Changing a Baby's Diaper - The Odor of Yours Vs Others

For those of you that have to go through the regular changing of a baby's diaper, I am wondering if you experience the same thing that I do.  Please note that today's blog is more based on curiosity than on anything having to do with good parenting, but sometimes I just have to go there.

I have had several kids.  I'm used to changing diapers.  It's old hat by now.  I currently have two that are much older and one that is still a baby and because of that, goes through about 10 diapers a day.  (How such a small thing could be so constantly eliminating heaps of waste, I'll never know.) 

When I notice that my little guy needs a diaper change, it stinks.  That's usually the main sign that the child is dirty, right? I go to change the baby's diaper and there usually is a small little nugget, but it is packed with smell!  Here's the question though:  How come, when I go to change other people's babies, they seem to smell ten times worse?

I have a niece that I love very much.  Even so, when I'm getting her cleaned up and into a fresh diaper, it is totally putrid.  I love her.  I love my own kids.  Why do the others smell so bad?  Is there something about changing a baby's diaper -- a baby that doesn't come directly from you -- that makes it so intolerable?  (At one point, I was beginning to think that it was some weird kind of defense mechanism...)

Any ideas?

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Domestic Discipline Stories

I've been reading a lot of blogs and forums out there recently and, wow!  There are a lot of discussions going on in social media regarding what is the right method to discipline children. There are a lot of thought out there, but little in the way of personal domestic discipline stories. Spanking, time - outs, grounding, taking away privileges, only positive reinforcement -- Which is right and is it partially determined by what you, yourself, went through?

Did you experience mostly positive reinforcement?  Do you have your own corporal punishment stories from when you grew up?  Do you believe that you use old fashioned discipline, or are you trying to use newer ideas when it comes to disciplining kids?

Well, one thing is for certain when it comes to domestic discipline.  People generally have strong opinions one way or another.

My parents rarely spanked me or my brother.  And I can pretty much remember clearly the times that they did, and what I was spanked for.  I have some close friends that claim that they have never raised their voices at their children, and from what I've seen, I believe that.  And their kids are fantastic.  They're respectful, well - behaved, and articulate young adults.

So I'm asking my readers to share their domestic discipline stories... either situations they recall from their own childhood, or situations with their kids.  Come on.  Share.  Share the good, the bad, the ugly.  If you want, do it anonymously.  But I really think it'll be interesting to get some dialogue going on this.

To weigh in specifically on your preferred method of discipline, head over to my site and submit your comments. To do that, click here. Come visit my "parenting discipline" page for more on this topic.  Click here for information on toddler tantrums. 

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