Anyone use/like or dislike those little swimmer diapers by huggies? I don't know if I should give them a try or just use a reg. diaper and bathing suit for my 7.5 month old.
Thanks, I will def. invest in those swimmers after reading all of the responses. Can you tell I'm a 1st time mom! lol. You know after seeing how reg. diapers are such a no no in water I wonder what our parents did when we were all babies? I guess just dealt with it, that's why those public baby pools were always so disgusting. Thanks for the info.
I agree with the mom who wrote about the cloth swim diaper. We'd been using little swimmers for a long time, but it seems that it was only to make us feel better. They did not hold pee in, and they certainly did not help when my son had diarhea in the pool! Try the cloth ones instead. Here is a link to help: http://www.diaperjunction.com/swim-diapers.html.
Echoing Riley's post... Regular diapers will explode in the pool; they suck up too much water. And then it releases all these little ball type things (which is in the inside of the lining od the diaper). Most pools will not let you use regular diapers.
And another hint... swim diapers do not hold in pee. So, not a good idea to put them on and then drive to the pool... Makes for a "wet" car seat....
I have them and really only bought them b/c I couldn't find a cloth swim diaper (they are by far the best) at the store I was at. They don't fit all that great but get the job done. If you go to a local swim school you can find a swim diaper for about the same price as a package of little swimmers.
Babies R Us sells, I guess you could call them cloth swim diapers. They LOOK like a bathing suit (and are usually found in the infant sock/undershirt section). They are fantastic. I used to err on the side of caution and put a disposable swim diaper underneath. Either way, I never felt comfortable enough to put baby in a public pool... we live 2 blocks from the river, so we either swim there or the ocean, and if we're in the ocean, I wait until after babys normal BM time, then let them in NAKED!! woo hoo!
A regular diaper doesn't work in a pool... they quite literally, explode. And for such a reason most pools don't allow them because the entire pool has to be drained. They also destroy the filtration system.
You absolutely have to have a swim diaper if you're going to swim in a public pool. Your child won't be allowed in the water unless they have one. We've used the Huggies and the cloth. I don't have much of a preference. They both work the same. The cloth are much more economical though. We planned a last minute trip to a water park and got the disposable swim diapers on the way. Once I'm out of those, I'll buy a cloth one. As the other moms have said, no swim diaper is designed to hole urine in. They are designed for solids only.
Don't use a regular diaper unless you want a diaper full of water. Ha ha ha!. The little swimmers are meant for the water and don't hold hold the water. Just the poop if the baby goes. Try the Little Swimmers. They work great for water.
Def. use them instead of regular diaper. Regular diapers will swell up and get HUGE when the are submerged.
I have always used swim diapers and I am SO thankful they were created for when I became a mom. I remember being younger and seeing people with their babies in wet, saggy diapers which almost seem to disintegrate after a while. I would not want to swim in that nor would I want to put my child in water a diaper has leaked into. Swim diapers are AWESOME. They hold their shape and are absolutely worth it in my opinion.
GO for the swim diaper. The reg. diaper will absorb way too much water and will most likely NOT be allowed in the pool, since the gel used in them ruins pool pumps.
You cannot use regular diapers in a pool. They'll dissolve and put all of the absorption junk in the water. Ick.
I have used little swimmers, but I prefer cloth diapers for the pool. The previous poster seems confused - I am not recommending regular cloth diapers. I am recommending cloth swim diapers, which are specifically designed for swimming. I would think a regular cloth diaper would do nothing in a pool. There are lots of brands of cloth swim diapers, and in my opinion, they work better than Little Swimmers.
No swim diapers hold-in urine (and they're not designed to), whether cloth or disposable. But disposable swim diapers swell up the moment they hit the water, so I don't know how much good they really do. The cloth diapers don't swell, hold in the solids, and cost a lot less in the long run. You can find Bummis Brand cloth swim diapers on amazon.com, and Babies R Us sells some that look sort of like rubber pants (they are in the beach section, not in the diaper section). My favorites are from onestepahead.com, just do a search for swim diapers. There are two kinds - one with adjustable sizes, and one that fits tighter but you have to buy larger sizes as your baby grows. They do not expand when wet, which is really nice. You'll spend about $10-$15 on a swim diaper that will fit for quite some time, so by buying cloth, you'll save money, too. Good luck.
I love the little swimmers ... the package is like $10, but they last you for a while. I use them under the baby's bathing suit. :)
I'm not a fan of the little swimmers. My SIL gave me some when her son outgrew them and they gave my daughter a rash. I'm sticking with my reusable swim diapers that are fantastic. I just throw them in the washing machine with all the other clothes. As other people have said you cannot use a regular diaper in a public pool and if you live in a community/apartment complex I am sure in the rules it states somewhere that a child must use swim diapers. Also they are only meant to keep the poop out of the pool they won't hold the urine in.
Most public swimming pools will require you to use some kind of swim diaper. Normal diapers will immediately absorb the water from the pool and leak the chemicals into the water along with urine/fecal matter requiring the pool to be drained.
I'd personally use whichever swim diaper you prefer (I don't personally have a preference between Huggies/Pampers), but definitely use one just in case.
Our pool's shut down again because of this very issue and needs to be drained/cleaned/rechlorinated to deal with the situation.
I'd be cautious with cloth diapers personally as they're also not created specifically for swimming, and may more easily leak into the pool water like a regular diaper. The most harmful thing isn't urine (which is sterile when the body releases it), it's the e.coli from the fecal matter that can make everyone really sick.
I really like the little swimmers. Oh, and you can rip the sides. I didn't know that and it was a total PITA to pull down the diaper when it was dirty...my SIL saw me doing that and she was the one who filled me in on the fact that you can just rip the sides!!
I love the little swimmers! I have used them for 2 summers now. They work great and don't bulk like a regular diaper. Plus they have a cute deisgn on them! Hope this helps!!
I suggest a swim diaper. You can get them at Target, Toys R Us, etc. They are really more earth friendly and if you go to the pool a lot will be more economical even if you have to purchase a new one each year.
get the swimmer! the regular diapers swell up so much that they become a weight on there little bums. i like the little swimmer and they dont absorb the water.
Little swimmers all the way. Regular diapers just keep absorbing the water and swell up bigger and bigger. This is one product that the commercials are true.
I personally like the Pampers swimming diapers! They fit better :) The Huggies Little Swimmers kinda fill up with water, but not as much as just the regular diaper :)
DO NOT use a regular diaper in the pool. If you don't want a disposable swim diaper, they make swim suits/ swim diapers that are cloth (sort of plastic-ish so they are water proof). But if you use a regualar diaper it will soak a TON of water, leave beads in the pool, AND won't work to collect much because it will be full of pool water.
HTH
T.
