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20 Weird Diapering Products... You Might Actually Need

 

Image: Snuggwugg Infant Toddler Wiggle Free Diaper Changing | Interactive Tummy Time Pillow | Great for Travel and Baby Support

Snuggwugg Interactive Baby Pillow - Diaper Changing Solutions and Parenting Made Easy

1. Snuggwugg Wiggle Free Diaper Changing

-- I am trying to imagine how this would work with my wiggle-worm babies. They would keep twisting and turning, and probably knock the phone flying!
I spent a lot of time talking, engaging with my baby during diaper changes. I always felt this was the perfect time to interact, since as moms we are always so busy.
While it might help to keep baby entertained as you clean them up, I wonder at what cost, when some parents have stopped interacting with their babies?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Flex Pocket works with most smartphones to play apps/videos of your choice.
Pocket has fun to feel crinkle sound to stimulate baby with sight, touch and sound, use with educational flashcards/
Plush loops attach baby's favorite toys, pacifier or teether. Slipcover is removable and machine washable.
Perfect travel accessory to help keep baby entertained on car/plane trips, as well as in the shopping cart.

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Image: Smart Diaper Alarm | When baby pees, the sensor will send signal to parents' mobile phone | remind them to change the diaper | Keep baby dry and comfortable

Trek Smart Diaper Demo

2. Smart Diaper Alarm

-- Who wants to get off their phone to go check stick your fingers in a diaper, when you are in the middle of a fierce game of Candy Crush?
Well, we are one step closer to a Dystopian future, where you can get a notification on your phone when your baby pees.
Am I the only one who worries about the combination of wetness and electricity?

Why You Might Need It:
Helps new parents monitor their baby's diaper to avoid diaper rash and save money.
Records the day and time when it detects baby pee, which may help parents get an early start with potty training.
Very easy to use, just download a free app in Apple store or Google Play.
If baby is more than 10m distance from parents, it will sound the alarm.

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Image: The Original Baby Butt Fan | the only handheld fan on the market that is specifically designed for the diapering process

Infant Breeze | The Original Baby Butt Fan

3. Baby Butt Fan

-- No time to stand around, waiting for your little one's bottom to dry?
Or perhaps you are too imprtabnt to take the few seconds to pat dry baby's bottom?
Or even wave a diaper over baby's bottom to hurry the process?
But really, what's the difference between this and any other portable fan?
What do you think? Is the Baby Butt Fan a gimmick or a great way to promote rash-free diaper-wearing?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Dries off your baby's freshly wiped bottom quickly and effectively to help prevent diaper rash.
The only handheld fan on the market specifically designed for the diapering process.
Creates a quiet soothing breeze - compact, quiet, and safe for use around babies.

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Image: Baby Bubadoo's Diaper Changing Wrap | takes the frustration out of changing your baby's diaper | protects little one's clothes | keeps wayward arms and hands in one place

Baby Bubadoo's Diaper Changing Wrap

4. Baby Bubadoo's Diaper Changing Wrap

-- Anyone who has cared for a baby knows how frustrating and messy a diaper change can be.
But is it frustrating enough to put you baby in a strait-jacket?
I can imagine my babies screaming and struggling to get free!

Why You Might Need It:
Have you needed to change your baby while on the go, traveling, in a cramped space, a car, a plane, or a mall and wished there was a simple solution to keep your little one's hands from exploring?
Do you struggle to hold baby's feet and arms in one hand and a diaper in the other, all while trying to avoid an accident?
Has your baby ever touched or grabbed the soiled area, creating an even bigger mess?
This product takes the frustration out of changing your baby's diaper, protecting your little one's clothes and keeping wayward arms and hands in one place.

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Image: SnoofyBee Clean Hands Changing Pad | portable changing mat and diaper clutch | adjustable redirection barrier

SnoofyBee - The Clean Hands Changing Pad

5. SnoofyBee Clean Hands Changing Pad

-- Right there on the the SnoofyBee website it says, We believe cute little hands don't belong in dirty diapers.
We couldn't agree more!
But one parent shared: I just can't get over that is basically an e-collar (cone of shame) for babies!
And another parent shared: Save your money, no matter what you do they will find a way to make a mess.

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
This All-in-One diapering solution provides the benefits of a standard portable changing mat and it may distract your child's hands away from the mess.
The toy loops allow you to attach toys to keep those curious little hands happy during changing time.
It does not pin your child down, but it will make squirmy diapering more manageable and possibly even fun for you and baby.

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Image: Baby BumBrush | Keep your fingers clean from diaper cream | Diaper cream goes on smoother, thicker and faster

Review of the baby Bum brush

6. Baby BumBrush

-- Baby butt spatula - or a Buttula - need I say more?
We all have fingers, right? So why would you need this BumBrush to apply diaper cream?
And of course, we all remember to wash our hands before we change the baby so as not to transfer bacteria to baby's bottom, right?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
If you hate picking water resistant diaper paste from under your nails.
Dads will find it helps to get the diaper cream into a newborn's bum crack better than his big fingers.
Keep your fingers clean from diaper cream with the Baby Bum Brush.
Ointment goes on smoother, thicker, and faster.

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Image: Diaper Changing Gloves | turns into a dirty diaper bag for on-the-go diaper changes | more sanitary way to change diapers | more convenient way to dispose of them

Diaper Changing Glove-Saks by BabyBum Products

7. BabyBum Diaper Changing Gloves

-- It's just a poopy diaper folks, you are better off properly washing your hands with soap and water.
In fact, you will be lucky to find a diaper... let alone a pair of gloves at 3am with a baby screaming in your ear.
You will pretty much become desensitized to body fluids and functions after dealing with a baby for a couple of weeks.

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Gloves helps keep bacteria off your hands, then easily turns into a dirty diaper sack for discarding.
Great when you need to change a diaper in the car, or anywhere without access to wash your hands.
Helpful in getting first time dads, and squeamish grandpas, more comfortable with diaper changes.
Great idea for those occasional blow outs! No need to change diaper, or spread cream with your bare hands.

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Image: Swipees | Diaper Rash Cream Applicators | One-time use for sanitary application of cream

Swipees - Diaper Rash Cream Applicators

8. Swipees - Diaper Rash Cream Applicators

-- Doesn't anyone wash their hands after changing diapers anymore? Is anyone else like me and use more than one finger to apply diaper cream? It's just another step in the diaper change process, another thing to toss into the garbage.

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Keep fingers clean while applying diaper rash cream or petroleum jelly.
Sanitary way that keeps your finger from getting greasy and smelly.
Much better than using a plastic applicator you have to wash each time.
Child-resistant packaging is easy to use, and can travel with you in the diaper bag.

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Image: MoonMaker(tm) | cloth diaper system designed with an open back and disposable absorbent front inserts

MoonMaker™ | Diaper Install

9. MoonMaker™

-- I don't know about you, but I am imagining poop trails everywhere!
You would want to make sure baby has had a recent poop, before putting on this open back diaper.
As one woman says, Can't make up my mind if these diapers are genius, or downright silly?

Read the customer reviews of what other parents thought of this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Cloth diaper system designed with an open back and disposable absorbent front inserts.
The unique design allows children to move freely.
Parents can be confident their floors and furniture will stay dry while treating or preventing diaper rash.
Your little one can run around in style while letting their baby tushy catch a breeze.

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Image: Diaper Dawgs Cloth Diaper Finger Guards | Dirty Laundry and Cleaning | add a bit of fun to cloth diapering | use it for ANYTHING you don't want to touch

Diaper Dawgs Review

10. Diaper Dawgs Cloth Diaper Finger Guards

-- Isn't this just another thing to keep clean?
Where would you store them between diaper changes? They'd just get lost at our place.
Personally, I'm going to wash my hands after changing a diaper anyway, so I don't know if these are very practical?
Having to wash them after every diaper change, just adds another step to the diaper changing process.

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Most cloth diaper manufacturers require the insert/soaker is separated from the cloth diaper shell prior to laundering – which means handling cold and dirty inserts soaked in pee and poop.
Flexible, slip-on silicone barriers guard parents' fingers against pee and poop during a typical cloth diaper cleaning routine.
Good for separating soakers and inserts from cloth diaper covers or pocket diapers, holding a dirty cloth diaper while spraying, or general sorting through a dirty wet bag.
Helps squeamish spouses, in-laws, or caregivers new to cloth diapering touch less of the diaper mess.

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Image: Shittens Mitten Shaped Moist Wipes | No one wants poop on their hands | Fully protect your hands while tending to the dirty deed

Thank you to Shittens

11. Shittens Mitten Shaped Moist Wipes

-- Have you ever wished someone would create a disposable mitten-like product specifically to wipe your baby's butt?
No?? Well, neither have I.
I wonder how many mittens you would need to clean up after an explosive diaper blowout?
With just 20 wipes to a package, that would quickly get expensive!
So what do you think? Are Shittens a great idea, or just a gag gift?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
No one wants poop on their hands.
Old fashioned, square baby wipes put your hands at risk for all kinds of accidental poop contamination.
All the cleaning power of thick baby wipes, and helps dad get over his fear of diaper changing.
With these Shittens mittens, you can fully protect your hands while tending to the dirty deed.

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Imge: GroVia Magic Stick Diaper Balm | Use a light layer to protect baby's skin from wetness | Use as needed with diaper changes and at night before bed

GroVia Magic Stick Review

12. GroVia Magic Stick Diaper Balm

-- Roll on the diaper cream like a glue stick - for those who don't can't handle touching diaper cream! But, because it touches baby's skin directly, you will need buy a separate stick for each child in your household, to prevent transfer of bacteria or irritation. So I can't help wondering if you aren't re-applying bacteria (even to the same child), every time you use it?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Diaper rash is no match for the Magic Stick All Natural Diaper Balm.
Easily and cleanly applied, using a twist-up tube.
Made using all-natural ingredients, colorless, organic, petroleum-free.
Safe to use on baby's delicate skin, perfect with cloth or disposable diapers.
The no-mess applicator makes sure the balm goes just where it needs to.

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Image: Blowout Blocker Diaper Extension | Prevent Diaper Blowouts | Catch up-the-back diaper blowouts for fast, easy and stress free cleanup

Blowout Blocker How To, Diaper Blowout Solution

13. Blowout Blocker Diaper Extension

-- Not sure how this helps with those up-to-the-neck, down to the toes blow-outs!?
It's meant for both disposable and cloth diapers - but I wonder how disposable diaper users feel about washing poop out of a cloth diaper extender?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Creates a barrier between the diaper blowout mess and baby's clothes, relieving parents from the stress of the dreaded blowout mess.
The mess is contained and easy to clean up!
No more soaking or replacing soiled clothes, blankets, car seat covers, Daddy and Mommy's clothes or anything baby might be laying on at the time of the blowout.
Especially helpful when parents are away from the house, at special events, when baby is wearing special clothing, or sitting in a car or baby seat.

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Image: Baby Blowout Blocker | Leg Blowout Blocker | reusable diaper extensions placed in leg gussets of disposable diaper | helps catch any leakage at the back of the legs

Blowout Blocker and Soaker Stopper In Motion

14. Leg Blowout Blocker

-- OK, if you feel you need the Blowout Blocker Diaper Extension above, then I guess you should grab this Leg Blowout Blocker too.
After all, those explosive poops don't just go up baby's back, but runs out of the diaper leg holes and down the legs too. Now, isn't that a pretty picture!
But again, do disposable diaper users really want to wash poop out of a cloth diaper extender?

Why You Might Need It:
Reusable diaper extensions placed in the leg gussets of a disposable diaper.
Helps to catch any leakage at the back of the legs.
The mess is contained and easy to clean up!
Designed to work as an extension of the disposable diaper, to protect against the diaper blowout mess.

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Image: BabyBackups Diaper Extender Pads | Prevent Diaper Blowouts | stop up-the-back diaper blowouts | hypoallergenic and extremely soft

BabyBackups from Sienabena

15. BabyBackups Pads

-- Disposable diaper manufacturers have been doing this whole diaper thing for quite a few decades, so could a couple of parents from Pittsburgh really come up with the perfect solution for something so stinky and gross as diaper blowouts?
After all, who doesn't love having to hose down their little one in the nearest bathroom, and throw out that brand-new poop-encrusted outfit?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Image: BabyBackups Diaper Extender Pads Demo

BabyBackups Diaper Extender Pads Demo

Why You Might Need It:
Disposable pads that fit and secure into any brand of disposable diaper.
Unlike other products, these pads completely contain the mess within the diaper.
Perfect for that long car ride - because cleaning a car seat isn't fun.
They contain the dreaded blowout by keeping the mess right inside your baby's diaper.

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Image: Pee-pee Teepee by Beba Bean | Made from terry lined cotton flannel | Cone shaped for a good fit | Stay dry during diaper changes!

Pee-Pee Teepee from Beba Bean

15. Pee-Pee Teepee

-- The first time I changed my son, he peed all along the wall next to his change table. My husband just kept laughing! I told him, since he thought it was so funny, HE could clean it up!
After that, I learned to place a clean cloth diaper or washcloth on top of his baby bits, to avoid being sprayed with pee.
I have to wonder, don't you end up with pee puddling up on your changing mat? And, with a squirmy baby, how does this Pee Pee Teepee stay in place?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Makes sure when you change a diaper, you won't have to worry about any unexpected pee shower surprises.
Absorbs your baby boy's pee so when you change diapers, accidents can be contained and easily taken care of.
Made from absorbent, washable, reusable terry lined cotton flannel.
They make an excellent baby shower gift with guaranteed giggles!

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Image: Sozo Baby-Boys Newborn Weeblock Oops | WeeWee Absorbing Sponge For Use When Changing Diapers

Wee Block Review

16. Weeblock

-- Being peed on by your little one is almost a right of passage for parents.
Here's a smart diapering trick for boys!
Simply open the diaper, blow his baby bits, and close the diaper real quick.
He'll pee into the already soiled diaper, and then you can change his diaper without a surprise shower.

Read the customer reviews of what other parents thought of this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Baby boys seem to love to take direct aim at you when being changed.
But now you can protect yourself with Weeblock, a cup-like covering you place between his legs at changing time.
Underneath the super-soft 2-ply cotton jersey covering lies the secret weapon — a wee-wee absorbing sponge.
Simply cover baby with the WEEBLOCK during diaper changing and stay dry!

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Image: WaterWipes Sensitive Baby Wipes | Contains 99.9% purified water and a drop of fruit extract | Fragrance and Alcohol Free

WaterWipes TV Ad Feb 2015

17. WaterWipes Sensitive Baby Wipes

-- What's wrong with a plain ol' washcloth and water?
You could keep a thermos of warm water at the change table to wet the clot has needed.
Or if you insist on using disposable wipes, you could buy these disposable dry wipes for half the price!
Then you can add water as needed, using the thermos of warm water.
Plus there will be less chance of the wipes going dry or moldy!

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
They call themselves the world's purest baby wipes - 99.9% purified water, 0.1% fruit extract, nothing else.
Helps to avoid diaper rash or other skin sensitization problems.
The convenience of baby wipes with the absolute purity and efficacy of cotton wool and water.
Free of alcohol, perfume, chlorine, formaldehyde, parabens, phenols, phthalates, quaternary ammonium compounds, SLS and SLES, lanolin and unnecessary additives.
Other suitable usage includes: weaning, teething, cleaning of baby's hands and face, adult's sensitive skin care, as well as elderly skin care.

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Image: Buti-pods Wipes Case Ultimate Diaper Bag Sampler Pack | Less air around the wipes keeps them from drying out so quickly | Wipes stay moist for weeks in these bags

Buti-pod demo - Slim and Flexible Wipes Case

18. Buti-pods Wipes Case

-- Can use say zipper-failure? Most items I have bought with zippers seems to fail at some point.
Plus zippers can bedifficult to use, especially one handed when you're wrangling a squirmy baby, trying not to get poop everywhere.
These are definitely prettier, but I just used Ziplock ™ bags to carry wipes or sample cloths when we were out and about.

Read the customer reviews from parents who have used this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Perfect for any diaper bag or purse! The affordable way to buy wipes in bulk instead replacing disposable travel packs.
Less air around the wipes keeps them from drying out so quickly. Wipes stay moist for weeks in these bags!
Super-thin, soft, feather-light and easy to carry in any bag or pocket.
Now you have the option of the new ButiPod flip or the original zip closure.

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Image: Spray Pal Cloth Diaper Sprayer and Splatter Shield Bundle | Spray your cloth diapers quickly and easily without a huge mess to clean up after | folds flat to store easily in a wetbag or tucked behind your toilet

Spray Pal Cloth Diaper Sprayer and Splatter Shield

19. Spray Pal Cloth Diaper Sprayer and Splatter Shield

-- I think you might need three hands to maneuver the cloth diaper, the Splatter Shield and the diaper sprayer.
But then I was one to dunk and swish diapers right in the toilet, then wring it out - no gloves, no tongs, no diaper sprayer.
And I would worry about back spray!?

But, read the customer reviews from parents who love this product!

Why You Might Need It:
Spray your cloth diapers quickly and easily without a huge mess to clean up after!
Folds flat to store easily in a wetbag or tucked behind your toilet.
Takes the extra time/ICK factor out of cloth diapering so families can stick with it longer.
Can be re-purposed for potty training, spraying off soiled clothing from sports, cake smash pictures, stomach bugs and so much more.

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Image: Constructive Playthings KWC-78 Wooden Walk-Up Changing Table | features a set of stairs for children to climb with assistance

Wooden Nappy Change Storage Unit

20. Wooden Walk-Up Changing Table

-- So. wouldn't you think if your child was old enough to climb the stairs, he or she might be old enough to be out of diapers?
OK, I have to admit it, lifting toddlers up to changing tables can be a real strain on your back.
And with more and more moms waiting until their 30s and 40s to have their first baby, that just might be an important concern.

Why You Might Need It:
Assists children to be able to walk up the stairs onto the change table, without being lifted by a parent or child-giver
Stairs neatly roll out and lock in place when in use.
Unlock stairs and store underneath to prevent children climbing up onto the change table when not in use.
The raised change table edges provides a safer changing environment for both parent/child-giver and child.
Lots of foom for diapering needs storage.

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