Comments on: You Can Blame This One On My Mom

By: gwendomama

gwendomama — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:52:28 +0000

omg now i feel remiss in not telling you that my mom told me that trick years ago – only she had to use those NON-STICKY-BACKED ones from the sixties.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:29:33 +0000

Another option for people who are going reusable, men’s white handkerchiefs, folded in quarters.

By: JennyMooMeow

JennyMooMeow — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:54:24 +0000

I’ve done this. I had gone for months with the bulky, regular kind and had no leaks. So I thought one day that I was done with inadvertent leaks so I went without. And TA DA! Surprise! I sprung a leak and all I had with me at work in my desk were 2 tampons and a panty liner. SNIP. SLIP. SAFE.

By: liz

liz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:26:24 +0000

You are definitely brilliant.

Tho I really really liked the flannel pads I got, soooo warm and toasty. (machine washed ‘em in the lingerie bag with my bras)

By: ella

ella — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:52:52 +0000

I’ll have to rememeber that.

By: ladybughugs

ladybughugs — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:56:41 +0000

I used panty liners in my daughter’s underwear when she was potty training. It didn’t catch everything, but the mess was less than going without.

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:05:17 +0000

I soooo did the panty liners in the bra with #1 – brilliant (except for all the cancer-causing chemicals that I must have fed him. Oops!) I also had CUH-RAZY over supply in the beginning and for overnights, when the nursing pads didn’t even come close to doing the trick, I have shoved the following into my bra: 1) extra absorbant, super-duper maxi pads, 2) baby face cloths folded into 4s, 3) adult face cloths folded into 4s, 4) a newborn diaper in each side. And STILL subjected my husband to sleepng in a wet puddle of milk for at least a month. I really hope it happens again, though, with #2 and I don’t have the Opposite Amalah Effect.

By: EdenSky

EdenSky — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:08:58 +0000

P.S. to add to my earlier message of doom and gloom…The super absorbant chemicals that allow pads and panty liners to be so nice and slim?…If you breathe them in they cause respiratory diseases like asthma and lots of other unpleasantness. Possibly not a huge concern when they’re rubbing against your naughty bits, but again, you want to keep it away from your baby’s mouth.

By: EdenSky

EdenSky — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:00:43 +0000

OK, I don’t want to rain on anyones parade, and I applaud your creativity, but the thing is:

“Most pads and pantyliners use absorbent fibers that have been bleached with chlorine, creating dangerous toxins, like dioxin. Studies have shown a direct link between dioxin exposure and cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders”

I’m not making this up. Call me crazy and paranoid, but this doesn’t seem like something I want contaminating my milk. At the very least, make sure you wash the cancer causing nastiness off of your boobs before inserting them in your baby’s mouth please? I know I’m coming off all crunchy here, but I’d give the cotton washable kind another try.
-signed, Interfering, unsolicited advice giver.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:07:35 +0000

Anything damp next to a chafed boob is hell. I went straight for the Lily Padz with my second. It’s like a removable blister band-aid for your boob that somehow keeps the milk in. Aaaahhhh. Not cheap, but reusable for months. And totally worth the initial $20 investment. At least for this mama…