The other side of solid food…
…is, of course, solid poop.
Where once we simply tossed the diapers into the pail, poop and all (runny newborn breastmilk poop, that is), we are now faced with the problem of rinsing at least one diaper a day in the toilet first, if not two or three. If you’ve never done it, this is much easier than you might think - solid poop falls off of a cloth diaper and into a toilet with very little effort, and then you ring it between your hands, toss the diaper into the pail, and flush everything else down.
But occasionally one will encounter poop on the end of the diaper that one had previously assumed was clean enough to grab, and it is then that one contemplates purchasing a mini-shower (i.e., a repurposed bidet) or perhaps, if one is on a budget or frightened of installing plumbing gadgets, a diaper duck.
Today was one of those days. I realize that motherhood comes with certain inevitabilites, but when it comes down to it, I just don’t like having poop on my hands.
December 29th, 2007 at 12:54 am
No one likes poop on their hands is all I’m saying.
We are using the liners and we don’t flush them, but they do make things easier. Frankly, I find the solid poop much easier to deal with than the mushy breastmilk + formula poop.
December 29th, 2007 at 11:20 am
I have fleece liners (made out of an old scarf I cut up), but for some reason I never remember to use them during the day. I don’t trust our building’s plumbing enough to try the flushable rice paper kind.
We never had to deal w/peanut-buttery formula poop, because we started supplementing right at the same time we started solids. Small blessings?
December 31st, 2007 at 10:33 pm
We have the mini shower, btw. But I’m too scared to install. And the diaper duck works well enough.
I fear the day he has a true stomach upset. If it is longer than one diapers worth, we are going to use some of our small stock of disposables.
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