cloth diaper question - move if need be

cj's mom · **cloth diaper question - move if need be**

I thought chit chat might get this the best exposure.
Now that we know we are pregnant I have been thinking about giving cloth diapers a try.

I need any pointers, tips you can give me. I still have the ones we bought for cj but I hated trying to clean them of the poop, soaking until we had a big enough load. needless to say it did not last long.

i will take any advice that can be given. yeah I know it is a long time off but I am trying to come up with frugal ideas and this one is top of the list on how to save money.

kellytime · 11-03-2006, 10:53 PM

Good luck to you! I really admire moms who can use cloth and stick with it. I tried with my 3 boys, but all ended up with bad rashes no matter what I did. And I read everything, tried everything, changed them often... I still feel guilty sometimes that they wore disposables so much.

I guess I'm not able to offer advice, just support and good wishes to successful cloth diapering!

(I never pre-soaked the diapers...just cleaned as much of the yukko out and put them in a 5 gallon bucket without water. I did a small load every day or every other day, depending on how many diapers I had. I bought all sorts of cloth diapers from the Chinese, unbleached pre-folds to the Sandies to the...oh darn what was the name of that really nice one... Fuzzi Buns! The cheapest, of course, is just the pre-folds. {{although they aren't what I'd call "cheap" actually...}}They are probably the simplest too (ie you can throw them all in the wash together without worrying about velcro tabs, covers etc...). But the Fuzzi Buns are good for nighttime...)

Again, good luck!!!!

blessed_with_6 · 11-03-2006, 11:04 PM

I have read that in the end this ends up costing the same as if you used a lower cost diaper...Parent's Choice, Luvs, etc. You might check that out before making a final decision. Make sure to include water, electricity, diapers, pins, rubber pants, diaper rash meds (seems to be more commonly needed with cloth diapers as kellytime mentioned!), etc. I used them with baby number one..but after that, we switched to disposables!

desertmom · **cloth**

I've considered it, and it seems more popular in England. The good ones are expensive! The ones available in BabiesRUs and similar are rough and are not very absorbent. After checking into it, I decided no go. I'm too busy to worry about it. Just dump and run. I also don't need extra poo in my washer - enough will get on baby clothes as it is. I don't want to, nor do I have time to stand over the toilet. I do enough laundry as it is. Diaper services are very expensive, even more so than premium diapers, in the research I did. Disposables pull a bit of wetness away from the skin. Cloth ones just stay wet, and the protective plastic pants make it like a little humid yeast factory. There are liners you can buy, but again, the key word is buy, and I haven't read much positive about them. I also read where a lot of them leak (many are sold on ebay, and there are a few cloth companies that allow Stay at Home moms an income by selling their diapers. You should see the complaints!). Disposables can leak, too, but it's prevalent in the cloth complaints. One of the manufacturers tell their salespeople (diaper parties, anyone?) to teach the clients how to fold and put them on properly to avoid leaking, and that if they do leak, it's because they are not put on properly. This company strongly discourages refunds. I don't know about you, but I have other things to think about than how to put on a diaper properly. It shouldn't be that hard (hint: the tab part goes on the bottom and folds over to the front). Just my 2cents for what it's worth.

Stormy · 11-04-2006, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by blessed_with_6

I have read that in the end this ends up costing the same as if you used a lower cost diaper...Parent's Choice, Luvs, etc. You might check that out before making a final decision. Make sure to include water, electricity, diapers, pins, rubber pants, diaper rash meds (seems to be more commonly needed with cloth diapers as kellytime mentioned!), etc. I used them with baby number one..but after that, we switched to disposables!

I agree. Personally I can't even imagine. This is just my own opinion, but to me the White Cloud diapers were I think $12 for a package that got us through for 2 weeks. $6 a week to avoid all that work, mess, diaper rash? I couldn't imagine doing it any other way!

cj's mom · 11-04-2006, 08:41 AM

It is good to get the opinions. it has been 8 years since cj was a baby.

I am beginning to rethink this.