A big one for me was throwing out all my underwear and having a variety of pull-ups and diapers available so suit my mood. Ultimately I had no choice but pull-ups really made it easier to just think of them as underwear.
We've all had a few. The longer I wear full time the more "moments" I have but at the same time I'm far less embarrassed than I was a few years ago even through my wife loves to try and humiliate me
I'll start with a couple:
- was at Walmart and a lady was struggling to get a large box in her cart (some sort of furniture), so I bent down to help her and once in the cart she commented my "shirt had bunched up at the back".....Diaper was definitely sticking out.
- totally forgot the landlord as stopping by our apartment, he walks in and Ik standing there stunned in just my nightshirt and a very wet overnight diaper. The shirt covered most of it but he quickly excused himself and said he'd be back in an hour.
I will wear them around the house all day/night to see how well a new diaper works for me. If something happens- a leak, backing tears, tape pops off, or weeping on cloth backed disposables (Looking at you, Rearz Active Air!) - then I can change my diaper and take care of the problem right away.
For me it's not cold until it hits the 30s F. Perfect sweater weather season. I can wear thick absorbent plastic backed diapers and not get hot or heat rash. And it's easier to wear clothes that hide diaper bulk.
How do you "test" new diapers? Wet it till it leaks, timed testing?
I try to give new diapers a real world test, wearing them (more than one sample) for two days straight to test both day and night wear in my actual life.