Do you have kids? If so, are you planning on stocking up on diapers? (You might want to...)
Yes, we all heard about the possible bacon shortage, which appears to have since been discredited... However, this story about a looming diaper shortage is one you might want to take a moment and think about if you have kids in their diaper-wearing years...
A plant in Japan that makes about 20% of the world's super-absorbent polymers [SAP] (the stuff that makes diapers work) exploded twice on Saturday. The damage is expected to drive up the cost of acrylic acid (a key ingredient) around the world. To make matters worse, the remaining plants around the world that make SAP resins are already operating at full production scale, making it a challenge to increase their output to compensate for the damaged plant, resulting in possible shortages of SAP, which could in turn lead to a worldwide shortage of diapers...
Here is the newswire: http://reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE88T01Y20120930
Of course, if you use cloth diapers, you have nothing to worry about!
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This is another reason I am happy I am starting to potty train my daughter.
Another reason to stick with cloth diapers. (Besides environmental issues)
@olperfesser: old school!
I agree. If diapers really go up in price, just make the switch to cloth diapers. They're actually cheaper over time, and are just as effective and sanitary.
Man...first hard drives and now diapers! Techie dad can't catch a break!
@funkadelic78: This is why you should be happy you have a daughter. A boy's fight with his elimination takes years, both in terms of time to completion and what it takes from your life.
We'll be okay. Both kiddos are potty trained now. That is unless something unplanned happens.....which it better not.
Wake me when there's a kitty litter shortage.
Signed,
Lonely Childless Cat Woman
Got one coming in Jan. Might go ahead and grab some now just to be safe.
If you HAVE to use disposable diapers, sign up for the Amazon Parent program and have the diapers delivered free with a discount. Just make sure you are paying attention to the size you are ordering and not keep re-ordering/auto-order a size that ends up too small.
Cloth diapers are great, BUT, if you are in a community where there is a water shortage, doing extra laundry and using up more water does not go over very well. If you have a child that has a reaction to disposable diapers (not uncommon), then you have no choice but to go cloth. Make the choice based on your lifestyle, environmental beliefs and your child.
Diaper factory explosion. Such a great combination of words.
Please don't "stock up" when you don't need them. That will only exacerbate the alleged shortage.
Wow, now there's something I never really thought about.
I think I would get a vasectomy tomorrow if I found out that I would have to deal with clothe diapers if and when I have children.
@bsmith1: Diaper crisis exacerbater. Hahaha so many good combinations of words starting with diaper!
Luckily my daughter is in college, so I don't have to worry. However, it wouldn't have been that big a deal if she was still in diapers. I used cloth and made diapers both on her. She was potty trained at 11 1/2 months, started at 6 months when she started crawling. She was allergic to her urine and unable to keep a diaper on. I changed her every 30 minutes whether she needed it or not. The rashes were horrible if I did not. It didn't matter if she wore cloth or plastic diapers, the same problem persisted.
Yup. And thankfully the last of three is only using them at nap/night right now. And soon no more! Then what will I spend all the money on I used to spend on diapers?
@jeeperwoot: Oh - don't worry. You'll find something... ;-)
just finished potty training last month on the 3rd kid. Of the last 8 years, 7 years were spent changing diapers... WOOT!
@bsmith1: I got a kid on the way and I'm buying when the buying's cheap.
Well, now I know why the lady at Target had a cart full of diapers. I bet she cleaned the shelf of them.
I was there returning the tainted peanut butter I had bought. We hadn't used it yet, but why take chances.
Fortunately my 15yo is potty trained. He has targeting issues, but that's a man thing and he swamps out his own bathroom...
"And I thought I was worried about the things that explode (puts on sunglasses) in the diapers."
YEEAAAAAAAHHH
Depends....
Well, for kids you can easily use cloth diapers if you're stuck switching.
What about the elderly? To my knowledge, they don't have a cloth option for incontinence protection.
@thumperchick: No cloth option for the elderly. Adult urine is a different and could actually be a biohazard due to disease/illness. Also, the ingredients for adult diapers are a little different and not recommended for infants. Infants delicate skin requires very specific ingredients to not react (at least not too badly to urine -- hence the DryMaxx nightmare Pampers had to deal with -- DryMaxx was a chemical combo in diapers that absorbed beautifully in the lab and in test product with "average babies" But when certain pH of urine came into contact with it, it created a very acidic substance that left infants and toddlers with chemical burns).
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