I can safely say that this HAS happened in our household. Why? Dave and I will have a rushed conversation, as we brush-teeth-eat-breakfast-throwput-kids-in-cars-kiss-goodbye, about who will buy nappies during the day because there are only one or two left. We have busy lives. HECTIC lives. Hell, which Jozi parent doesn’t run the constant rat-race? Anyhoo, we’ll get home and Mika will drop a little big brown grenade. We’ll head calmly into his room to change his bum and … *PANIC* … there are NO. NAPPIES. LEFT.
If TAKEALOT.com had been part of my daily vocabulary, we wouldn’t have had this problem. Oh no. I could have logged on, from the safety of my desk (have you been to Sandton City or Benmore at month-end? MADNESS!) and bought my Huggies® nappies online, having them delivered TO. MY. HOUSE. Plus, if my order was over R250 (with nappies, that amount isn’t too hard to reach!), delivery is free to ANYWHERE in South Africa! Nada! Mahala! Vir niks! Se-ri-AAAS!
Plus, I noticed that you can also spend your eBucks on TAKEALOT.com!
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- Order whatever you need, whenever you need it from the comfort of your own home (or in my case, office!)
- Delivery to your door – no need to get off the couch (or move away from your desk during your “lunch break”). All orders can be delivered to your door anywhere in South Africa and if the order is over R250 the delivery is free.
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And now for the fun part … the GIVEAWAY! Huggies and TAKEALOT.com have given me two R200 TAKEALOT.com online shopping vouchers to give to my readers. To enter, let me know in the comments section, your most embarrassing/funny nappy-related moment! Winner will be drawn and announced on Monday, 25 June.
My funniest nappy moment was when, in Country Road in Sandton City, Max’s nappy fell off and out his pants. He thought it was hilarious, and I had the hairiest half hour between shopping and getting to the car to put on a new nappy. What a bummer it would have been if there was an accident
LOL!!!
We went Ten Pin Bowling at Cresta with friends and the kids tagged along. We only realized mid game that we had forgotten to pack a nappy bag for Zoe and little Madam decided then and there to do her business. It was after 6 so both Game and Checkers were closed so it meant we would have to physically leave Cresta and go somewhere else to buy a pack of nappies. My friend who was on her second cocktail offered to track down another mom holding a nappy bag walking around the centre and kindly asked her if she could spare a few wet wipes and Nappy. She eventually came right with the 3rd mom because the previous 2 had newborns and their nappies would never have fitted Zoe. Thank heavens for brave friends and kind strangers!
as a new mum it was hectic when deciding which huggies to buy, at the hospital we used huggies, new baby so i thought i would use them and follow through. upon discharge i sent my husband to buy more of these ‘new baby’ nappies and i insisted to him the name was new age baby, not huggies new baby. he evn got the manager of baby city on the phone with me whilst im still on my maternity bed insisting that there are no such nappies as ‘new age baby’. embarassing then but oh so funny now
My little one had a runny tummy and we were off to town i probably put her nappy on roughly becos wen the ladies asked to c my little one i proudly lifted her out of her blankie and as i handed her over they said yhew! seems someone had an accident! Her clothing was messed so was my sleeve! i probably turned beet red with embarrassment!
My funny story was when i put my baby in the bath of nice warm water. I had everything on hand but nothing prepared me for what happened. She was playing so nicely when i see the soft poo messing up her water!!! EEEKKK so i pick her up in such a hurry, that made her start to cry, then i had my hands full not knowing what to do next. We came out alive but with this memory i will never forget
My daughter woke up this morning…nappy off and whith poo all over her bed, herself and the walls.. i cleaned her on when i started dressing her, realised we were out of nappies.. quickly took her to school, and there I borrowed a nappy from a mom.. oh dear what a mess and a disaster!
Funniest moment FOR SURE was watching my husband change his first dirty nappy! You should have seen his face…!
Being a mum can be real fun. Had a job interview when my 2nd baby girl (Aaliyah) was 6 months old. My 6 year old girl (Aatikah) went along with the nanny and baby. Gathered everyone into the so we could Aaliyah for her shots afterwards, Aatikah thought it was really funny so she put Aaliyah poo nappy in my handbag, sitting in the interview room I see noses crinkling and I too could get a sour milk smell, checked under my shoes, nothing. Only to open my handbag to find the nappy, well you can imagine the look on my face with the interviewees waiting for a reaction. I remained calm, apologiesed. I got the job for being able to handle stress. Lucky poo nappy
The most funniest moment with a nappy is when my son was just over a year old,I thought he was sleeping in his cot but when I walked into his room he had taken his nappy off and was finger painting his cot with his own poo!!!he was very proud of himself and it was a very messy mess to clean up!
My 11 month old sleeps in a camping cot her nappy bag hangs on the outside of the cot. so the other day little miss smartie pants decided to be smart and pulled the bag into the cot when i got to the room she had all the nappy’s in the cot kissing it and some got ripped apart but funniest of all she managed to take of her nappy and tried to put on her own i guess thats why she got angry and ripped it apart lol luckly i had an extra few nappy’s in her nappy bag because believe me it was a very messy phoo story she was so proud of herself she jumped up to show me the messy nappy and talking away while i just laughed and shook my head so cute when they learn but allot of cleaning work afterwards. Now her nappy’s hang far far away lol
Wow reading all these stories really makes me realise we definitely all have those moments. Those very crazy hair splitting, nail biting moments (which our angels are oblivious to). So needless to say I know the “no diaper” situation all too well. And try having to go through it with new born and toddler both in tow. Noah (2years) ran out of diapers and Sasha (newbie) had to accompany mom and Noah to shop to get some . So NO diapers left, last diaper filled to maximum and using the “air dry” method to the shop would not be an option, so off the 3 of us go to get diapers and what should have only been a run in and out doesn’t happen with 2 kids. Noah in the trolley, Sasha in the sling, me rushing to get to the diapers aisle, which always has to be the furthest aisle in the shop. Noah stands up to to reach for something and down trickles a waterfall onto the shop floor. Sigh the joys of parenthood
. Now to wipe up the floor with a few wetwipes under my foot, people staring and then off to get diapers. Needless to say all Noah remembers of the trip is the motorbike he saw on route to shop. Thank heavens 
Just got to love it.
Once when Miri was about 4 months old, I realised after a poo nappy that we had just one left. So off I went to buy more and left my husband to change the nappy. I come back to Miri with no nappy, but a toilet paper / dishtowel / sellotape creation instead. Turned out she had pooped yet again
Baby was happily bouncing in his Jolly Jumper and I had gone for a walk and left Dad babysitting. On my return I was told by a veery green looking dad that there was a stinky poo nappy for me to change. I nealy passed out as I gingerly removed our son from his Jolly Jumper and faced the mess that had been squished down his legs and up his back with every jolly little jump! Dad just didn’t think what the bouncing in the jumper would do!!!!
I was getting baby ready for bath…. I took of all his clothes and saw that he had just made number 2, I wiped him up and went to throw the dirty nappy in the bin and covered him with a towel; when I came back I saw that he had pee’d on the towel and bed sheet which I just put on the bed a few minutes ago!… so thinking that it was just a couple of drops so no need to change the sheet, I wiped it with the wet wipes and went to throw that in the bin; came back to see that there was more pee on the sheet and this time he had messed the pillows too!
We were living in a complex that had a sinkhole , so we had to move out of the complex immediately. At that time my 9 month old daughter was very clingy, so I could not do much with her stuck to my hip. So my friends came over to help us move, and because the house was literally hanging on threads, they rushed in, grabbed our belongings, and packed it onto a trailer. I was at our new townhouse with a few friends, awaiting the arrival of our belongings, when suddenly I felt something warm and wet on my lap. When I lifted my daughter off my lap, I realized that she had an “explosion” in her diaper which leaked out all over me..Of course we didn’t have any diapers nor clothes with us and so we had to “patiently” wait until our goods arrived. Oh Cr@p!
Mine was when we were in a taxi on our way home from the mall. My lg made a big poo and it was smelling the whole taxi and the people were busy saying “it smell like some sewage” i kept quiet like i didn`t know and couldn`t wait to get off! Mind you i had her huggies on her bag.
My most funniest/embarrasing moment was when we were out with friends at a restaurant and my daughter had a super full nappy! I pulled her out of her pram and put her up against my shoulder… Only to have her nappy OVERFLOWING! Yes her poo was running out the sides of her vest!!!! It was a mess. I had a few guests doing their best to control their gag reflexes while laughing so hard the tears were rolling! Even the waitress did a spin around in the opposite direction when she saw the mess! I had yellow poo ALL over my arm, my hands and she was soaked! What a nightmare! But one we will never forget! We still laugh about it today!
We were at our favourite restaurant and babygirl decided to do a REALLY BIG nr 2 of the sloppy-up-out-the-vest-at-the-back kind.I had enjoyed my white wine and was feeling sufficiently relaxed and so didn’t feel like the treck all the way to the changing rooms. There is a sitting/lounge area, so I plonked her down there, ripped open gross sloppy nappy and discovered…no babywipes in nappy bag. “n Boer maak n plan”, so I grabbed her spoegdoek ( an old towel ) and started the major clean up job. In my haste I had not noticed the 2 male guests at the table behind me ….their expressions were priceless…
This just happened recently, not the funniest (putting tape on nappy to stop toddler from ‘investigating’ and watching as she overcame) but my hubby bought nappies 2 sizes too small and we put it aside to take back to the shop but my daughter was feeling helpful so she opened them and tried to put one on! So we are giving away a pack of nappies minus 1:)
Funniest incedent ever – we had a friends baby over for the afternoon, she was maybe 6 months old at the time. Anyway she needed a nappy change and neither my mum sister or myself new how to use disposables (yes that was a good few years ago) so we put on the nappy and for some reason or the other her poop kept on falling out of her nappy LOL after a good couple of attempts her mum gets back to pick her up and we asked her what these nappies do – “they don’t seem very reliable” she looks and laugh – ” you guys are putting it on upside down” – LOL it kills me everytime I think of it – now I have a baby of my own and I can’t do without those unreliable nappies – lol
My twins were on their last nappie and a no name brand at that.the shop opp had no stock of their size so i bought no name brand until we got to a shoppin centre anyway we left home and ended up in canalwalk and it was mth end. The boys was a breeze but i needed to get nappies so i on our way to pnp i zipped into ackermans thinkin a few minutes wont matter . Boy was i wrong .i left hubby at the door and when i returned he was holding amir and pee was dripping down hes arm,pants and he was not impressed.i didnt know if i should laugh or what. We ended up buying the nappies and changing them both..lunch was on me that day Lol
I was at the shop and had a trolley full of groceries. My little girl was in the top section and toddler in tow. Next thing the little one is standing up in the trolley and weeing all over the groceries. Nobody noticed until my toddler pipes up, “mommy she is weeing all over the food.” Her nappy had slipped sideways and she was wearing a skirt. Very embarrassed as everyone was looking at me, then I still had to go unpack and pay for all my groceries that where well “watered”.
My daughter, first time mum, you would think is quite organised, but on one occasion, she unfortunately left her entire nappy bag at home. Only realised this once baby had to have a nappy change, we were visiting a friend, who has almost teenage children and wow, hey presto, she actually had like 3 nappies from her last baby, he is like almost 9 years old, amazing…
Another time, my daughter actually ran out of nappies completely, only thing she had in her home was sanitary towels, (luckily baby is a girl) well they worked, for a little while at least, better than nothing…
My embarrassing/funny nappy-related moment!
Well, I never thought my most embarrassing moment will caused by
potty training.
The other day I was busy looking for something in the plastic shop. Something just said “look behind you”
Oh my soul, there was my son standing pants on his feet, his nappy in his hand in front of the plastic potty chairs that are sold in the shop. As you can imagine, this mommy as red as a tomato.
All the people laughing and telling me his a clever boy. In a flash his pants was pulled up and we rushed out the shop. Never bought wat I was looking for.
Atleast he had a pretty Huggies Gold nappy on.
My story is quiet long…
I needed to have our decoder checked at multichoice so I brave it with baby in toe. Put him in the pram, get inside and seems like atleast 100 people standing around inside I decide to bite the bullet and wait so get my ticket number and manage to get a seat to sit down. Put the pram in front of me with daniel facing me and hes happy decided to give him a packet of flings all the while they calling numbers very slowly about 45min later, the people sitting next to me had been chatting to my son. Next thing I feel something wet on my foot.
I look down, and my eyes follow the dripping up, well it was like someone had turned on a tap,there was pooh running out of my sons pants all the way down collecting as a puddle in the pram… I almost died, and now I didnt want to leave my place I had been waiting for so long and I couldnt put him into his car seat straight away without changing his nappy and clothes so headed to find a place to change him. I ended up leaving the wipes in the car I used wet toilet paper, while cleaning him in a disabled toilet him having to standing as there was no changing station. I phoned my husband almost in tears and wanted him to come and rescue me…
I plucked up the courage and put the pram back in the car and still made it in my place as my ticket number hadnt been called shew!