“I saw them take the diaper off, dab the solid and put the diaper back on. I saw families re-using diapers,” said Goldblum. “When I started the diaper bank, I started as a social worker. Goldblum wasn’t at all surprised by the findings.

In addition to Goldblum, two of the study authors are also affiliated with the National Diaper Bank Network, which is partially sponsored by the diaper company Huggies. So we know there is an immediate connection between stress and child outcomes.' 'Parents can’t spend the time, for example, talking to their child, reading to their child, playing with their child, when they are focused on providing just their needs met. “We know that maternal stress and depression contributes to child development,' said Joanne Goldblum, who works for the National Diaper Bank Network, and is an author of the study. That stress can, in turn, impact their children. That's not only bad for the baby, it's also bad for mom, the study authors say. The researchers found 30% of the mothers surveyed reported experiencing some sort of emotional stress or depression over diapers. Re-using diapers and leaving them on too long can lead to more urinary tract infections and diaper rash. Eight percent of the women surveyed reported needing to stretch their diapers to make them last, meaning they're not changing diapers as often as they should.

Low-income moms face additional stress when it comes to providing diapers for their babies, new research shows.Ī study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics shows nearly 30% of women have some sort of diaper need for their children. 'Is my child eating enough?” “When will my child sleep through the night?” 'Should I be doing this differently?' For many new moms, the first few years of childhood are a sea of stress.

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