When Grace was born, we lived on the first floor of a garden style apartment complex. It was a one-bedroom apartment and taking the garbage out on a daily basis was not a big deal. We worked it into our daily schedule and our home was free of stinky diapers every night.
This time around, we thought about keeping the same diaper routine. However, we quickly realized that running out of the house with a newborn and a toddler is easier said than done. This week, we are partnering with Munchkin to share three steps on our diaper routine and how we manage to keep our home odor free by using their Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail by Munchkin.
Three steps to a diaper-stink free home
- Designate a changing station – This did not come easy to me. When we lived in a one bedroom apartment, we did not have a designated changing station and resulted to changing Grace all over the apartment (couch, living room, kitchen, patio, dining room etc.) We didn’t want to buy a changing table because we couldn’t afford another piece of furniture taking up the little space we had and we constantly had to make our evening rounds gathering diapers left behind after each diaper change. This time around, we designated a diaper station with a changing pad, wipes, diapers, diaper cream and our diaper pail allowing for more time cuddling a fresh smelling baby. Having a changing station allows for a quick diaper change and more time for cuddling with a cute baby.
- Schedule a bag change date- Some days the number of diapers vary. Having a set day (ex. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) to change the bag allows us to organize our daily chores as well as minimize the time used (aka stinky) diapers stay in the room.
- Pick a heavy duty diaper pail- One of my pet-peeves is having used diapers sit in my garbage for longer than a couple of hours at a time. When choosing a diaper pail, my first priority was that it came with a built in order blocking mechanism. The Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail by Munchkin is powered by odor eliminating baking soda that sprinkles in to the bag every time a diaper is inserted and the bag reseals itself so no odors are released when the lid is open. Win!
This post is sponsored by Munchkin. All opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make this blog possible.
I love that diaper pail. I’ll have to keep it in mind to recommend to my children when they start having babies. I love the idea of baking soda sprinkling into the bag.
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I think the baking soda idea is genius! It’s been working out great for us thus far.