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Can’t get behind these Santa diapers

Posted Sep 22, 2011 by Courtney Cairns Pastor

Updated Sep 22, 2011 at 02:17 PM

I just don’t know about these.

Huggies has a new line of “designer diapers” that just came out today if you want to start stocking up for the holidays. The press release pitches them as the “latest in diaper fashion,” a category I did not know existed until today. They’re little Santa pants, and – to be honest – I find them a bit creepy.

Maybe it’s the belt or the “fur” trim. Maybe thinking of Santa in his undies creeps me out. Maybe it’s my preference for keeping my kid in pants (or onesies, when he was younger). I think I must be the target audience, living in Florida, one of the few places that will be toasty enough for babies to run around pantsless in December. But it’s just not for me.

I’m not a fancy diaper person. Diapers, to me, serve a purpose and as long as they go on and off easily and don’t leak, I’m good. I never embraced the jeans diapers, either. One time I briefly lost my mind and picked up a pack of the Cynthia Rowley designer diapers at Target, and then I saw the price tag and put them right back down.

But, hey, if it’s your thing, you can get them now at Babies R Us, in stores and online. At $12.29 for 25 festive dipes (that’s 49 cents per change) or $41.99 for 140 Little Movers (30 cents per change), this Mama Grinch is going with the Plain Jane Huggies.

Babies R Us promises me that the Santa panties will help “spread holiday joy by making your little one the coolest and cutest around.” I think I’ll hold out and save my pennies for some really cute holiday jammies instead.