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Cake day: September 5th, 2023

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  • Pull the drawer completely out so it is free from the cabinet and empty it. Cut/pull the exposed staples. Clean it up. Dry fit it so it goes back together well and seats as flush as it used to. Titebond wood glue all connecting surfaces, both sides. Fit the drawer front back on the drawer body and set it either front face down on a table with a book or three on the top, or drawer back side down with books/weight on the top/drawer face. Let glue cure for 24 hours. That should honestly be enough unless it gets a lot of abuse. If that’s the case, some wood corner/shoe moulding glued into the inside left and right corners afterward should keep it intact. Wood glue is strong AF. Stronger than the wood that drawer is made from.




  • I would say maybe half survived from child to child. Usually the velcro would deteriorate and I would install snaps in that case. I do remember the waterproofing wetting out after a while, and IIRC there were restorative treatments. In terms of pocket vs one piece. Pockets were better in general, but especially superior prior to solid food.

    I honestly can’t remember the other brands we looked at. It was over 15 years ago when we were testing out the varieties. I just remember that we landed on the Bum Genius brand for build quality and fit.

    The pros were mostly on the pocket variety since I believe they were primarily snap-based and you can use a variety or multiple pads depending on the use, plus they tended to contain larger quantities of waste.

    The only cons I can think of are on the one piece or velcro varieties. The one piece do not (or did not at the time, anyway) contain runny poop as well. Honestly, they didn’t really have any edge over the pockets apart from being slightly more convenient.

    And yeah, you just use your washer/dryer. Dump off as much as you can in the toilet and toss it in the lined bin until you run a wash. Never had funky-smelling clothes, surprisingly. Though we did have a machine that had a silver ion process, so that may have helped a bit. Or not, I dunno. We didn’t use any hardcore/scented detergent either.