Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Diaper Comparisons

I have three different kids of diapers at my house and since i always like comparisons on performance i thought i'd share. 
On the left is a Huggies size three
Middle is Pampers size three
Right is Kirkland Signature size three
Notice the thickness differences in the next two pictures.


Huggies on the right. Pampers in the middle. Kirkland Signature on the right. 
Pampers has a mesh thingy in it to help keep moisture off babies bum.
It totally works too.


This is to show length  and top differences. Unfortunately to make the diapers all fit in the picture the pampers one had to get scooted down. It is the same length as huggies. Kirkland is a bit shorter. Notice the same bands on huggies and kirkland while pampers doesn't have a 'band' around the back. 
This leads my theory that Huggies makes and packages for kirkland.

Another shot on the back as well as another view of the length differences. Kirkland is the smallest.

Front shot. 

The little man in charge of testing. 
So far, all of them work just great for Colton. He is on the small side though so that is a big difference. For caleb i always had to make sure i was getting the longest ones i could for my buck because he ran big. 
I have no loyalties on brand because they all work. I buy what is on sale.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

i don't want to forget...

Caleb had his first run-in with the law today:

we were at Overstock.com outlet store on 1300th E and 7800so. We had seen a stroller for dogs (i know, rediculous) andy had put caleb in it, being silly and exploratory. We thought it was funny and moved on. Later  He was sorta running around, i had colton in our stroller with me looking at purses (of course). All of a sudden i heard a crash. I knew it was caleb. I wander over from behind some stuff and see the dog stroller on its side, missing a wheel with caleb sprawled on top. The security female officer wanders over, stares him down and asks "where's mom?" "right here" i cheerily replied. Of course nothing could make me happier than someone else laying down the law in the store. So she scolded him, while putting on the missing wheel. He looked so...embarassed but also serious. He knew he was in trouble and mom wasn't gonna do anything about it.
dang straight!
my power of seriousness with consequences only goes so far. And lets face it, i would have laughed, picked up the stroller and moved on if i had seen the whole incident.

Story two
We were working in the yard and caleb had a bucket that was a worm farm for when he and rob go fishing. The dirt looked wet and rob sniffed it (he sniffs everything! all Hakes' do). Then he swiftly and sternly asked caleb "did you pee in this today?" Caleb denied it at first but when asked again, he told the truth and said "yes." I swear, this boy pees on everything outside. Drives me nuts! Our bathroom is not that far! So if you see him peeing outside somewhere know three things
1. I am mortified and always worried he will do it even though i have taught him to do better.
2. if he is a bad influence on your children, i am so so so so sorry. Really, i want and expect better from him.
3. I am being worn down and am learning to pick my battles carefully.