I hated buying diapers. There were just too many brands, too many kinds and too many designs to choose from. Why can diapers not just be diapers? There were so many times that I choose to get the more generic brand names of diapers and we were more satisfied with them than the name brand. For example, I found the CVS brand to be wonderful. Every so often, CVS would put them on sale for buy one, get one free and I would buy four packs. When that happened, I would end up saving around ten dollars and also not have to purchase more diapers for several weeks.

I have no idea how many diapers I have changed for my daughter during the two and a half years it took her to be old enough for potty training. I do know that I can count on one hand, the number of diapers that my husband has changed in that time frame. Every time he smelled a stinky diaper, he would disappear from sight immediately. He would make a big point of handing her to me before he would leave the house with her so that I would check her diaper. It made me nuts.

Despite all the challenges, we are still going strong. I am quite sure that my daughter has to be relieved to not being wearing diapers or pull-ups anymore either. I do not imagine that they would be too comfortable, but obviously I was too young to remember wearing them. Maybe that is why children tend to take off running when their diapers are off. Being naked might feel like pure freedom to them. It is no wonder parents spend so much time chasing them around to catch them.