Tip 177: Baby diapers must be easy up pants?

I was grumbling about a strict shopping list earlier and here is another example. Wife says diapers have to be easy pull up pants. It is convenient as you need not open the diaper and it is easy to wear. Haruka has been wearing easy-up pants since a few months old. Can't remember if she started wearing them straight from birth but definitely since a long time ago. Nowadays, there are a few diaper companies that have pull-up pants even for young infants and not just for the toddlers. They are manufactured to precision such that it will not leak, eventhough it is a pants. These pants have none of the previous defects since they are absorbent enough to prevent leaks even during night time. In fact, they are too comfortable such that Haruka has no qualms about wearing them for a long time or needing to ask mummy to change them. So no need the hassle of using the potty, even if she has been potty trained. Argh, the evils of technology and convenience. Yet, when I am out of Japan, it is so hard to find similar type of diapers available.













When Haruka used to be younger, she would change 7-10 disposable diapers a day. Now, it has been reduced to 4-7 diapers since she has a better ability to withhold urine for larger intervals. Yet, since its absorbent, she does not feel anything. Since the beginning, I have tried to impress upon Tomomi to get good quality cloth diapers but to no avail. She feels its more hygienic to use disposable diapers if one checks on them regularly, which she does of course. Then, she complains that I never check Haruka's diapers or changes them. Its such a frequent routine that I feel its counter productive. Anyway, this cycle happens abroad too and we have to search a few different supermarkets to find the one that stocks the type of diapers approved by Tomomi. I think it is just that I have been used to seeing my mother in Malaysia washing and drying cloth diapers every day. Having so many specifications for a diaper seem irrelevant to me. I have recently felt Haruka is intelligent enough and ready to inform us if she wants to go to the potty. I suggested Haruka can now elevate to a training pants or just the usual pants without diapers during day time. However, Tomomi said we should wait till we get a bigger house or when Haruka is above 2 years old, so we need not create a mess in the house. So daddy listens. The other day, mummy complained that daddy should just stick to the usual brand diaper instead of trying a new one. Its just a diaper! It has no nutritional value whatsoever. One day, Haruka will grow out of it, and I hope that day comes soon.













(Photos show Haruka at the temples of Enoshima island. No praying, just photo taking).