Why do diapers have such high backing?

Why do diapers have such high backing?

Also what does it mean when someone says a diaper is "loaded"?

High backed diapers provide better, or improved leak protection, especially when the wearer lays down.

A loaded diaper refers to, when the diaper has been poohed in. Or, it can also mean, fill to capacity with pee.

There's a restaurant I go to that offers a baked potato that comes cut down the middle with butter, cheese, sour cream, bacon bits and a few other things packed in / on it. On the menu this is called a LOADED BAKED POTATO. You can guess what I think of every time I see this. LOL.

Loaded=filled lol

As to the high back....they should be higher? I never fell like they are covering my bum cleft all the way (and most the time they are not...and yes they are the right size...). The back is also major area for leaking or worse when you are asleep.

The above poster is exactly right. Diapers are so high in the back because people who really need them wear them to bed and when laying down on your back the urine stands a good chance of coming out the top of the back of the diaper and soiling your bed sheets. And believe it or not, most people try to avoid that.

Mashie