Cloth diapers?
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Cloth diapers?
| Thu, 11-03-2011 - 10:42pm |
Does anyone plan to use cloth diapers? For those with kids, have you used cloth previously? This will be my first baby, and I like the idea of cloth, but I'm not sure how realistic I'm being. I really hate the idea of all those diapers in landfills, but it seems alot more convenient for some situations. If you have used cloth before, opinions (and what type did you use)? Thanks for any help!
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I find it depends a lot on your baby. Some babies are slim and x brand works better than y brand, or vice versa. It's awesome if you can find a cloth diapering store in your area to look at all the products. That was never an option for me when I was pregnant with DS1 so I went with the most highly recommended product and haven't been sorry. I love Bum Genius, but it got me addicted to where I branch out now.
I believe they are very easy to transition to in your day to day life. The only time we use disposables are when we travel to family's houses. Not everyone is comfortable with the idea of you washing diapers in their washers. It saves you a lot of money, and in my experience helps protect against rashes that some babies with sensitive skin get from the chemicals in diapers.
There was a WAHM in my area who would rent cloth diapers for people to try them out before buying. Maybe you could see if there is a service like that in your area.
we WERE cloth diapering but currently are not because our condo has a tiny tiny single sized person washer and dryer and I would have to do 2 loads of CD's per day (I have 2 kids in dipes) bc it fits so few in it and as it is, my washer is running all the freakint ime just to keep up with our regular laundry. We are suppose to move towards the end of this pregnancy so I am PRAYING we go somewhere with a normal size washer + dryer because we have the cloth dipes just sitting around waiting to be used again and I hate the sposies. So, for us... hopefully we will be back in cloth around the time this baby is due. *fingers crossed*
oh, and we have a mix of types. We have the bumgenius One size, which are VERY easy to learn with. I loved them when I had DD1. Now I also have some prefolds with covers, which have a bit more of a learning curve but are cool bc you dont need to change the cover everytime, just the liner, when they just pee some.
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oh, and if I were just deciding to try now or needed to invest again into dipes- I would get the bum genius One Size with snaps! The snaps lasts so much longer than the velcro but the beauty of BG one size dipes- you never need new dipes again! You buy them once... and youa re done... because they grow with the baby. They have different size settings. The only thing you may have to one day invest in is some more absorbant liners for it once they become toddlers but that's not a biggie and you have time. But they are so easy to learn with.
http://mommakesmilk.com
I have never used cloth but I am planning on it for this baby. So far I have 2doz med prefolds (expecting a larger baby so these should fit ok fairly quickly), 2 fitteds, and a few random covers. I am planning on getting some pockets and maybe and AIO or 2 after I find out the sex of the baby. It is amazing how much is out there for cloth. I am trying to get my mom understand it isn't the same as it was 30years ago lol