My son may have to use feminine pads

by Blogger Dad on January 5, 2009

I never thought I would stand in line buying feminine pads for my son.

Yet, there I was at approximately 5:47 p.m. tonight. Buying pads for my 20-month old son.

You see, the good folks that make Diaper Doublers seem to have stopped making them.

For those that are asking what the hell a Diaper Doubler is, let me explain. It is essentially an absorbent pad which you place in a diaper to suck up urine. It, as I’ve read other mothers say, the best thing since sliced bread. Without Diaper Doublers, I would likely have to change my son’s diaper four times a night. He is, what is commonly known as in this house, a Super Soaker.

When my local store ran out of the item, and removed the space from their shelves, I nearly had a heart attack!

I spent today going from store to store to store searching for the Doublers. I even went to the crappy store on the other side of town which ALWAYS has discontinued items. They have cereal from back in the day when manufacturers put a pack of cigarettes inside them as the prize. Heck, the store still sells cans of New Coke in their vending machine. And yet THEY didn’t have the doublers!

So I came home and Googled the product and found to my horror -that the company has discontinued making them and replaced them with another item which:

  1. you can only buy in bulk - at a rate of $44.95 for eight packs of 25 plus $10 shipping
  2. did I mention $50 bucks?! The original diaper doublers retailed at $2.99 per pack of 30, far cheaper than this new alternative!

How can a company discontinue an item which is such a lifesaver?!

The worst part of all of this is that I have at many times considered buying the Diaper Doublers in bulk. I mean, I’m going to need them anyway, so why not? A few weeks ago, I saw that the store was a bit low - they had five packs left on the shelves. This was not uncommon, but I figured they would soon be restocked.

I considered buying them all so I didn’t get stuck in a jam. However, just as I was about to toss all the packs into my cart, I thought of some poor mommy who was in desperate need of the Doublers. I didn’t want to deny them to someone who really NEEDED THEM URGENTLY.

Once again, another cosmic lesson in not being considerate of others.

So I did a bit of research online and found a suggted Doubler substitute - to use a feminine pad inside the diaper. Which is how I wound up in line buying pads for my son.

Anybody have any suggestions a bit less shameful than pads?

*Two quick notes:

Check out my most recent BlogToFit post which talks a bit more about the store I visited.

As for the news which I teased last week, I’ll present that on Wednesday.

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Hi there, stranger

by Blogger Dad on January 2, 2009

I haven’t seen you in a while. You look different. Did you get a hair cut?

No, I’m not laughing at your hair. I was just laughing at this joke that Bob told me earlier… Huh? What joke? Um… I can’t repeat it, you know that crazy Bob and how he gets all insane when people tell his jokes. So, um.. how have you been? How were the holidays?

Did you get that game or DVD or purse or toy or high powered assault rifle that you asked Santa for?

I know Santa didn’t come through for me. As I understand, Nicolas Cage is still allowed to appear in movies. Ask for one lousy legal injunction from Santa!

Just so you aren’t too worried - I know how you get when I go off for days at a time - my mini vacation from blogging is over. Or it will be on Jan. 5.

And I’ve got some exciting news to share with you.

Yes, I’m pregnant.

At least that’s what I figured from the way I’ve been eating the past two weeks. However, seven pregnancy tests argue that I’m not.

I’ll share the real news with you on Monday. Until then, have a nice weekend breaking your New Year’s resolutions.

It’s okay, I won’t tell anyone.

No, really, I wasn’t laughing at your hair!

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Merry Christmas

by Blogger Dad on December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate the holiday.

I took an unannounced break for a few days to enjoy the holiday with my family and get some work done which needed to be finished.

As for posts, I had one lined up and ready to go for a few days running, but kept changing my mind. It seemed a little too raw. Well, Sean over at Writer Dad had invited me to do a GUEST POST, and I had a change of heart and decided to tell the story over at his place.

Have a great day!

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