What you need to know about disposable diapers

Many mothers are very afraid that the use of diapers can harm the baby.

The use of disposable diapers raises many questions. Are they safe for

baby? How often should they be changed so as not to harm the baby? Should I combine them with

Gauze diapers? Let's figure it out.

Is it safe to use disposable diapers? Many mothers are very afraid that the use of diapers can harm the baby. However, numerous scientific studies have proven that diapers are absolutely harmless if you adhere to certain rules:

diapers should be the right size, which directly depends on the weight of your baby;

You need to change diapers every three to four hours.

Is it true that gauze diapers are better, as they are both a natural material and a method proven for decades? Gauze diapers are the main cause of diaper dermatitis. Unfortunately, no matter how quickly the caring mother changes the gauze diapers, the baby’s skin comes into contact with the wet surface, which can lead to diaper rash. Using a disposable diaper, you can save your baby from this trouble, since the diaper consists of several layers that serve one purpose - keeping the baby's skin dry. Special absorbent material quickly absorbs the liquid, turning it into a gel, and reliably holds inside the diaper. Thus, the baby’s skin does not come into contact with wet tissue and remains dry, which means healthy. The child can safely be in a disposable diaper for some time after he peed in it. Even a very busy mother will definitely find time to change a disposable diaper for a baby 3-4 times a day, because it is so simple and convenient, you will have to change diapers much more often, and at the same time with a huge cost of effort and time.

Does body temperature rise under a disposable diaper compared to gauze? Body temperature is almost the same. This has been proved in practice not only abroad, but also here at the Moscow Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Experts measured the body temperature of the babies under gauze and disposable diapers. The results showed that the temperature varies by 0–0.5 ̊, which, according to experts, is insignificant. But the skin of babies feels much better in disposable diapers, since the use of disposable diapers provides a lower frequency and severity of diaper dermatitis, less skin moisture compared to tissue diapers, helps to preserve the natural pH balance of the skin.

They say that if a child is in a disposable diaper, sooner or later there will be a greenhouse effect. When using “breathing” diapers, the greenhouse effect is minimized, since the material from which they are made is covered with millions of tiny pores through which air exchange is carried out under the diaper. This increases the dryness of the environment under the diaper and helps keep sensitive skin healthy. Of course, keeping a baby in the same diaper all day is unlikely to contribute to the health of his skin. Diapers are designed for a certain time, and if you just follow the rules for using this high-tech product, the baby will be healthy and happy.

Does a disposable diaper contribute to the curvature of the legs? This statement is tantamount to the statement that the toothbrush contributes to the curvature of the shape of the teeth. Curvature is possible in the presence of certain diseases, such as rickets or improper use of “walkers”, and the risk of curvature does not depend on whether you use children’s disposable diapers or not. Moreover, disposable diapers, on the contrary, provide such a position of the hip joints of an infant, which is similar to the situation in the so-called free swaddling (it is widely promoted by pediatricians around the world, including many Russian pediatricians).

Would it be difficult to teach a baby to pot if we use disposable diapers? Pot training is always fraught with certain difficulties, and every family sooner or later faces them. The child is trained to pot according to their individual physiological and psychological characteristics, regardless of which diapers, gauze or disposable, you use. Every child goes through this stage in their own time, and you just need to be patient.

To help mothers during potty training, HUGGIES® offers disposable Pull-Ups® panties to help your baby stay dry during this important stage of your child’s life. Pull-Ups® are wonderful panties for big kids, they can be removed and put on yourself! In the process of potty training, as in everything, consistency is important: after starting to use disposable panties, continue until the child is fully accustomed to the pot.

Could the use of diapers cause infertility in boys in the future? Spermatogenesis due to diapers cannot be disturbed in principle, since it occurs much later - in transitional age. In addition, the scrotum is an autonomous organ, has many shells and is reliably insured against overheating. The development of the external genital organs diapers also do not interfere. Based on the analysis of foreign and domestic data, it can be argued that there are no scientific grounds to assume the development of infertility in boys.

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