My son may have to use feminine pads
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:
- you can only buy in bulk – at a rate of $44.95 for eight packs of 25 plus $10 shipping
- 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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Do you get the ones with wings?
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Second!
You are such a big tease! I can’t wait until Wednesday. I want to know now.
The only advice I can offer is run before the tree huggers come and castigate you for not going the all natural route. No offence to Tree Huggers.
Run Forrest, Run.
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Do not every tell your grown up teenage son you used feminine pads on him. HE WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!
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Came via Tara’s blog and I’m with her – don’t tell him. He won’t be any the wiser now, as long as he doesn’t want to take one for show and tell!
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I’m with Tara, man. Do not EVER tell E about this. Ever.
Having said that….
Great solution!
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Buy the big ol’ maxi-pads. You know, the ones that look like pillows. Take your last empty sack of doublers. Put the pads in and throw away the incriminating evidence. Repeat as necessary. The world will never know.
My mother in law still thinks I buy name-brand Crisco…..
Matthew- haha – no wings.
Dave – We actually tried the other method, spent a good amount of money on the cloth diapers, but they didn’t work for us. Believe me, I don’t ENJOY paying a zillion dollars per year on disposable diapers.
Tara – Tell him? I’m going to take photos for blackmail purposes!
I would vote with Tara here, don’t tell your son ever…ever….
I have never heard of diaper doublers and I had to use cloth diapers because the new disposables were not affordable to the average parent..I just used extra flannel pads we made and put inside the diaper, then changed the sheets in the morning along with changing clothing…wow
I will say that my kiddos potty trained fast with the cloth diapers vs the disposable… Kiddo #3 was in disposable until 6 as she had such low muscle tone …and other problems….wow My best suggestion would be to look under handicapped supplies or senior citizen stuff…I know when my mum was in the hospital they used extra padding which came in bulk and were not that expensive and for men and women….
Isn’t it awful when you begin to count on something and it disappears..
That has happened so many times in my life…aargh
Good post
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Washable flannel inserts work just as well, actually. They’re not difficult to make.
And pads are also good to put in your first aid kit– they are masterful for stopping heavy bleeding. You can put a lot of pressure on something with one, and they don’t “stick” to the wound.
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That is too funny! But I say, hey, if it works, why not? I let my daughter play with pantyliners for about two hours last week. She had them stuck all over herself. Those pictures are going to come in handy someday, as will your story about your son using pads!
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It’s a little unconventional, to be sure, but a creative solution nonetheless.
Or you could just not give him anything to drink after dinner….
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The question is will you bring this up when he brings girls home for dates in the future. Stopping by via Blog to Fit. Funny stuff.
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Blogger Dad,
It’s WEDNESDAY already.
I’ve hit refresh a thousand times hoping to see your news.
Hurry up will you?
Dave Fowlers last blog post..Nigella Lawson Is Gorgeous and School is closed. All the kids are at home. And it’s doing my head in. I think I may have to start drinking gin.
I have no real suggestions (which makes me worthless to you), but welcome to a life-long struggle with embarrassin’ shopping. The other day one of my old “clubbing friends” texted me, “What are you doing?” I replied, “buying pull-ups for the kindergartener & meds for her bladder infection.” He never answered me back.
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I know this post is a bit old but GreenJello just sent me your way…
Apparently we’re on the same wavelenght since we went through the same Diaper Doubler shortage over at my place. We ended up using maxi pads and they’re still getting us through the night. Good luck with your super soaker!
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