Question of the Week for Sisters of Diaper Boys

The Sister's Question of the Week for February 25, 2007:

How often does your brother stink because of his diapers?
(Check only one.)

Intended participants for this question: All girls with at least one brother past the age of four who wears diapers around the house.

All the time

Much of the time

Some of the time

Not very often

Never

How strong would you say his pee odors are at their worst?
(Check only one.)

Very strong

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Not detectable

How strong would you say his poop odors are at their worst?
(Check only one.)

Very strong

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Not detectable

When you can smell your brother's dirty diapers do you acknowledge it?
(Check only one.)

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Has your brother's diaper odors ever caused you to do any of the following?
(Check all that apply.)

Dry heaves/gag

Vomit

Leave the room

Make him leave the room

Refuse to do a diaper change

How tolerant are you of your brother's diaper odors?
(Check only one.)

Very tolerant

Moderately tolerant

Not very tolerant

Not tolerant at all

How do you mask your brother's diaper odors when you change his diapers?
(Check only one.)

Hold my breath

Use a clothespin on my nose

Put my shirt over my nose

Turn away when I need to breathe

Use a mask

How do you reduce your brother's diaper odors during a diaper change?
(Check only one.)

Keep the room ventilated

Use a fan

Use air freshener

In which places has your brother's diaper odors caused you discomfort or embarrassment?
(Check all that apply.)

Home (friends visiting)

Home (relatives visiting)

While in the car (windows up)

While in the car (windows down)

While in a store

While in a movie theater

While in some other public place

While on public transportation (bus, taxi)

While in flight

While in school

On the school bus

At the bus stop

While at someone else's house

In which ways do you or others reduce your brother's diaper odors around the house?
(Check all that apply.)

Make his diaper changes more frequent

Make his diapers thicker (though he can still wear pants)

Make his diapers thicker (forces him to be pantsless)

Check his diapers more often

Keep his dirty/used diapers in certain areas

Limit his diaper changes to certain rooms

Use a Diaper Genie

Wash diapers as soon as possible

Have him wear pants over his diapers

Keep him pantsless so his diapers can be checked more easily

Which odors are more dominant from your brother's diapers?
(Check only one.)

All pee

Mostly pee, some poop

Equal mix of pee and poop

Mostly poop, some pee

All poop

How does your brother usually smell? When he stinks, does he smell more of poop or pee?

Describe the time when your brother's pee odors were at their worst. Where were you and him at the time and what caused the extra foul odor? What kinds of diapers was he wearing and was he pantsless?

Describe the time when your brother's poop odors were at their worst. Where were you and him at the time and what caused the extra foul odor? What kinds of diapers was he wearing and was he pantsless?

Describe the times when your brother's diaper odors made you sick or made you want to leave the room, or made him leave the room:

In which ways do you acknolwedge your brother's diaper odors? What do you say to him and how does he react? What do you say to others and how do they react?

Describe the methods you use to reduce your brother's diaper odors when you change his diapers and how you protect yourself from ingesting his diaper odors. Which methods work the best and which methods don't work very well?

Describe the times when your brother's diaper odors caused you embarrassment. What were the circumstances and what led to you being embarrassed? How do you prevent embarrassment (i.e. leave your brother pantsless so others will see that he, not you, is the source of the odors)?

Have you built up a tolerance to your brother's diaper odors over the years? What was it like at first and what is it like now?

Where are your brother's dirty/used diapers stored/disposed of? What other methods are used to reduce your brother's diaper odors around the house?

Describe how your brother's diaper odors amuse you and others? In what ways do you and others find the odors to be disgusting? What is more amusing, odors or seeing your brother in diapers and pantsless?

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