Why You Want Your Toddler To Wear A Swim Diaper Under Their Favorite Swimsuit Posted by Lauren Petrullo on July 05, 2021
Swimming is one of the most popular fun activities for babies and kids but the fun does not just stop there, think about the cute outfits that those kids are wearing. Lovely!
In most cases, babies and kids below three or four years of age are required to wear a swim diaper when swimming or playing in a public pool. Even if your kids are potty trained, it might be best to keep them in a swim diaper for a while to avoid accidents.
Public swimming facilities require that babies and kids must use swimming diapers due to the following purpose:
Prevent poop in the water
If poop is in the pool, the facility must close down in order for them to drain and clean it. You don't want to be that parent who did not put on a swim diaper and caused the whole evacuation due to contamination.
Toddlers are not exempt from swim diapers. They still need to wear one especially when they are anywhere near the pool.
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Babies cannot wear the regular diapers in the pool because they are not designed to be used in the water. It will not keep the poop in place and since regular diapers absorb fluid, it will likely fall apart once it reaches its water holding capacity. The same goes for cloth diapers that can soak up water and become saggy.
But for swim diapers, the non-absorbency is a great factor when swimming in the pool. It is designed to hold poop but not any form of liquid so you will not have to worry about a saggy bottom.
Now, the fun part is that you can still wear your baby's cute swimsuit over a swim diaper. We like our swim diapers at Beau and Belle Littles because of the many designs that you can choose from including solid color prints.
Aside from its cute and colorful designs, swim diapers are designed for water activities. It does not have that bumpy bottom that makes your baby look like a bee running around. Its outer fabric material is made from 100% PUL polyester while the internal is made of polyester mesh for easy washing and cleaning. These swim diapers are also reusable and adjustable with their snaps around the waist, legs, and front for height offering three different sizes of width and length.
Its functionality and design are some of the many reasons why most parents prefer using this over other types of diapers. One factor that makes this a great choice is that you can save money in the long run, too. Choosing reusable swim diapers is the most practical option especially if you have a big family. Swim diapers are easy to use, easy to carry, and easy to dry.
Allow your babies to have the best pool activities every time you hang out in the pool giving them the freedom to look awesome and cool, too. Swim diapers are great under any swimwear, swim suit, or when paired with
rash guards
for a complete look. Check out our wide selection of swim diapers , swimsuits, and
wet bags
at Beau and Belle Littles.
Baby
Dear Amy,
Can I be you when I grow up? No? Shoot. Well, then maybe you can help me with this other question instead.
My 10-month-old loves loves loves the bath. We are thankful for this, since we’ve had friends whose kids cried through every bath. Anyway, we decided that she might also like one of those Baby&Me swim classes. Finding one was pretty easy, so we’re getting her all signed up. She’s going with her dad, since I’ve never liked the water anyway, but we’re confused about a few things. First, I don’t understand the whole swim diaper and bathing suit thing. We use cloth diapers (prefolds with Thirsties covers mostly, plus a few pocket diapers for naps, etc.) I definitely would like to keep using cloth for the pool. Does a reusable swim diaper take the place of a bathing suit or does she wear a bathing suit over a swim diaper? Also, the mini-string-bikini-looking suits totally upset me, but is a wet baby in a one-piece bathing suit too hard to deal with?
Finally… my husband is a little nervous about (likely) being the only guy there with their baby. It’s not labeled a “mom” class, but he doesn’t want people to think he’s weird or creepy or anything. He’s really just an amazing dad who isn’t afraid of the water unlike his scaredy-cat wife (that’d be me.) What’s the story these days with dads doing baby classes – totally cute or weird intruders? I’d love to reassure him it’s the first, and that I’m not the only one who thinks so.
Thanks!
Non-Swimming Mom
Oh, thank you so much for the easy question. I actually read another one this morning that pretty much sent me back to bed, where I Googled social acceptability standards for drinking before 9 am. Turns out, not so much, so I put that question on hold for next week and went back into the queue for something less horrifically head-explodey.
So! Swim diapers! I’ve written a bit about cloth swim diapers before — we use Bummis Swimmis, and there was lots of love in the comment section for the Imse Vimse ones as well. As a reformed user of disposable swim diapers, I think cloth swim diapers are much, much easier and PERFECTLY suited for things like swim lessons. (Extended vacations away from proper laundry facilities, maybe not.)
I had multiple poop blow-outs and leaks with disposable swim diapers (they just lose sooo much of their elasticity once they get soaked), while the reusable cloth versions have real elastic that doesn’t budge and holds mess in. Cloth swim diapers are not designed to absorb liquids — either water or pee — but that’s really not that different from the disposables. The swim disposables are very lightly absorbent (so they’re thinner and trimmer than a regular disposable) and honestly only absorb the water. By the time your baby pees, the swim disposables are already at full capacity, so to speak. (And that’s why pool water is chlorinated and heavily treated.) (And don’t you really want to attend those swim lessons with your baby NOW?)
As for the swim diaper as swimsuit conundrum — it’s completely up to you. We did both in Jamaica, simply because we had adorable little swim trunks that I really wanted Ezra to wear. Because they were adorable. (And additional sun protection wasn’t a bad idea either.) But then again, the Bummis are also So Freaking Cute, and it was certainly easier to not deal with a second, clingingly-wet layer.
For a little girl, the cloth swim diapers are definitely trim enough to fit under a bathing suit, but obviously there’s no real NEED to keep her torso covered up, particularly in an indoor pool. And I totally prefer the diaper-only look to the creepy-as-hell triangle-top bikinis. I do not UNDERSTAND THEM. I am DISTURBED BY THEM. Or any of the suits that imply that a baby girl has boobs and needs to be covered. That’s like, the opposite of modesty.
But there are adorable bathing suits for little girls — painfully adorable, says the mother of two boys who is so so so sick of their limited clothing options. (I mean: Are. You. Kidding. Me. Gah.) Though I’ll leave it up to the commenters to weigh in on just how difficult they make post-swim diaper changes (I imagine quite a bit) and whether they’re worth it for a short little class.
Now, as for Dad going with Baby? Tell him not to give it a second thought. Every baby-related class I’ve ever attended has had at least one father in attendance, and honestly, it’s almost kind of annoying how everybody immediately assumes he’s the Greatest Father Ever just because he showed up to sit through 45 minutes of Gymbo the Clown. I’m mean, sure, maybe he is, but for the moms it’s viewed as practically obligatory. But a dad! How novel! How awesome! Way to go! Good for you!
I’m exaggerating (a little), but the point is your husband will more likely be viewed as the resident class rockstar — if he is indeed the only father there, which he very well may not be. You never really know. The class could be attended by all dads or moms or nannies or grandparents, or a mix of all of the above. He will not be viewed as “creepy” at all, I promise.