I hated buying diapers. There were just too many brands, too many kinds and too many designs to choose from. Why can diapers not just be diapers? There were so many times that I choose to get the more generic brand names of diapers and we were more satisfied with them than the name brand. For example, I found the CVS brand to be wonderful. Every so often, CVS would put them on sale for buy one, get one free and I would buy four packs. That would save me from having to buy diapers for several weeks and I would get to save about $10.00 when that happened.

I cannot even begin to approximate how many diapers I changed in the 2-1/2 years that it took for her to be considered potty trained. I do know that I can count on one hand, the number of diapers that my husband has changed in that time frame. He would take one whiff of her stinky diapers and disappear into thin air. He would make a big point of handing her to me before he would leave the house with her so that I would check her diaper. It drove me up the wall.

Despite all the challenges, we are still going strong. I am quite sure that my daughter has to be relieved to not being wearing diapers or pull-ups anymore either. I do not imagine that they would be too comfortable, but obviously I was too young to remember wearing them. Maybe that is why children tend to take off running when their diapers are off. Being naked might feel like pure freedom to them. It is no wonder parents spend so much time chasing them around to catch them.

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