Anyone else going to cloth diaper?

[emisi]

I went and bought my first three cloth diapers today. A little silly, since I got two AIOs (Grovia and Swaddlebees) and one Thirsties duo - the duo is the only one I'll probably be able to use on a newborn. I'm picking up a big stash of Fuzzibunz I bought from a coworker tomorrow. I suppose I should find some covers and prefolds for a newborn, too...

Anyone else CDing? My mother thinks I'm a little crazy, but I explained that it's a big initial outlay and savings over time, and she agreed with that assessment.

[imoan]

I hate Mother Earth... Disposable all the way!

[adlove]

I plan to, though I don't want to order any until the baby comes so I'll use disposables the first few weeks.

[emisi]

Dec 1, 2012 19:26:35 GMT -5 ruxin said:

We had planned to originally, but the daycare we picked only does disposables and it seems like a PITA to try and do both.

Bleh, I don't understand that. If you get pocketfolds or AIOs, how is it any harder than disposables? They're probably thinking prefolds and rubber pants, heh.

[Deleted]

Already am, will do it with the next, too.

G-diapers suck.

[alzi]

I'm not, but my friend loves the thirsties.

[adlove]

Token and greentea (and other CD users)- was there some trial and error involved when choosing diapers? How did you decide on a brand?

[Deleted]

I'm cheap. I decided to try what was cheap first and go from there. Turns out, cheap works just fine. Thus, my one-size stuff is all Kawaii and Alva pockets. My newborn stuff I got mostly as a lot on diaperswappers - fitteds and covers with some prefolds as backup.

The Cloth Diaper board on the Bump has a great FAQ and a review sheet, but I've liked everything I've tried... except G-diapers. They went on weird (kind of backward), the G-cloth wasn't absorbent at all and the disposable inserts are more expensive than disposable diapers.

[Deleted]

Yeah, a diaper service costs the same as disposables. Doing the laundry is easy, especially before they start solids. It all just goes in the wash (yes, poop and all). Do a pre-rinse, hot wash with detergent and extra rinse. That's it. It wasn't that bad.

[Deleted]

Dec 1, 2012 21:11:29 GMT -5 @theycalledherkate said:

I plan to return to work so we are going to use disposables

These are related? I guess I better quit the cloth.

[emisi]

Dec 1, 2012 21:11:29 GMT -5 @theycalledherkate said:

I plan to return to work so we are going to use disposables

I am too, but I'm still going to CD.

[joolz]

I have a diaper service! I mostly do it so I'm not destroying the earth, not to save money. It did save money at the beginning for sure. Now it's probably equivalent, but once we have the second it's only $5 more a week for the second kid, so it will definitely be big savings until G is toilet trained.

[peach]

I cloth diapered with my daughter and will do it again. My favorites were fuzzibunz and bumgenius. I used disposables for the first two months, because the diapers were just too big on her and she looked like a sumo wrestler in them.

I have taken care of a baby who had some cheap knockoff version of fuzzibunz and they are awful. Leak every single day. And I change this child's diaper every 2 hours and they still leak.

I have also some experience with a baby who wore the G diapers. I liked them. No leaks, and if it was just a pee diaper you just placed a new disposable insert into the shell and the baby could wear the same couple of "shells" all day long. I just don't really see the point in spending money on the disposable inserts...but if the cost is not an issue, they work well!

[Deleted]

I'm interested in clothe diapering for two reasons: 1) I've read that you don't get poopy diaper "blowouts" with CDS, and 2) my county goes only collects trash every other week, and I don't like the idea of poopy diapers sitting outside in our can for two weeks until pickup.

However, we will likely do full-time daycare, and I doubt the one that is our best option will allow CDs. And I'm not sure it makes sense to swap back and forth.

[osulori]

Dec 1, 2012 21:11:29 GMT -5 @theycalledherkate said:

I plan to return to work so we are going to use disposables

So am I...but am likely going to give CD a shot. Some of my friends have done it or are currently doing it so I'm going to be picking their brains on brands and such over the next 8 months or so.

[iamgrace]

I'm not. I would if I could do a service, but they aren't available where I live. Also, we are on a septic so anything flushable besides toilet paper is a nono and running the washing machine all the time isn't a fantastic idea, either.

[ladygrey]

I want to give it a shot. Between the environmental and economic benefits, I think it's definitely worth it. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the different options and need to do some more research before I pull the trigger on purchasing diapers, though.

[Deleted]

I'm going to try it out but not until we move someplace with our own washer and dryer. Hopefully by the time the kid is 4 months.

[jessuhmarie]

I plan on it. I have almost all of my stash complete (at least bought and paid for.. I'm still waiting on a few to come in). I tried to buy a bunch of different ones so we can find what we like best (brands and types)

My newbie fluff is my favorite! Here are my favs from the bunch (AI2, cover, AIO)

[peach]

You don't have to run your washing machine all the time.

It's an extra 2, maybe 3 loads per week. And that's if you cloth diaper 100 percent of the time.

[looseseal]

I have with my son, and plan to continue for this child. I do have to do laundry every other day, but our daycare is fine with it (in-home, not a center) so we save a lot of money. We use a combination of prefolds (cheapest) and BumGenius (easier & faster for daycare). There was motivation from lots of angles but the money was the most important. We spent approx $500 and will diaper both kids through to potty training. When we're done doing CD laundry, I will probably switch to using all cloth napkins, but yay I won't have to spray them out or worry about an ammonia smell on them!

[mrshandy]

We did with DS and plan to continue with the next baby.

We bought 24 BG 3.0s and he's worn the same diapers since 6 weeks. Easy peasy. We used to use them at daycare but we had to use sposies once we switched to pre-school at 2 year old.

We'll probably get new non-velcro diapers. But I firmly believe in the idea of the one-size. I don't have buy and sell except for the initial investment and they adjust to the DS as he grows bigger. We've saved a ton of money.

Now I need to think about potty training...

[osulori]

One of the girls on my local is selling 12 newborn sized cloth diapers, gently used...I'm trying to convince myself that starting to stock up now is tooooo early. But is it?

[rosetyler]

I plan to. I bought a couple last time to see if my mom and I could hand make a few. They just seem so easy, and the money saving is attractive, too.

[jessuhmarie]

Dec 5, 2012 17:20:45 GMT -5 osulori said:

One of the girls on my local is selling 12 newborn sized cloth diapers, gently used...I'm trying to convince myself that starting to stock up now is tooooo early. But is it?

I bought some around 7 weeks and had a miscarriage. I didn't feel sad about having them and it isn't like they go bad. I just prepped them last week so they're ready to go for this baby and I don't feel weird about using them (I really don't even relate them to my loss). You just have to consider the "what ifs" and what you feel comfortable with. If they're a good price, I'd go for it!

[underwaterrhymes]

I really wanted to. But after talking to several different day cares who said that they do cloth diapering if the parent wants it, but that that they have a higher incidence of diaper rash because it's harder for them to tell when they need changing, I changed my mind. Although I think this is more of a shame on the daycare thing than a shame on the diaper thing, it is a concern for us since our kid will be going to day care.

My conclusion is cloth diapering is much easier for SAHPs.

[emisi]

Dec 5, 2012 21:19:33 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

I really wanted to. But after talking to several different day cares who said that they do cloth diapering if the parent wants it, but that that they have a higher incidence of diaper rash because it's harder for them to tell when they need changing, I changed my mind. Although I think this is more of a shame on the daycare thing than a shame on the diaper thing, it is a concern for us since our kid will be going to day care.

My conclusion is cloth diapering is much easier for SAHPs.

Weird, CD is supposed to mean less incidents of diaper rash. Makes me wonder if those daycares go longer than they're supposed to between changes, but the sposie kids are okay because of how absorbent the diapers are, whereas the CD kids are sitting there screaming in their wet diapers and are ignored.

[joolz]

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[osulori]

Dec 5, 2012 21:08:53 GMT -5 jessuhmarie said:

Dec 5, 2012 17:20:45 GMT -5 osulori said:

One of the girls on my local is selling 12 newborn sized cloth diapers, gently used...I'm trying to convince myself that starting to stock up now is tooooo early. But is it?

I bought some around 7 weeks and had a miscarriage. I didn't feel sad about having them and it isn't like they go bad. I just prepped them last week so they're ready to go for this baby and I don't feel weird about using them (I really don't even relate them to my loss). You just have to consider the "what ifs" and what you feel comfortable with. If they're a good price, I'd go for it!

You are not helping my resolve to not start dropping money on baby stuff until I'm out of the first tri The main drawback I hear from friends who CD is the initial cost of buying the diapers though, and part of me is thinking if this cuts back on the cost a little bit it'll come in handy when there's an actual baby to put in said diapers. She's selling a dozen of them for $70...that's a good deal, right?

[joolz]

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