Every once in a while, since I began using special overnight diapers for Celaya, she will leak through the diaper overnight and her pajamas get a little bit wet. On even rarer occasions, her sheet gets wet as well, and I have to change it.
Because I was certain that this was not right, I went in search of a better overnight diaper.
I was originally using Huggies brand, because this is the same diaper she wears during the day, and like I said, she only leaked through them once in a great while.
So, I happened to be in CVS and saw Pampers "Guaranteed Night Lock" diaper.
Great! I thought. I can't go wrong with "Guaranteed Night Lock."
The first night, nothing. Completely dry on the outside. This was it. I had found a winner. I was so happy, I opened the entire package, unloaded the diapers and stacked them neatly on my nightstand, where we get Celaya ready for bed at night.
The next three nights in a row Celaya soaked through the diapers, once so bad that I had to change the sheet and the thick blanket I have beneath it in her crib.
Well, whatever, I thought to myself. The diapers are cute and they fit her well, so I'll just use them during the day and head out in search of another brand.
Next came a trip to Target with my mom, where I found Luvs brand overnight diaper. "Absolutely no leaking. 12 hour guaranteed or your money back."
Yes! I reasoned, if they are offering to give your money back, they must be serious about this overnight diaper. I bought them, opened them, and stacked them up in their new happy home.
The first night in the diaper she leaked through the diaper, through her pajamas, all up the front of her body and the back, through the sheet and the blanket underneath.
Not cool.
Why was this so hard?
This whole weeks-long saga got me thinking about how I never really shop around for things. Once I like something, I stick with it. When I find something I really like, I buy it and move on. Carlos is always on me to shop around, check out my options, don't commit right away. My argument has always been that if I know what I like and it works for me, why should I spend time, energy, and inclination that I do not possess looking around, getting frustrated, and ultimately ending up disappointed?
But, hey, I wanted my baby dry, and for once, I was willing to try shopping around.
That's when I started thinking about something else: only for my baby. I would not shop around for new toilet paper, even though Carlos and Teno begged me to, even though our butts were rubbed raw by Trader Joe's brand. I refuse to change soap brands, even though Carlos is right, we use way more of the Pure and Clear than we ever did of the chemical filled version. I still haven't even bothered to shop around for a different cable/satellite provider, ditto for the cell phone, even though we would probably end up saving quite a bit of money.
I do not do these things because I am a famous prioritizer and those tasks/changes simply fall too far down on the list to even merit mention.
But for my baby, for her sweet little body bundled up warm and dry at night, I will trek out to store after store, week after week, in search of the perfect overnight diaper.
Being a mother has changed me on levels I am still recognizing on a daily basis, in roundabout ways.
Although I am definitely keeping a backup stock of the Huggies overnights from now on.
Just in case.
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