She made the decision to switch to cloth diapers. I have a lot of respect for cloth diapering moms. It's better for the environment and all that other stuff but I couldn't get past the swishing in the toilet, constant laundry, pins and all of that folding! It was not something I could bring myself to do. I thought about it for about 2 min when I was pregnant the first time and dismissed the idea.
Well my cloth diapering BFF decided that for her baby shower she would request that since they can be so expensive and her little izzy is still wearing diapers so she needed enough for two she would request some for her baby shower an posted some websites.
I didn't think to much of it and ignore the websites for a while. Well then she posted a picture of her cute little Isabella in one of her new cloth diapers and it was one of the cutest little things I've ever seen!! Who knew?! Surly not me. It made me very curious so I decide to finally take a peek at the websites shed posted...
Oh my goodness! They were so cute! Little Dino diapers and jungle animals. Solids and prints! I immediately wanted them for my little man! I could just picture them on his little bum. Yep... My immediate wanting to switch was 100% the way they looked.
However I am much smarter than to spend money on something because of how it looks. I still remembered my initial no pins, folding, swishing dilemma.
Here is the best news if you are anything like me... Cloth diapers have EVOLVED! There are many different kinds but the ones I use now are the one size pocket diapers with the microfiber bamboo liners. Ah-mazing! These diapers are one piece and snap together! There are different snaps along the front so you can adjust leg width and tummy size at the time you are putting the diaper on! They have little pockets in the top and you just stick your insert in and put it on your tiny bum! So simple! For the moms that done like swishing(gross!) they sell disposable liners! These are essentially long pieces of toilet paper, but thicker, that you line the diaper with right before you put it on. When you change you baby the liner goes strait in the toilet and flushed away! These are not your moms cloth diapers!
I bought 1 days worth to start out just to make sure I liked them before I invested a bunch of money into something I wasn't going to use. First thing I learned us that little boys tend to pee more. We found my son was leaking through. Discouraged I did some online investigation... Turns out I can just double up my inserts! Actually you can go up to 3 inserts/ diaper but we haven't found that necessary yet. Because I only had 1 days worth I was washing diapers every night... Turns out.. I didn't mind at all. I throw diapers in as soon as i put my son to bed. I flip them over and make sure to restart the dryer before bed. It is nothing out of my day.
Next issue... Folding... What folding... It takes about 5 minutes to stuff 10 diapers and be ready to go! Even my husband who never folds laundry ever doesn't mind. It truly is not a sacrifice at all!
I am hooked on cloth diapers and wish everyone would give them a try. I know they aren't for all but believe me when I say they are not nearly as bad and scary as most of us think.
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