Baby received her (or is it his?) first gift this weekend from April, Chris, and Ella. The Baby Book and two precious cloth diapers! One diaper has little pandas exploring a bamboo glade and the other has fuzzy creatures that say "ooga booga". Suitable for Baby Boy or Baby Girl. It's funny to think that Baby is one or the other, but we just don't know.The cloth diaper option remains, even though I waver back to the "disposables are easier" mentality occasionally. The truth is, of all the people I have talked to who use cloth diapering, no one has said it's too much work to handle or that they tried it for a while and couldn't stand it any more. They all love it. I even have one friend who has been a disposables user, but is getting into cloth diapering and loving it.
My current thought is that there are so many options for cloth diapering and all require a certain routine or system (just like disposables, truthfully---think about it, you have to make trips to the store, fill and empty your little diaper pail, and buy more diaper pail refills---that's a routine), and all it takes is finding the one you're most comfortable with. Since Trey and I haven't had a baby before, we'll be getting used to all new routines and systems, so we might as well give the cloth diapering a try. I'm at least going to do some more research.
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Baby's second gift is in the works at my house. I think cloth diapering is the way to go if you and Trey are both down for it. JR is not down for it. Next baby, he might not have a choice.
We do cloth diapers, but only as a means of saving money (which only really happens with subsequent kiddos). It is a little gross, but not at all unmanageable. I would, however, recommend using disposables for the newborn size because:
1. You are pretty much consumed with figuring out how to feed your baby at the beginning. and
2. You will likely have to buy a whole set of newborn-size cloth diapers. This isn't really cost-effective since they won't stay in them that long. (Unless, of course, your reason for doing cloth diapers is purely environmental concerns or something...)
Good luck navigating through the cloth diaper maze! Diaperpin.com has LOTS of people who would love to help you figure it out.
What a sweet post. I'm glad you like the baby gifts. You don't save much money with the newborn size unless you use economical prefolds or flats or possibly if you find a good deal on 1-sized diapers that can be adjusted as the baby grows. I think you are right about the routine. It's pretty easy to just toss the diapers in the washer after the dirty bag is full. Another part of me feels good spending my money with work-at-home entrepreneurs and smaller businesses instead of global corporations.
goodness gracious, those diapers are cute. you should cloth diaper baby owens for the cuteness factor alone. :)
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