Furnishing & Decorating: Diaper Genie
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Diaper Genie or NO Diaper Genie?
Asked by M.3. from St. Louis
on February 13, 2011
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Hello! This is kind of funny that Im on my 3rd child and wondering about a diaper genie. With my 1st baby our house was really small, so it was easy just to throw th...
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- I had one and think they are a waste of money. It smelled really bad. I would just put diapers in a pail, or my kitchen garbage and make sure it got dumped by the en...
- Fact: Poop stinks! No contraption can fix that!! With my first I used the Diaper Champ - which allows you to use regular garbage bags. It was great, until he star...
- Hated it. Emits a low-level poop smell ALL the time.
Diaper Genie or Diaper Decor?
Asked by N.K. from Dallas
on November 30, 2007
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My next baby is due in March and I am looking to get a new diaper pail. I had the Diaper Champ before and it did not contain the smell well when my daughter started e...
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- I personally like our Diaper Decor. I find the refills pretty easy to change and they last forever. While it doesn't totally contain the smell (will anything?) it do...
- I personally can't see spending money on buying refills for either, we just bought a small trash can with a pop up lid and push up air fresheners. We take trash out mo...
- I used the Diaper Champ and will again. It really worked well!
Diaper Pails
Asked by A.W. from Washington DC
on June 21, 2009
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short and sweet. i'm looking for a new diaper pail. i currently use the diaper decor but it's old (3+) so i think it's loosing it's capabilities to hold in stink. but ...
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- I have a story for you. When my daughter was about 6mths old i used a Diaper Genie for about 1 week. It never got full, and never got emptied. It got moved into the ...
- I have been using the Diaper Genie II for my daughter since she was born.! she is 2 years and 2 months. and it really does an outstanding job! can't say enough! good...
- I have the dekor plus and we love it. We had the dekor for my daughter but after 2 years we threw it away and got the diaper genie. We HATED it. One it does not hol...
Opinion on Diaper Pails
Asked by E.N. from Toledo
on June 12, 2007
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I'm looking to see what people thought of there diaper pails. We had the diaper genie for our son. I didn't think it really worked. His room seemed to always smell ...
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- We used the Diaper Genie the first time around, and didn't think it was so great. So we just threw the diapers in the trash (out in our garage) each time with our sec...
- I used Dekor Plus and it's OK. You can smell a little hint of "something", so we put it in the bathroom, problem solved.
- We have the Baby Trend Diaper Champ and LOVE it. Several of my friends have it as well and we all think it's great. The best part is, you don't need special bags for i...
Diaper Disposal Dilemma - Need a Decent Diaper Trash Can!
Asked by T.W. from Portland
on October 7, 2009
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We need a decent diaper trash can for our 1 year olds diapers. We are just using a regular trash can right now and bagging the #2 diapers but now even the #1 diapers ...
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- Diapers sure have helped me keep on emptying the garbage in the house. I use the grocery sacks in all our bathrooms and don't mind putting pee wet diapers in ther...
- When mine were in diapers, I'd just take the used diapers out to the outdoor trashcan right away! At first it was a bother but I started to like stepping out doors fo...
- We have found that once you are dealing with diapers from a kid eating regular food, there is no getting around the fact that they are smelly. Any of the diaper pails...
What to Do with Dirty Diapers?
Asked by M.S. from Green Bay
on May 14, 2008
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My little girl is almost 4 months old. She is our first. We have a garbage pail with a lid right now in the baby room that we are tossing the dirty diapers in. We a...
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- I kept the diaper pail in the bathroom and just walked to the bathroom to toss it in when I was done changing. I empty it daily when I am leaving. It also helps chil...
- A drop of tea tree oil or sprinkle some baking soda right in the bag or bottom of the can. I use one or the other, depending on which one I have one hand.
- M.- First of all, have you researched cloth diapers? As I tell everyone, they're not our mother's cloth diapers at all. I used disposable for my first 3 and wish I w...
Is a Changing Table Necessary???
Asked by H.C. from Salt Lake City
on December 13, 2010
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Hi there ladies i have a bit of an "issue" i guess you can say with my DH. We've been debating over whether to get a changing table for our 1st baby's room. He states ...
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- nope!, after a few months they outgrow it anyway. My bassinet came with one attached, otherwise i wouldnt have bothered
- I didn't have an offical changing table in the nursery but had an area on the first floor where we spent alot of time. In the nursery, we put a changing pad on top of...
- Well I use it about 1/2 the time and my husband and mom use it all most all the time. When they are newborn you really don't need it at all bc they are right with you...
Diaper Pail Vs. Regular Trash Can- Oh the Smell of It!
Asked by H.H. from Los Angeles
on October 7, 2008
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I bought a diaper champ after hearing good things. For the first 6 months we just used a regular open trash can and emptied it frequently. I am so grossed out by the...
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- We use a diaper genie for poo poo diapers because it helps trap the smell more and use a larger foot levered covered regular pail for the pee only diapers. I can'...
- It sounds like a pain in the butt, but we buy those boxes of bags-like 500 at a time, and every time we change her we just throw it in there, tie it off and then put i...
- We used a diaper genie with our first child then like you said-THE SMELL-EEEWWWW! Now I bought a trash bin just for the diapers and line it with a regular trash abg a...
What's Your Number One, Must-have Product?
Asked by S.M. from New York
on April 30, 2008
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Our baby is due the end of July. We live in just under 500sq ft, a normal one bedroom in Manhattan. The only thing we have in the apartment for the baby is the crib, a...
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- Just had to add this, my baby hated the swing. She cried whenever I put her in it. She didn't start liking it until she was about 6 months. Sad. The book, Happiest Ba...
- We received a bouncer at the baby shower for our son, and I can't tell you how many crying fits the vibrating feature soothed. He loved the rocking motion, also. The o...
- Baby Papasan Chair by Fisher Price. It is inexpensive, folds flat, vibrates to soothe an infant, and cradles them so that they feel secure. My son used it all the ti...
Experience with Diapar Genies
Asked by J.C. from Raleigh
on January 25, 2009
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Would any of you mamas who have used the Diapar Genie care to give me a review of how well it worked? Pros, cons, etc? Was it worth having? Thanks! J. in Fuquay
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- J., I hated both the Diaper Pail and the Diaper Genie (tried each with the first two children). With #3 - I bought those scented Diaper Disposal bags and put the rea...
- I used a diaper genie with my first and found it to be expensive, difficult to use, and while it held the stink in for about a month, it smelled just as bad as a regul...
- I got the Diaper Champ instead, mainly because it looked easy and uses regular trash bags. We change diapers upstairs, so taking each stinky diaper outside is kind of...
