, sorry. That sucks. I'd print the articles about pampers out and show it to the daycares. |
Anonymous
I know you're trying to be funny, but really, that doesn't say anything. We use disposables, and I'm searching for an alternative to Pampers currently, but honestly, this worries me. We use diapers now until our kids are 3 or 4, so that's several years of exposure to these chemicals. Our generation was potty trained early, usually by age 2, meaning less diaper use. These Pampers caused an obvious rash, but it's possible that even other disposables have things in them that just aren't good. It is a little scary. 
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Anonymous
Why do you feel the need to rub salt in a wound? Do you think that parents PURPOSELY want to irritate their children's skin? You're the one who's the irritant, PP. |
Anonymous
I think the petrochemicals are scary, but honestly, I think using the chlorine free is a good alternative. We eat organic, made-from-scratch food, we clean with vinegar, and I even starting to make my own laundry detergent, but I have to draw the line somewhere. Plus DD is two so we are starting to potty train in a few weeks anyway! We do daycare at my husband's office, which by the way is a one of only 10 buildings in the country that gets the highest LEED certification - extremely eco friendly and many hippie moms, but I'm not asking them to do cloth diapers. If there are dangers all around us. We all pick our battles. If the other brand is found to cause harm I will switch but those seem very safe to me. |
Anonymous
Actually I wasn't trying to be funny. I was irritated at the smugness of the poster. Yes, these things are scary. You make adjustments and you move on. Mothering is hard enough and it's going to be a long road if we collapse at every news of harm. Seriously, between the drug recalls from this weekend that clearly rattled some moms on this board and this, you have to do what you can to minimize risks. I'm the mom from the prior post who gave the list of things we do to try to avoid chemicals, etc. We do a lot but you have to accept there are dangers and do your best to minimize them in a way that works for your family. I mean really, what else you can do? I don't get the whole smug parenting thing I see on this board either. We all know we are one second away from having our world end, no matter WHAT parenting choice we make. We all know stories of parents doing everything right.....and I won't go there but you know what I'm saying. None of us have that much of a leg up, whether we were blessed with a healthy baby at birth, whether we use cloth diapers, whether we grow our own foods, etc. So I guess we get some odd satisfaction from saying, "well I NEVER used baby motrin. Well I never used diapers with petrochemicals." "Well I never wore make up when I was pregnant." |
Anonymous
Amen, sister. And honestly, I have to wonder why a parent who only uses cloth diapers would even open a thread about Pampers - clearly there was some intention to gloat and rub salt in a wound. |
Anonymous
OR to educate. I am the original poster and I found the information on my cloth diapering group. The person sharing it was not being smug - but to help out others who may not have seen it. Even for families who have children in daycares that do not accept cloth diapers (I am one of them) you can do a hybrid. Cloth in the evening and weekends. For my 1st child we did mostly disposables, and I switched when he was about a year b/c of an article I read on the petrochemicals in diapers. I just did not know about this. |
Anonymous
So what do you do with the cloth diapers when they are covered in the thick peanut-butter type poops? Do you have to scrape them off somehow? And then what? I hope you don't put them into your washing machine like that. Or a bucket of water, because that is just nasty, having to reach into a bucket of feces water. How do you keep your house from smelling like feces? |