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diaper changing table

A diaper changing table is a special table that allows easy diaper changing of babies. A table of counter top height, baby changing tables are equipped with shelving to hold supplies such as diapers, rubber pants, pins, ointment, training pants, baby wash cloths, change pads, etc. Baby diaper changing tables are most often equipped with vinyl changing pads on top of them, and a safety strap to secure active babies in place while changing diapers.
The daycare where I worked had 2 diaper changing tables in the nursery room.

I laid the baby down on top of the diaper changing table before bedtime, to change his diapers.

I noticed that the top shelf of the baby diaper changing table had two neatly folded stacks of cloth diapers on it, along with several pairs of rubber pants and some diaper pins.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. November 2, 2006
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rubber diaper

Anyone familiar with cloth diapering has most likely heard the term "rubber diaper", or "rubber diapers" before. It's slang for rubber pants. Children are famous for calling rubber pants "rubber diapers", as one of my daughters did.
Mrs. Smith was in changing diapers on the baby and called out to Mrs. Jones to bring her in two diapers, and a rubber diaper.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 6, 2006
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diaper stacker

A soft plastic or cloth bag shaped nursery item equipped with a clothes hanger, used for storing babies diapers in. Diaper stackers are most often gingham in design and colour.
Two large diaper stackers were hung up inside the closet of the baby's room.

In our house I used two diaper stackers, one for cloth diapers, and the other for rubber pants.

The mother I used to babysit for kept all of her children's cloth diapers neatly folded, and in a yellow vinyl diaper stacker.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. December 11, 2006
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Diaper pants

Rubber pants, plastic pants, baby pants, waterproof pants, vinyl pants, nappy pants, or any other style of panties traditionally worn over top of a baby's diaper.

A diaper covering used over top of a baby's diaper, be it either a cloth diaper, or a disposable diaper, for the purpose of dress-up, or for waterproof protection.

Mrs Smith, our next door neighbour, uses cloth diapers, safety pins, and diaper pants on her children.

After pinning the baby's cloth diaper on, I pulled on a pair of diaper pants over top of the diaper.

During the diaper change, I opened up the top dresser drawer to get a clean pair of diaper pants out to put on the toddler.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 23, 2006
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Nappies

Nappies is another term that is used in many other countries to describe diapers. Nappies just like diapers, come in both disposable and cloth versions, and are used the exact same way as diapers are used here in Canada and the United States.
When naptime came, Mrs Smith put both the baby and toddler into their baby cots, and changed their nappies and rubber pants.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 23, 2006
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changie.

In our house a diaper change was a "changie". The process of changing a baby's diapers. The proceedure of removing a baby's diapers, be it rubber pants, cloth diapers, and pins, or a disposable diaper, and replacing the wet and soiled diapers with clean fresh ones.

Changie: A diaper change.
As I walked past the open door of the bathroom, a woman could be seen standing next to a baby changing table doing a changie.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. July 24, 2006
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Diaper rash

A rash found on a baby's bottom. The result of wet or dirty diapers being worn for extended periods of time, without being changed. Bulky or thickly padded diapers rubbing against a baby's tender bottom, inducing irritation, otherwise known as diaper rash. A red, sore, swollen, pimple like rash on a baby's bottom.
The baby's diaper rash was confined to the elasticized openings of the rubber pants.

Babies who wear cloth diapers suffer less occurances of diaper rash, compared to babies who wear disposable diapers.

Babies in the daycare centre sometimes got diaper rash from wearing rubber pants outside on a hot day.
by Lorraine Jorgenson. August 28, 2006
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