https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:42:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2579188 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:20:59 +0000 SweetiePie 2579188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @ShootingStar. A swim diaper is really only necessary if they are submerged for a length of time, like in a pool. On the beach I just leave him in his regular diaper since he's really just playing in sand or splashing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2579166 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:59:41 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 2579166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Disposable loose over the swim diaper for car ride or chux pad. Reusable swim diaper in the pool/at the beach and while playing. Don't care about the pee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2579005 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:27:04 +0000 PinkElephant 2579005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Disposable over the swim diaper (for car rides, out of the pool playtime, etc.) is a good idea.</p> <p>At the beach I don't worry too much (unless I'm expecting a poop) and either use a swim diaper as a precaution, or nothing if she's just recently pooped - DD2 is pretty good about telling us what she's going to do before it happens now that she's a bit older....when the girls were younger, if they'd already pooped, I used a reusable swim diaper - I feel like those contain small amounts of pee better than the disposable swim diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2578996 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:18:36 +0000 magnoliamama42 2578996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: We actually do what @MrsKoala said, but your idea of putting a disposable on top of a swim has me thinking. We have access to two pools, and both require a short ride in the car. Not having to take off a diaper and put on a new one would be convenient! (Plus I don't love that I have to get her naked right when we get to the pool.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2578989 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:14:07 +0000 BSB 2578989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!</p> <p>We will be going to the beach for a few days then staying at a relatives house that has a pool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2578986 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:12:26 +0000 MrsKoala 2578986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just use a regular diaper until it is time to actually go in the water and then change him into the swim diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2578982 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:07:24 +0000 ShootingStar 2578982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just used regular diapers when DS was really little, especially for the beach. In a pool it's one thing - they're constantly submersed and you have to be really careful they don't contaminate the water with poop. Hence the need for the swim diaper. But at the beach we usually had more splashing and playing in really shallow water, and more in and out of the water. The diaper would balloon up and we'd just change it after a while. When he was really young I didn't really want him peeing all over the place, which was way more likely than a poop anyways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/swim-diapers-what-do-you-do-when-they-are-not-in-water#post-2578980 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:03:28 +0000 BSB 2578980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you put a disposable on top of the swim diaper? Do you change in and out of a swim diaper? Do you sit them on a towel in case they pee? Do you sit close to the water (beach) so you can take them quickly into the ocean? </p> <p>Going to the beach next week and wondering how this will work. </p>