cloth diapers

I know what you're thinking: ew, gross! Or else you're thinking I've gone off the deep end and am about to join a new hippie movement or something like unto it. But let me tell you something: cloth diapers ain't what they used to be. They are not the pins and plastic pants our grandparents put on our parents back before disposables made their debut. A lot of them are very similar to disposables in ease, except you wash them when they're dirty instead of throwing them away.

Courtesy of Nicki's Diapers

Now, you may be grossed out at the thought of putting a poopy diaper in the washer, but I don't think it's much different from putting soiled clothes and bedding into the washer when the baby has a blowout.

"But, swishing poopy diapers in the toilet is gross!" you say. You actually don't have to do that if you don't want to--they have sprayers that you can attach to your toilet so you can spray the poop off. I actually use the detachable shower head as a sprayer, and don't worry, I wipe it off with a Clorox wipe when I'm done with it ;)

Plus, there's the cuteness factor!



With that said, for now I still use disposables at night and when we're out of the house. That's mainly because I'm building my "stash" a little at a time. And as I mentioned in a previous post, she'll wear disposables for baby-sitters too. It is nice to not have to take the diaper pail out as often, especially since we are having a very cold, snowy winter.

I mainly use pocket diapers, and current favorite brands are Rumparooz and Imagine. I also have a couple of Best Bottoms that I started out with, and I like them fine, except Kate will probably outgrow them before she's potty trained (oh yeah, a lot of diapers are adjustable in size so babies can wear them until potty-training). So far, my favorite place to buy diapers is Nicki's Diapers. 

Don't worry, I will not look down my nose at my friends for using disposables. I'm not that kind of mother :)

Comments

  1. Ricky and Laurie LeiserJanuary 28, 2013 at 5:01 PM

    I'd use them if I had my own washer and dryer! One of my friends makes them. she got a pattern at JoAnns from the BabyVille section. i wonder if it its cheaper to buy all of that supplies and make them? but of course youd have to want to make the time and put in the effort to do it all. She makes the pocket ones with the adjustable snaps that grow with baby.

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  2. Laura A.January 28, 2013 at 5:32 PM

    I didn't bother with cloth until we had a washer/dryer of our own. It would have been way too expensive!

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