Before we get into the whos and hows of diaper pails, here’s the thing you need to know about babies. For all their cuteness, for all their preciousness and for all their wonderment, babies poop. And poop. And poop again some more. Everyday. A lot. A good diaper pail won’t let you forget this fact necessarily, but it also won’t remind you of it by emitting unpleasant odors. Which is the whole point, plain and simple. While the diaper pail serves as a place to throw away dirty diapers, its main function is to eliminate foul smells because of them. Some diaper pails may be “prettier” than others, some may have lids, some may twist to close, but the bottom line is, if you can walk into a baby’s nursery and smell nothing but the cutie-pie, sweetness cooing in the bouncy seat, the diaper pail is doing its job.