Tuesday, June 5, 2012

i smell like pee

because during our commute from home to daycare, lumi peed a *lot*.  her diaper was soaked, her onesie was soaked, her tights were soaked, her skirt was soaked, the baby carrier was soaked, and my shirt was soaked.  

normally we put on the diaper and clothes not too long before we go, and we use a prefold or flatfold and a waterproof cover.  babies normally pee a lot more in the morning than in the afternoon or evening, and her little butt is pressed into the baby carrier, so instead of her diaper being able to act like a normal sponge, it's kind of like her diaper is a sponge that is being squeezed -- it just can't hold as much.  the commute can be long, so if there are 2 or 3 big pees, the pocket diapers can't handle it and it leaks onto her clothes.  we had a lot of soaked pants before we figured out that the 'old school' setup of diaper and waterproof cover is better for first thing in the morning.  though they are less foolproof, we use the pocket diapers for the daycare place because they are just as easy as disposable, so we don't feel like we are asking them to do a lot of extra work to use cloth instead of disposable.  

anyway, lumi of course had several changes of clothes in her little box at daycare, but i am stuck with my pee shirt at the office.  it's a striped shirt and it doesn't show, but seriously, i might have to come home because i can smell the pee myself.

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