A Nigerian mother has sparked widespread reactions on social media after revealing that she reuses her baby boy's disposable diapers by sun-drying them in a bid to save money.
The woman, identified as Chiamaka Maryjane, shared the practice in a Facebook post, explaining that she believes she spends too much on diapers because her son rarely passes stool.
According to her, the baby mostly urinates in the diapers, leaving them only partially soaked, which she feels makes throwing them away a waste of money.
She wrote:
"Wearing my baby boy diapers is a total waste of money.
"My baby boy hardly poo. But I still have to wear him diapers to keep him comfortable and dry when he urinates.
"Yet he keeps wasting diapers.
"His diapers are always half soaked.
"Disposing them is usually hard for me because I feel am wasting money on diapers always.
"Every day I dispose not less than 5 half soaked diapers.
"I think there should a kind of diaper specifically made for baby boys. This will reduce cost.
"So recently I started sun drying the used diapers and when it dries I turn the other side that was not soaked and I reuse it as the front part while the other part that was sun dried as the back part of diaper.
"This has really saved me a lot of money."
Her post has since gone viral, drawing mixed reactions from social media users. While some sympathised with the rising cost of baby care, many others expressed concern about the potential health and hygiene risks associated with reusing disposable diapers.
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