the scoop on poop

POOP?

that's the negative stigma that usually turns people away at the thought of CD.   CD is so much easier than people imagine, but they always get caught on this first obstacle- poop.  here are some of the many questions i've been asked:


"poop?  oh gross!  i'm not going to touch poop!"
"how do you deal with the poop?"
"you have to CLEAN the diaper?"
"why not just throw the diaper in the trash? that's what i do."
"that's disgusting.  i'd rather use disposables and not deal with poop."

lemme set this fact straight: whether you use disposables or CD, you will deal with poop.  it doesn't matter how glamorous the world perceives you (or you yourself, for that matter), you will deal with poop.  it's a part of life.

here's the real kicker: on disposable diapers' packaging, it is SUPPOSED to list, whether in small font or large font (haha, yeah right) that you are instructed to discard the waste down the toilet.  EVERYBODY is "supposed" to be dealing with poop in the same fashion- discarding it down the toilet (hence, waste down the toilet- not in the garbage can).


Pampers states this... though, not explicitly.  you have to jump through many hoops to even find this on its page.  but, here's what they say under "waste removal":

but, why do we have to even discard the poop down the toilet?  

seriously, we have to ask this question?  


where does our waste go?  in the garbage?  i think not.  it goes where it belongs.

it's not supposed to be just CD, but also disposables.  yet, typically, do the disposable users do that?  from personal experience, i think not.  i know that for the first five weeks of my girls' lives, we used disposables as i've stated before.  many were given to use, and i have to say that, each time i put on a sposie, i felt entirely guilty.  so guilty.  i knew what disposables contained- the chemicals and the fact that they weren't biodegradable.  i felt beyond guilty.  yet, there was no other fit since they were preemies.  from my research, i hadn't found any CD that would fit them.  i was wrong. from what i know now, there are many available options.  
just because someone uses a disposable diaper doesn't give the leniency of a wildcard.  still, the poop needs to go where it belongs- in the toilet.

why???

"Apparently babies and small children excrete many viruses in their feces including Hepatitis A, rotavirus, shigella, salmonellosis, amebiasis, live polio virus (from vaccines), and typhoid among others. In order to keep these viruses from contaminating underground water supplies, poop should not be dumped into a diaper pail and thrown out with the trash." (per mamaTRUE)


so gross when put it like that.  (and, we wonder why our population is so sick!!!)  it stinks that those viruses are lurking around while they could be prevented in some measure.

but, does the disposable diaper companies market this in their advertising- commercials, packaging???  nope.

here's what they "claim":

there isn't enough ROOM on their packaging to include such a disclaimer as discard it into the toilet?


no wonder nobody knows.

initially, when i researched CD and was told this information (about discarding the waste regardless), i was floored.  i couldn't believe it.


how does this make you feel?


now, there are options on how to make your life easier when dealing with P... stay tuned for that post. :)