On days like today, when L threatens to establish a new world record for the number of diapers soiled in a 24-hour period, I am thankful for the Knot-It bags from a company called Prince Lionheart.

The product essentially is a portable bag dispenser. Inside, you drop a cylindrical refill that consists of one long plastic (and deodorizing) bag. For each dirty diaper, you knot the top end of the plastic, pull it through the top of the dispenser and use a tiny razor in the packaging to slice off a bag of just about any size. You then use the resulting catch-all to wrap up any mess.

Once poopy pants are secured in your new bag, you knot the top end, creating a little Tootsie Roll-like sack. The little purse is perfectly safe and sanitary to toss into everyday trash.

It also saves you mad dash to the Diaper Genie.

I admit, the Knot-It isn’t for everybody. Powergirl, for instance, hates the fact that once you slice off a bag, you need to knot another one—she thinks the bags should come pre-knotted to save her (and other Moms) the hassle. Online, I’ve seen haters say that the little plastic clip on the outside of the unit also gets caught on stuff (I just took my clips off).

Other parent friends have told me that they can’t get excited about the product because it reminds them too much of something they might use to clean up after their dogs (the implication here that dog poop is any different from human poop, which it really isn’t).

I see merit in both opinions, but as far as I’m concerned, anything that facilitates the process of eliminating poop is worth a try.