It’s been three months since Macks was born which means it’s been three months of having two little ones in diapers.
Ideally I would have loved for Avery to have been potty trained by now. I really wanted her to be out of diapers before Macks came, but she’s just not ready yet. She’s giving us plenty of signals, but she’s just not excited to pull the trigger. I don’t want to force her into something she’s not ready to tackle just yet.
So that means that I’ll continue to change diapers around the clock (at least it seems to be 24/7.) With all of these diapers I’ve been changing, I feel like I am constantly going out our apartment door to throw them down the trash chute. Up until a couple of weeks ago we didn’t have any special trash can for diapers, so we’d just walk out the door after each change and throw it away. It didn’t seem like a big deal when we only had Avery in diapers, but now with both kids in diapers (and Macks needing to be changed every couple of hours) it’s becoming a lot.
A couple of weeks ago Playtex sent me their Diaper Genie Elite with Carbon. Let me tell you that it has been a lifesaver. It’s even encouraged the girls to throw the diapers away, which is an added plus.
The Diaper Genie Elite with Carbon not only eliminates my need to step outside to throw the diaper away, but it keeps the odor of the diaper inside of the pail. I’ve used other pails before that would trap the smell in, but every time I’d open it to put another diaper in, I’d get a big whiff of the dirty diaper smell. It’s not pleasant. With the Diaper Genie Elite with Carbon it has a carbon filter that attaches to the top of the lid that helps trap in the dirty diaper smell. In addition to the carbon filter, the Diaper Genie Elite with Carbon has a double-lock design seals away odors each time you drop in a dirty diaper.
The Diaper Genie refills can hold up to 270 dirty diapers. I found myself taking out the dirty diapers every couple of days and wouldn’t let it completely fill up to that much, but it’s nice knowing that it can. The refills are easy to place in the Diaper Genie and can be done within a couple of minutes (probably even less than it takes me to change the trash bag out of our trash can in the kitchen.)
I was also sent the Nursery Fresh refills for the Diaper Genie Elite to test out becuase they market that they work with the Diaper Genie and hold more diapers and are less expensive than the Diaper Genie refills. While they might look the same at first glance, they definitely didn’t fit the same as the Diaper Genie Refills.
With the Nursery Fresh refills, the bag was coming out of the top of the refill and when I tried to put it into the Diaper Genie it wouldn’t fit securely. I pushed it down as much as I could, but it just wouldn’t go in properly.
Then I tried to shut the lid of the Diaper Genie and it wouldn’t close properly leaving a chance for the dirty diaper odor to come out. I ended up taking it out and using the Diaper Genie refills which fit the Diaper Genie properly allowing the lid to shut completely.
I originally didn’t think of the refills as a big deal, but the second you walk into a room and smell dirty diapers, you will want to purchase the refills that are supposed to be used with the Diaper Genie. There’s no price you can put on the smell of fresh air.
Great news that benefits both mama and baby! When you buy any three Diaper Genie refills in one transaction from now through July 31, 2014 you will receive a $25 eGift Card from Spafinder Wellness. See the photo below for more info!
{Disclosure: I am working with Playtex as a proud member of the Playtex Baby Mom Trust program, a virtual network where moms can find common ground and support each other through sharing stories, tips, product reviews, insights and unique experiences of motherhood. As always, all opinions are my own.}
