It's no surprise that Sustainable Babyish has
taken over cloth diapering site, Diaper Swappers by storm; Erin used to be a fashion designer working in New York City before she became Work at Home Mom (WAHM) and diaper connoisseur.
These days generally plastic diapers have
taken over the cloth diapers but many parents still feel the need to have an alternative to plastic ones.Nowadays there is a plethora of choice when it comes to cloth diapers.
Not exact matches
Then what they do for the nighttime is they
take a
cloth diaper and they put it
over the
diaper so there are no leaks.
Whitney
took a turn at the wheel
over on the Desitin Tumblr page and shared her five favorite baby shower gift ideas that work for babies in any style of
diaper (disposable,
cloth, edible, whatever)...
It
took me
over two years to realize how important it really is to find a
cloth diaper safe detergent.
The one advantage fitted
diapers made of
cloth have
over the all - in - one design is that it
takes less time to dry them.
Yes, last Saturday was the Great
Cloth Diaper Change, when thousands of families all
over the world
took part in a mass effort to break the world record (set last year, at 5,026 participants) for the most
cloth diapers changed at one time.
We were initially drawn by the money savings of
cloth diapers, but the cuteness and environmental factors of soon
took over.
While there are lots of resources out there to analyze this, I thought I'd
take a shot at figuring out in my own situation what the cost of
cloth diapering has been
over Elizabeth's first year of life.
Because of all this confusion, it
took me
over 3 years into parenthood to decide to start
cloth diapering.
* wash and sort all of Little Sister's
diapers * figure out some kind of organizing solution for the
cloth diapers that are slowly
taking over the nursery (D's and LS's combined) * find all the parts to my trusty hand pump and figure out what parts need to be replaced * make appointment with our pediatrician to go
over delayed vax schedule * go
over birth plan choices with my OB and clarify what hospital procedures will allow for (Can I have one arm unstrapped to hold her for a minute after she is delivered?
But last Friday when we
took him to the special service at church, we had only been there about 10 minutes when his
diaper leaked all
over his pants and we didn't have any spare clothes, so he spent the rest of the time in his nice button - down shirt and
cloth diaper.
I know, I know — they scream of extra work and hours labouring
over the laundry basket — a tiresome task we associate with OUR parents generation — BUT —
take a look at a few of these disposable
diaper facts before I launch into why my household chose to use CHARLIE BANANA
cloth nappies...
She has
taken over reviewing
cloth diapers and baby and maternity products on the blog for me.