I'm sorry to all the parents who say "I usually put something on them, but..." In the comfort of your own house with no visitors, hell, let the little disease ridden offspring run around naked, voiding themselves the entire time like rabbits. But if you have even the most remote possability of exposing them to the rest of the civilized world, diaper AND clothe them.

It's not cute. It's not endearing. It's NASTY. I don't like it when people (besides Jodi) wander around outside in just their underwear! The sign says "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" because people usually have enough of a modicum of common sense that they don't need to have "No Pants" added to it! For those who would slyly play dumb and claim, "The sign doesn't SAY 'No Pants'...", then you should be taken into the street and shot. The same goes for most personal injury lawyers. (A splinter does NOT qualify as a "traumatic experience" that would entitle you to a "cash settlement". If you even think that way, then you should be escorted out of the gene pool; You're using MY oxygen.)

End rant.

I let my 21-month old son run around the house on a rare occasion wearing just a diaper and a t-shirt. Sometimes he wriggles away before I have a chance to put the rest of his clothes on and sometimes I just let him go that way, especially if I know that in the next hour, I'll be stripping him down to his birthday suit for a bath. For 90% of his waking day, however, he's always dressed properly, including socks and shoes when we're outside the home.

The frustrating dressing habits of parents for me includes sending them to daycare in PJs because the kids are still sleeping when they're dropped off in the morning. I had one parent actually dress her child the night before and then bring him in to daycare. Really frustrating and sad.

I agree, that kids should have something over the diaper. I used to babysit my niece every day for 10 hours a day (I'm 22..talk about NO LIFE) and I used to ALWAYS put clothes on the baby. I hated it when someone else changed her and didn't bother to put the pants back on. It just makes sense. If you wear pants, your kids should to dammit!

I love kids, but can only stand them for a little while. One persons idea of a perfect life can be vastly different from anothers. Maybe they love having a house full of kids, but they shouldn't try to put us down, just because we may not want them. I don't know if I could handle being a mom..at least not yet. Why bring a kid into the world, when I have not grown up yet? If you love the kids, great. Just don't put us down when we have chosen to take a different road.

I agree with Max.

Oh yeah! That's an idea! Let's focus SOLEY on the kid. After all, he/she's the centre of the fucking universe!

Nothing's too good for junior. Just look at him/her, aren't they so special? Isn't that cute? He/she's running around, wearing disposable paper covering, filled with shit. Couldn't you just hug him/her?

Well, here's a clue.... NO!

Before those parents among you start bleating on along the lines of, "You childless fascists just don't understand, and obviously hate children.", listen up. I have nothing against children. My beef isn't with the kids, it's with dumb parents who think we should all bow down and worship their bawling little smell machine.

You might think it's cute that junior is running around virtually naked, but like a fart, it's always cuter if it's your own. The rest of us are retching.

When my dog farts in front of people, no one coos and calls him cute. Comments are passed (in addition to the gas), but no-one's impressed. So why are we supposed to think it's different for rug rats?

I think the short answer is: Stop imposing your life choices on us.

If I've said it once, I've said it 14,673,928 times: Put. Some. Fucking. Pants. On. The. Kid.

Story, end of.

geesh jodi , cant the kids have some ventilation,aeration , air circulation going ?
It must be kinda stuffy in there. The only argument i can see against a kid in diapers is the chance for a piece of pooh slipping out onto someones hand.

Do your kid a favor and put some pants on him. It doesn't take that long. Laziness is no excuse. Either is being in a rush. Take the time and make the time.

My mother never let my brother, sister, and me run around like that, not even around the house, and this was back in the day before disposable diapers and all the other time-saving conveniences that are so readily available today.

There is no argument for this. Put some fucking pants on the kid. If you have time to put your own pants on, you have time to put his on. End of story.

My son is 2 and he goes without pants over diapers often. He isn't naked, that's for sure. I will bet that not one of you have a kid. When he dy comes that you do, you'll remember this part of the blog and think... "Now I see" TRUST ME. Sometims it is just faster to let him go without shorts. I do, however understand your point, and we usually have shorts on him in the store, unless I'm lazy or in a rush.
My husband agrees with y'all 100%.

My sister did that with her kid the other day at our house, and I wanted to go over to the baby bag and get some clothes for the kid. I absoultely hate when people do that! It looks like the kid doesn't have clothes or something.

My grandmother wears adult diapers, and she forgets to put on pants sometimes.

OK, kidz, let me steer this thing back on track, all right? The topic is Babies In Diapers Without Pants In Real Life.

Make a left turn back to where I started.

Or maybe they ran that damn Joe Boxer at KMart commercial to death and needed a quick sub.

Maybe they have run out of tampon commercials and needed to fill the space.

I...don't...think...we get that channel...

And when the hell did it become OK to have baby ass on TV. I really really get sick of the contant baby ass when flipping throught the tube.