Everyone poops, babies more than most. I forget which nurse, lactation consultant, pediatrician, parent, friend, or random stranger on the street told us that some breastfed babies may poop with every feeding or up to every other day. I’m fairly sure my dear sweet Emily poops every time she sneezes, smiles, blinks, yawns, or grunts like she’s passing a stone (okay the grunting is kind of entertaining, even if a bit on the nose with what’s going on).

If you use disposable diapers, I imagine your thoughts on baby poop end when tossing the little present into the ever ravenous maw of the Diaper Genie and praying that this isn’t the one that breaks the miracle machine, unleashing smells no mortal was meant to smell.

If you’re cloth diapering, like us, I’m sure you’ve become intimately familiar with your child’s bio waste unloading procedures. I have to say that a diaper sprayer attached to a toilet is without a doubt the single greatest baby related item we have in our household. Forget the Sleep Sheep (sorry Linda) or the Mamma Roo (4Moms you need to get on making one of those for adults), this lowly sprayer hanging silently and dutifully off the side of our toilet is just short of getting written into our will.

Initially, I had planned on dusting off my DIY hat and jiggering one together myself. Please see my other post for that experience. That post coming next week.

We (well, I bought and Katie wasn’t present to stop me) picked up the Bum Genius Diaper Sprayer from a local cloth diaper store (Fluff Envy in Elgin IL). While I ended up paying full retail price, I’m happy it went to a local business rather than a large chain. This thing is amazing and sprays out Emily’s diapers like a fire hose. I actually have to be careful not turn the valve up too high, otherwise I could power wash all the walls in the bathroom in a flash.

Compared to washing diapers out in the sink, a sprayer is quicker, easier, and honestly, I seem to get a fair bit less poop on me. Also, as a monumental victory for men everywhere, Katie does not mind that the toilet seat tends to be left up, because she found it a hassle (yes, I said SHE found it a hassle) to lift the seat and spray the diapers…

KATIE SAYS: “I’m in there more often to spray a diaper than use the bathroom myself and that is the difference.”

I think she just does not want to admit men have been right for centuries, or as long as there have been lift up toilet seats. In related news, we’re on the same page for installing a wall urinal with some clips to hold a diaper, so we can spray and forget it. Let’s be honest if I had a urinal in the bathroom, I’d be happy to super glue the toilet seat down and never think about it again.

I should probably talk about the actual diaper sprayer, which I do RIGHT HERE! Which I’ll write up when I’m less tired