Nappies or Diapers?
At some point in time, most parents would need to decide between using Nappies or Diapers for their baby. For those who are not familiar with the Baby’s stuff, let me do a quick intro.
Nappies are the “older” version of modern day Diapers. They are essentially a piece of white cloth with high cotton content. You will need to fold it into a triangle before wrapping it around baby’s bottom. Its advantages include,
1) Comfort; babies appear to like nappies more than diapers. The hypothesis is nappies have better ventilation than diapers.
2) Cheaper; nappies are re-usable and is cheaper in the long run... considering that our littleone can Poo or PeePee 20 times in 24 hours!
3) Granny’s Choice; Not universally true but the older folks appear to connect better with nappies as they have being using nappies during their time.
What is a diaper? In case you are really detached from Baby’s world, diapers are disposable pads that babies wear for their toilet business. Popular brands include Pampers, Huggies, Drypers and Mummy Poko pants. Their advantages include,
1) Convenient; use and throw! No washing required!
2) No safety pin issue. Nappies would require a safety pin and parents who are not good with their fine motor skills will find it difficult to handle a safety pin in the presence of a crying baby!
3) Minimise leakage risk; Diapers have a waterproof exterior. This however, appears to reduce the comfort level for babies.
So after trying out both the nappies and the diapers, Sharon and I have decided to experiment with a “Combination System”. We call it the Nap-pers! Nappy on the inside and Diapers on the outside! We wrap baby with the conventional Nappy and secured it with the waterproofing layer of Diaper. This way, we get to combine the merits of both systems while minimising the demerits!
We have now entered phase 3 of our clinical trial. 6000 babies were randomly selected from the Sg population; 2000 worn the conventional nappy, 2000 worn diapers while 2000 worn our new Nap-pers. Investigators were masked from from what the baby is wearing. Preliminary results is highly encouraging; 85% of parents reported better comfort and usability with Nap-pers. We will be uploading pics of Nap-pers shortly, so stay tuned.
Wow this is the first entry by daddy! And it's so typical of you to include a section re clinical trial! I'll look forward to reading your future entries daddy!
ReplyDeleteDo try my method, cos u'll find that the diapers u lined on the cloths will be slightly wet (and thus smelly) but not soiled enough to throw.. So u'll be caught in a catch 22.
ReplyDeleteBtw, I forgot to teach u how to cloth nappy the baby, we never ever used safety pins for both kids. Just tuck the ends in tightly, wrap the empty diaper and then its secure.
If need me to come by again, let me know, shld be able to do next week Mon Wed or Fri.
Enjoy yr freedom! :)
And welcome Chris, to the blogging world :)