Not all diapers are created equal. After a brief foray into the world of less-expensive generic diapers, I have concluded once and for all that Huggies rule! I never wavered when Jay was littler, but recently when I noticed that Target diapers are slightly cheaper than a big Costco box o Huggies, I tried them. Conclusion: Target brand diapers are ok for toddlers, but they just don’t hold messy runny baby poo. We’re talking demolished Rose clothes AND babypoo soaked through all layers (to the skin) of whoever was unlucky enough to be holding her at the moment of combustion. Now you know. Huggies.
Rose kind of skipped size 2 diapers—her giant box of size ones lasted way longer than they fit, and by the time we finished them, it made no sense to get a big box of size 2’s, just to have her grow out of them again. We got some Target size 2’s, but now we’re moving back to quality. I am still getting used to Rose’s juicy little body—Jay was/is such a skinny fellow! He wore size 2’s for his whole first year of life. [side note: I HATE it when apostrophes are misused. I don’t know if the plural of 2 is 2s or 2’s or if it’s just incorrect to pluralize a numeral in general. Apologies to all you other informed grammaticians. Also–while misuse of apostrophes appalls me, I have no qualms about inventing words. For the record.]
In their defense, the Target diapers did match these pajamas. (they are Jay’s old ones, and they do say Mommy’s Little Boy on the front. But Rose can’t read, she doesn’t wear them in public, and we know she’s a girl).
Now on to the fun stuff…Rose is 16 lbs. Jay is 28 lbs. They can both fit the same size of diaper! I still get Jay size 4’s (ahg, I’m suffering from acute apostrophe paranoia today). But, I only pack size 3’s in the diaper bag now. Convenient.
And NOW on to megapictures:
Same diaper! I think their waists are nearly the same circumference somehow.
A string bean and a butterbean! I like how you can see Jay’s little tan lines: farmer tan, shorts tanline, and sandals tan on top of his feet.
Rose is such a calm, longsuffering little girl.
I love how Rose is fascinated with whatever Jay is doing.
She smiles at him even though he’s trying to yank off her arm.
Booty shot—proof that these are both size 3 diapers—see that little pink 3? Looking at the LENGTH of Jay’s femur compared to Rose’s little chub astounds me. Growing children are miraculous. How does it happen so fast?
Rose is saying “Jay, you are SO COOL and I love you!”
Well, I’d better stop showing off my cute children and go start playing with them. Jay is having a mischevious day and Rose is having an emotional (teething) day and I promised Jay that we would make zucchini muffins.
