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my father, his fiancee, and her son are coming to visit my son and me tomorrow. we are going to a waterpark. here is the issue that i am running into. i do not want to put him in a disposable swim diaper at all. we do not even have regular disposables around the house, let alone swim diapers. i do not have any cloth swim diapers either. is it mandatory at waterparks to use swim diapers?
my son's aunt bought him some swim trunks with a matching top that were designed for a 12 month old and my son is 3 months over that age, yet the trunks are loose on him. the reason for this, my husband says, is because they are designed for use with swim diapers. if i do not have any swim diapers, what should i do to make the trunks fit him properly? i was playing with the idea of just putting him in a regular OS, without the cover, and then the trunks over that, but i do not want my son to be weighed down with a diaper. what should i do? |
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Swim diapers are really very trim, so I would imagine that the trunks are either going to fit or not. I think you might be right about having the OS inside being heavy.
I would imagine that the waterpark would have a policy about babies being in swim diapers. Most pools do; how specific they are about that can really vary by pool.
What about a cover inside of the trunks? All swim diapers--any swim diaper, disposable or not--are poop catchers, and that's it. They do not absorb urine (the disposable ones might slow it down slightly, and some cloth ones have small terry parts to offer help for little dribbles). If the cover is snug, if your son poops, you can pull down the trunks but unsnap the cover--which should make clean up easier (granted, cleaning poop off a cover is never a great joy, but hey). That wouldn't necessarily make the trunks fit any better, but would satisfy the health aspect of a swim diaper. Would it help to roll over the waistband of the trunks? I have a very skinny 3-year-old, and often that's just the ticket to get pants to stay up on him.
The only negative thing I could think about with using a cover would be if the water is chlorinated, as a regular swimming pool. I don't know what prolonged exposure to chlorinated water would do to a cover, though a) I doubt that waterpark water is very chlorinated, if at all, and b) if it's only once, probably no big deal. Don't you have some old covers that aren't so waterproof anymore? Maybe this is their day to shine! |
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aavd that is a great idea! i am punching myself in the head for not thinking of it lol. yep i do have some old covers that have pinholes in a place or 2 that karen gave me, but they are large. i guess i can snap them on the tightest setting... hmmm... i wonder if they will fit him. so how do i go about doing this as i have never brought him into this kind of situation before. do i wait to get there, then change him into the trunks and cover? or do i change him into it at home? and what should i transport him in at the park? sling? stroller?
he just started walking on thursday, but will not walk when someone is holding his hand.
it is cool because when he started walking, he just took off as if he was born walking. |
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Ah yes, the joys of pools and babies! LOL!
The problem with any kind of swim diaper is that it really doesn't absorb much at all. Absorbency would be pointless really since once in the water it would be saturated and couldn't absorb anyway. And if they put decent absorbancy in it for that period of time before they're actually in the water then it would weigh them down when they went swimming (plus if it was a disposable that absorbed, the diaper could burst sending those lovely gel beads into the pool - which apparently wreck havoc with pool filtering systems, that's why regular disposables aren't allowed in pools).
Anyway, the only thing you can do is put the swim trucks/cover on him as late as possible (definetly not at home since he could well pee while on route in the car!) and then hope for the best...
I think a stroller could be ackward at best (and probably wouldn't even be allowed close to the actual slides/pools). I'd bring the sling since it's easy and simple to pack away if you're not using it. Between you, your father and his fiancee, I'm sure they'll always be someone to hold him anyway. Plus they'll likely have a spot for small children where the water is shallow enough that he can sit and splash or whatever...
Have fun! I love waterparks, even if it is a bit of a pain with babies!
Karen.
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I wonder about putting a towel between sling and self? What with no absorbancy . . .
And definitely bring a spare cover and maybe a diaper or three if you will have much time out of the water?
Good luck! |
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