Diaper Need
For babies, diapers are essential like food and shelter. Yet 1 in 3 families in the US don?t have enough diapers for their youngest children, with low-income families hit the hardest. ?Diaper need? is not being able to afford enough diapers to keep a child clean and dry.
Health risks of diaper need
Babies risk severe rash and infection when a parent leaves a dirty diaper on for too long, or dries out and reuses diapers. Babies can?t attend childcare or preschool unless families can maintain a ?stash? of extra diapers on hand.
When babies can?t go to childcare or preschool, a parent may be forced to give up a job and a paycheck to care for baby. It?s a vicious cycle that holds families back when trying to break out of poverty.
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Diapers make a difference Did you know:
Diapers can?t be purchased with WIC or food stamps
Diapers are classified with cigarettes, alcohol and pet food and excluded from public assistance
Diapers cost upwards of $80 month for most families but a $10 donation through the Healthy Mom&Baby Diaper Drive diapers a baby for a week through our partner, the non-profit National Diaper Bank Network
Nurses Diaper their Tiniest Patients
But there?s hope: For as long as families have struggled with diaper need, nurses have stood in the gap by providing extra resources for the families they serve.
Nurses teach parents how to change baby?s first diaper. And nurses regularly collect and give out diapers, wipes, clothes and car seats to their tiniest pa...
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