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Re:How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from Ame... by db48x on Sunday March 08, 2026 @10:27AM (#47297618)
I’m no expert, but I suspect that going from disposable diapers to cloth diapers would not be quite that bad.
Re:How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from Ame... by throwaway173738 on Sunday March 08, 2026 @10:44AM (#47297752)
No, but if you have a kid with no support system you’re going to find it really hard to add just a few more hours per week to clean diapers out every other day on top of everything else. If it was easy for you congratulations you had an easy one.
Re:How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from Ame... by UncleMeat on Sunday March 08, 2026 @11:02AM (#47297884)
Babies are incredibly difficult even in the best case. Sleep deprivation is intense. Breastfeeding is difficult. Adding in small additional difficulties adds up. "This is a bit more difficult" becomes a huge mess when you are on three hours of sleep and there are 10 different "this is a bit more difficult" things that people are suggesting to you.

Add this on top of any sort of complex baby (illness, allergies, colic, slow weight gain, etc) and suddenly the slightly less complex disposable diaper becomes a godsend just to save a few minutes or a bit of mental load.

Re:How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from Ame... by basket_horse on Sunday March 08, 2026 @11:34AM (#47298160)
Couldn’t agree more. This entire comment section reads as a bunch of 20 year olds with no kids talking about parenting.
Re:How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from Ame... by bombcar on Sunday March 08, 2026 @07:05PM (#47302583)
Babies are incredibly difficult even in the best case. Sleep deprivation is intense. Breastfeeding is difficult. Adding in small additional difficulties adds up. "This is a bit more difficult" becomes a huge mess when you are on three hours of sleep and there are 10 different "this is a bit more difficult" things that people are suggesting to you.

Add this on top of any sort of complex baby (illness, allergies, colic, slow weight gain, etc) and suddenly the slightly less complex door dashing a warm bottle of formula becomes a godsend just to save a few minutes or a bit of mental load.

Anything can become normalized.

Re:How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from Ame... by UncleMeat on Sunday March 08, 2026 @08:11PM (#47303144)
I don't judge people who order out all the time or pay for a night nanny or do any of a million things that make life easier with an infant. Infants are fucking hard.