droolicious : diaper pails

First Week Home: 5 Essential Babble Bests

editors — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:04:00 GMT

I based most of my registry off our Babble Best lists – because I know how much time and effort our writers put into testing all those products, and Lord knows I didn’t have time to test all the available diaper pails myself. I highly recommend this strategy. Here are 6 Babble Bests that are getting lots of mileage in my house (as modeled by my son). — Gwynne Watkins

1. Eddie Bauer Complete Care Play Yard - from Babble Best Play Yards

It’s a changing table, bassinet and play area in one. The design is ingenious. And my baby is obsessed with the included mobile.

2. Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe Blankets - from Babble Best Swaddle Blankets

These Velcro-tabbed blankets make swaddling a cinch for the parents – and the baby actually stays wrapped all night.

3. Diaper Dekor - from Babble Best Diaper Pails

I was skeptical about the refill system (it doesn't take conventional garbage bags), but it's ridiculously easy to use and refills last weeks. Plus, the diaper smell is totally, miraculously contained.

4. My Brest Friend - from Babble Best Nursing Pillows

I love the Boppy for several reasons (we’ll get to that in the next post), but in the early days of learning to feed – when the baby was tiny and I was exhausted – the extra support from the My Brest Friend was a lifesaver.

5. Petunia Pickle Bottom Socks from Babble Best Infant Socks

Totally adorable socks (argyle!) that actually stay on the kid’s feet. Okay, fine, so they’re not essential, but when do you get another chance to buy something this cute?

14 Days of Nursery: Diaper Dekor Plus

Erin Behan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Not everything that happens in the nursery is all bubbles and beautiful smelling babies. Hence the importance of an attractive yet functional diaper disposal system. By far the most sleek and elegant is the Vipp, which we've reported on before, but it runs between $225 and $300, a high price to pay for luxurious diaper disposal. What's a modern diaper-disposing parent to do?

The Diaper Dekor Plus ($39.99 at Target) works as a viable alternative between the ubiquitous Diaper Genie and the high-priced Vipp (although, like the Genie, it loses points for requiring its own bags). Now, if only they sold something that automatically wiped stinky rear-ends.

Unload Dirty Diapers in Style with Vipp Bins

Aaron Burgess — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:02:00 GMT

Get the same level of waste disposal found in your pediatrician's office, or just a really cool-looking way to dispose of full diapers, with a trash can from Vipp. Available in sizes from 4 to 30 liters, Vipp's wastebaskets are handmade in the company's Danish factory, and each comes with a lifetime guarantee on all of its parts. You can remove the inner bin for easy cleaning, and the foot pedal ensures you won't need to touch anything but the item you're disposing. The wastebaskets' largely neutral colors (not counting the new, limited-edition Reykjavik Blue) and classic shapes allow them to blend quietly into most decors, but rest assured they'll also be one of the biggest conversation pieces in the room. Available for $225 and up from Amazon.com.