Comments on: Using Cloth Diapers

By: Two Month Well Baby Visit

Two Month Well Baby Visit — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:15:01 +0000

[...] belly! Look! Cute buddha baby! Cute Imse Vimse organic cotton velour diaper cover! (Yup, I am still using cloth diapers. I got hooked on the Imse Vimse covers when someone generously passed this one on to me, and I just [...]

By: Cairo Mama

Cairo Mama — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:25:13 +0000

Update: I have been using cloth diapers (Fuzzi Bunz and Bum Genius 2.0 One Size) for 6 months. Now that my son is a year old and eating lots of solid foods, I use Imse Vimse disposable diaper liners to mess clean up easier. I use Hemp Babies Little Weeds with the regular insert at night. It has been a great experience. I bought an additional 6 Bum Genius 2.0 One Size diapers for a total which brings my total stash to 18 diapers. It gives me a bit more flexibility about washing, but you can do it with 12 diapers. I put the inserts in the dryer and hang the diapers on the line in the basement to dry. They dry very quickly, even in the basement. I have found cloth diapering, especially with this system, to be very easy. I have a friend who uses prefolds and she says that after the initial learning curve, that it becomes second nature.

If you don’t want to try cloth diapers, there are gdiapers which are flushable disposables, chlorine-free diapers which are a bit better for the environment, or you can just dump the waste into the toliet before throwing out your regular disposable. I do this when I am traveling and using dispoables. I am thinking about trying gdiapers for traveling, though.

By: sallie

sallie — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:57:45 +0000

I was very, very hesitant about using cloth diapers. My Mom and Husband tried very hard to talk me out of it–but I heard we would save around $1200 per child in diaper costs. Since we plan to have 3 children, I decided $3600 in savings would be worth it. With extreme reservations, I bought Fuzzi Bunz. It was hands down the best purchase I could have made for the baby. They are SO easy, so cute, and so good for my pocket. My Baby is 17 months now and she’s still wearing the same 12 diapers I bought when she was 3 months old. Even my husband says he’s so happy I did this. We wash them every other day—there’s practically no labor involved other than throwing them in the washer and we hang them to dry over night. I would highly recommend them to anyone–if anyone would like to ask me any questions, you can e-mail me at sallie22@hotmail.com

By: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Poll Results: Cloth vs. Disposable Diapers

Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Poll Results: Cloth vs. Disposable Diapers — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:52:31 +0000

[...] I was curious to see whether a majority breastfeeding mothers prefer cloth diapers to disposables for their babies and the answer is a resounding yes! Poll respondents chose cloth diapers more than 2-to-1 over disposables. Let me reiterate that I don’t think there has to be any correlation between breastfeeding and cloth diaper use, nor do I necessarily think everyone should use cloth diapers (although 27% of respondents think so!) If you missed my discussion, check out what I had to say about Using Cloth Diapers, How to Buy Used or Sew Your Own Cloth Diapers, and eBay’s Policy on Selling Used Cloth Diapers. [...]

By: Cairo Mama

Cairo Mama — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:55:19 +0000

I just placed an order for cloth diapers to give them a try. I am a stay-at-home mother of one, so I figure I have the time. I hope it works out. My head almost exploded with the amount of choices. I ended up going with 6 Bum Genius One-Size and 6 Fuzzi Bunz pocket diapers. They all came with inserts but frm what I have been reading, I will probably need additional inserts, but I will figure that out as I go along.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:51:52 +0000

My experience using cloth diapers with my first baby was a disaster! Into the diaper pail they went, but the longer they stayed the worse my procrastination became. However, diaper service changed all that, and we all appreciated stacks of pristine cloth diapers. Anyway, thirty years ago disposables were a far cry from those available today. It’s just a personal choice which will be guided by each mother’s needs. One of the best uses for cloth diapers was to stuff my nursing bra when I had constant overflow. Those cute little boxes of nursing pads lasted a few hours, but cloth diapers, although bulky, absorbed everything!

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:27:54 +0000

Jill, I agree that breastfeeding and cloth diapers don’t have to go together. I’ve just noticed among my friends that many women who breastfeed (particularly extended breastfeeding) also use cloth diapers. It’s interesting and the poll results seem to bear that out too.

Thanks for sharing your opinion. As someone who used disposable diapers for a long time, I appreciate hearing your opinion expressed.

By: Jill Brennan

Jill Brennan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:53:41 +0000

Cloth diapers are a worthy idea but I’m sorry, disposables are SO much easier.

I’m not sure why breastfeeding and cloth diapers have to go together. Breastfeeding is a great experience for both mother and child as well as being healthier. I’m not sure I can say the same thing about cloth diapers.

There are so many pressures on mothers, new and more experienced, that if using disposables takes off some of that pressure then I say go for it. We need to be kind to ourselves, not load our lives with ’shoulds’ and ‘musts’.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:16:55 +0000

Leah, I wanted to buy something for the LLL fundraiser and cloth pads was one of the choices Earlier for a LLL enrichment meeting one of the mothers spoke about cloth diapers and she piqued my interest. Once I tried the cloth and liked it, I was eager to try cloth for my toddler. You are right, it’s easy and fun! My toddler likes the diapers. When we read the potty book and it asks, “Do you wear diapers too?” my toddler answers, “Yes. CLOTH diapers.” LOL

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:31:32 +0000

I just posted a whole entry about why I use cloth! http://lakelinesthoughts.com/?p=403

I don’t think everyone should, I just think a whole lot more people WOULD if they knew how easy and fun it was.

Oh, and fyi, that study you mentioned was financed by Proctor and Gamble, so they had a very strong vested interest in ensuring that disposables didn’t come off looking worse. I still don’t think that anyone who uses disposables is bad or wrong, I just think that study gets cited too much and there are plenty of other reasons to make the decision besides deciding based on a flawed study.

But as I’ve repeatedly said, using disposables is a perfectly valid choice, I just hope that more people discover that using cloth isn’t harder.

I’m also interested that you used cloth on yourself first – most people use cloth on their baby and then go to using it for themselves! You switched that trend up.