Diaper Time

Baby Faidley has diapers.

This milestone has come too soon you say? Well, timeline be damned. My mom had a coupon. 

Now, for those of you who grew up with me, you probably know that coupons were cut, saved and religiously used in the Lenz house. There was no question about it. In fact, when I went to college I continued to think this was normal and actually cut out the coupons that you find in the Press Citizen just in case I needed them (I once used a coupon to buy beer once I turned 21 and didn't think twice about it). I am pretty lucky I made friends at all now that I think back on it...

So when my mom and I were at dinner and she said she had a coupon for Huggies Diapers, I knew that meant we were buying some...tonight. 

We got some other things done at Target and then found the diaper isle...after we asked some kid that appeared to be about 12 where they were located. That's right, a 12 year old knows more about buying diapers than I do. 

I'll just say this-there are about a hundred types and sizes of these things. After we found the Huggies we felt we had conquered it. We were wrong. At one point, my mom asked, "do you want to be green?". As in, do I want to put my future child in eco friendly diapers. I had no idea those things could be eco friendly. From what I hear, the smell and mess is something that the earth would no longer want to make use of. 

So, clearly we bought the "green" ones because they said hypoallergenic. Why in the world aren't they ALL that way? Wouldn't it just make sense? 

We had one more coupon to burn and after finding the size we needed there were 2 options. One said "keeps in leaks" and one said "keeps in runny mess". I'm not joking here, it actually said RUNNY MESS. BAHHHH. Why do I have to choose to only combat one of these horrible things? Where are the diapers that say "wonder diapers: self changing, odor and mess free"?  They don't exist. So I decided runny mess sounded more disgusting.

In the end my mom found some that said "leak lock" and we high tailed it out of there to the clothing isle to look at booties, clothing and hooded towels. I think she was starting to sense the panic in my voice as we continued to ponder diaper pros and cons.

Who knew diapers were so complicated? Well, the good thing is that Baby Faid has some diapers and the coupon did not lose its value. Victory is ours.

More later...in the meantime here is a cute picture of baby's new nightlight from Grandma Deb. Awww...