Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!pking From: pking@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Diapers Message-ID: <31400009@uiucuxc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 14:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.31400009 Posted: Wed Oct 10 14:12:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 06:19:24 EDT References: <73@azure.UUCP> Lines: 39 Nf-ID: #R:azure:-7300:uiucuxc:31400009:000:1927 Nf-From: uiucuxc!pking Oct 10 13:12:00 1984 In having three childern over a period of ten years I have used practically ever disposable diaper ever made-- When my first child was born, Pampers were the best and the cheapest, that was still true when my second child came along two years later. There were a few more on the market, but Pampers were still about the best for the money. Shortly after my daughter out grew the need for diapers more appeared, Huggies (by Kleenex), Luvs (Luvs were on the market many years ago but were not available where I lived), and "generic" brands began to appear in discount stores (K-Mart, etc.), my opinion is the generic ones are AWFUL, they are not absorbent, nor do they stay fastened and while they are cheaper, the child uses more of them. When my third child came along, I was given samples of all the current big name disposables when I left the hopsital, so I had a chance to try them all. I would still use Pampers again today if I had another child, as all three of mine used them. I have had friends who would swear by Huggies or Luvs, particularly now that Huggies have the refastenable tapes, and I have also had friends whose babies developed rashes from certain brands of disposables. Huggies and Luvs are by far more expensive, ie they come fewer to a box for more money, and do not have a wide a range of sizes, ie Pampers come in Newborn, Daytime, Overnight, Extra Absorbent Daytime, Toddler, and a new size for heavier toddlers. All the disposables come now with the stay dry gathers and I would feel certain all will come with the refastenable tapes if these catch on. All three of the major brands come in small boxes and what they call convenient boxes of somewhere from 48 to a box to 90 to a box (the 90 to a box is for Pampers newborns, this will usually last roughly 2 weeks, depending on the child, figuring a newborn is changed six times a day if fed every four hours). Hope this helps.