gdiapers: more inconvenient, but for the environment!

i remember before we had snapper and we were researching whether to do cloth or disposable diapers, we found out about gdiapers: the flushable disposable diaper. what a great solution: the convenience of a disposable, but ecologically conscious so you aren’t contributing to landfills. the per-diaper cost is higher, but it’s worth it for the environment, right? just like me getting a prius instead of a mini. not that i still think about that EVERY DAY or anything.

alas, we never really got around to trying it out, but then someone was selling their gdiapers stuff on bpn for super cheap since their kid had outgrown the small size before they really had a chance to use them. and snapper is nothing if not small. so here’s our chance to give it a go.

WHAT A PAIN IN THE ARSE.

the idea is that you have these little gdiaper pants and inside there’s a plastic liner, and then inside that there’s the little gdiaper that gets wet or poopy, and which you can tear open into a toilet and flush away. however, what you really don’t think about until you’re in it is that this requires a process change: instead of dealing with all your diapering at the changing table and putting your used ones in a diaper pail, now you have to 1: figure out where to put the used gdiaper until you can bring it to the toilet, 2: deal with the tearing and flushing at the toilet, and 3: figure out where you’re supposed to put your squiggly baby WHILE you’re flushing that gdiaper in the toilet.

not only that, but if it’s a poopy diaper, the plastic removable liner is guaranteed to be poopy, so now you have to deal with that, either by having somewhere to stash them so you can toss them in the laundry,
or by handwashing them right there. did i mention the squiggly now crying baby?

it’s not for the squeamish. surely you’ve gotten over diapering and poopiness by now, but gdiapers ENSURES that you directly handle wet and/or poopy diapers several times a day. in case you missed that
part.

i keep trying to come up with some new witty tagline they can use, like “gdiapers: bringing the messiness of diapers back into your home!” or “gdiapers: it’s like washing cloth diapers, but much more expensive!”

and not to mention the fact that since we’ve been trying gdiapers snapper has leaked through and wet her bed at night TWICE already. as opposed to NEVER with disposables.

“gdiapers: more laundry, but good for the environment!”

Posted at December 10, 2007 4:36 AM | TrackBack