Disposable Diapers Made My Preemie Daughter Very Sick!

By HappyHeinys

Linda Byerline, Happy Heinys, Owner/Designer

At Happy Heinys, we know from our family’s experience just how important it is to protect the smallest and most vulnerable babies from the minute they are born. After experiencing first hand the stress, anguish, fear and finally the absolute happiness of the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) I admit that as happy as we were to finally bring our little baby girl home we were also terrified! She had “coded” several times while in the hospital, so the realistic fear of that happening at home was tremendous.

After she came home. we dealt with steroids, nebulizers, too many doctors, emergency hospital trips, and even more medications. This poor baby had taken more medication in her first three months of life than her older two brothers had taken in their combined six years!

New! Micro Mini Stages

As many other mothers have experienced, I was at the willing point to try anything at all to help save my daughter. There is nothing more
heart breaking then to watch a small child painfully struggle to breathe, with a fearful expression on her face .

How an E-Mail Message Saved and Changed Our Lives

Imagine my surprise the day that a simple email changed our lives!
A friend e-mailed me and simply said, “Why don’t you try cloth diapers, disposable diapers off-gas!” While I watch disposable diaper companies print their “scientific evidence” stating that disposable diapers are not harmful to babies. I LOOK AT MY LIVING HEALTHY PROOF THAT THEY ARE WRONG! After switching to cloth diapers, her need for medication and hospitalization dropped by 50%, as charted by her doctor, who was not non-proactive about cloth diapering.

New! Micro Mini Stage 1 - Perfect for NICUs

Thus began my desire to help to improve the health of as many babies as possible. Our biggest challenge has been in creating awareness in the NICU setting. However, as more parents are researching their diapering choices earlier in pregnancy they are learning that they have a diapering choice if their newborn has to be in the NICU. More and more parents now know that their child does not have to have toxic chemicals from disposable diapers near them.

New Micro Mini Stages Diapers Are Made for the Smallest Miracles

Happy Heinys is proud to present our brand new Happy Heiny Micro Mini Stages diapers, made especially for use in the NICU to diaper preemies in need. These reusable diapers are “little miracles,” a true all-in-one, so there is no guesswork for medical employees. No need to worry about them refusing to “take the extra time to use cloth diapers,” because they require no extra time! These minis feature a high-quality hook and loop closure that facilitate the easiest and healthiest way to make diaper changes.

Each Micro Mini Stages Diaper weighs the same amount, so if the nurse needs to measure the baby’s output she can do so the same exact way as she would with disposable diapers.

Since the layer closest to baby is made of our own super-soft micro
fleece, the only thing next to baby is softness, not paper. By using these cloth diapers, there is less chance of skin break-down, diaper rashes, and breathing problems, which in a NICU full of ventilated babies is a life and death issue.

Happy Heinys Micro Minis are available in 3 stages: Stage 1 for 1-3lbs; Stage 2 for 2-4lbs; Stage 3 is for 3-6 lbs. Each diaper has enough absorbency to match the needs of each weight range.

Let Your Expectant Friends Know Their Choices
It is our hope to eventually have Happy Heinys Micro Mini Stages available in every NICU around the world! Until then, they can be purchased through any of our retailers. A portion of all sales go to the March of Dimes, who without their support of medical advancements many of us would not have our precious preemies.