Your best protection against a "Code Brown" in the local
pool: Little Swimmers swim diapers. (Photo: Amazon.com)
Swim season is fast upon us here in Orlando, which means it is time to see if the kids have moved up a size in their swimsuits (I'm just hoping that's not the case for me as well). For babies and toddlers, it also means a trip to the store to purchase swim diapers.
For anyone who has never used a swim diaper for their baby or toddler before, there is one important thing to keep in mind: swim diapers only work on containing bowel movements, not urine. If you put your child in swim diaper before driving (or strolling) to the nearest pool, there's a 50/50 chance that you'll end up with a soggy car seat or stroller. Swim diapers aren't loaded up with those water absorbing "crystals" that make modern diapers so miraculously absorbent.
The only downside to swim diapers is how expensive they are, as compared to regular diapers. They are available in bulk quantities at Costco but only buy them in bulk if you plan on doing a lot of swimming with your tot this season (because any child who is in diapers this year will be at least one or two sizes larger--or completely potty-trained--next year).
Pull-ups--the leaner, toddler version of a baby diaper--can be used in a pinch, but they do run the risk of "exploding" with messy (but non-toxic) gelatinous crystals once they become saturated with water, which happens about 10 seconds after your toddler enters the pool. A regular diaper will blow up like a blimp in the pool (and I speak from experience here).
For potty-training preschoolers, keep using the swim diapers until you are absolutely, 100% sure that your child won't defecate in the pool. E. Coli can be spread by fecal matter, which is why a "code brown" (as a YMCA lifeguard once described it to me) means that everybody has to get out of the pool.
For more info: Learn all you need to know about Huggies Little Swimmers HERE.
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Potty Training book saving!!!!!!
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Honestly, when I first learned of this book, I thought NO WAY! Maybe this would work on a little girl, but NOT a BOSSY, 2-1/2 year old BOY. NO WAY! Guess what? It REALLY WORKED!!! Teri Crane SAVED MY SANITY!!! Her book was easy to read, funny and extremely helpful. I can't thank Teri enough. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to EVERY parent. It will save you much grief and frustration. Potty training shouldn't be difficult, we as parents make it difficult because we don't know what to do. Teri teaches you. Buy the book, it's the best money you will ever spend
Most amazingly, I had some questions, so I called the author, and she CALLED ME BACK!!
Personally I prefer the reusable swim diapers because they turn out cheaper especially if you like me have more than one baby :)I read some interesting swim diaper facts at
swimdiaper.org and bought 4 swim diapers for my boys -2 for each. Now we are waitnig for the real summer.
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