Wondering Wednesday's Question of the Day:
Can you buy diapers in China?
During the packing process of coming to China, many concerned mothers asked me, "Can you buy diapers there?" Yes! Thankfully we can buy diapers in China. They are however, a little bit more expensive than they are in the states. I know, right? Diapers are already so expensive. And even though you can easily find brands like huggies and pampers, diaper technology doesn't seem to have caught up just yet - the quality isn't quite up to snuff, but they work just fine. The use of diapers is a newer option here and many people still choose to use "split pants"
Split pants, as you can probably imagine from the name, are pants that have a big opening, a split right down the seam.
The question that naturally follows is, "where do they go to the bathroom?" Older children (Bella size) will squat to use the bathroom on the side of the road, in the pond, or anywhere else that looks appealing.
With smaller babies, you will often see parents holding them over plants, trash cans, or on the street. Sometimes parents or grandparents will whistle to signal them to use the bathroom. After coming to China in college I wondered how on earth they
Its so cute and funny to see little babies all bundled up in their winter clothes with those bare buns hanging out! Its becoming more and more common to use diapers though, especially in the cities. Since many of the pants they sell in China have the split in them, its really common to see babies wearing split pants with diaper on.
I recently saw these adorable Elmo overalls on taobao (which is like a Chinese ebay).
I was so excited when they came. Although I was shocked to find that they were split pants!! I should have know or at least have thought to ask, but we brought all of her clothes from the states so the thought never crossed my mind.
Bella's first pair of split pants. That's a milestone, right?
2 comments:
I remember when E first came home she had a habit of just walking along and stopping to squat and then she would keep going. Clearly she was used to split pants and not diapers.
I remember when E first came home she had a habit of just walking along and stopping to squat and then she would keep going. Clearly she was used to split pants and not diapers.
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