We used cloth diapers almost exclusively on R until she was about 14 months old and we moved from Texas to Delaware. I thought we'd get back into the cloth diapering after the move settled down. For awhile we kind of did, but we pretty much exclusively use disposables now. Part of the reason is because she uses disposables at day care and we didn't use up enough dirty diapers in the half-day she was home to warrant all the effort of diaper laundry. Part of it was also just laziness.
So I was pretty excited to hear about this alternative:
UPDATE: There was a video here but I've deleted it because it's no longer available. It was actually under copyright and taken off of YouTube, and I checked on the NBC website and couldn't find it there, either. Oh well! For those who didn't get to see it, it was a Saturday Night Live fake commercial for "Chewable Pampers", diapers that are totally ecofriendly because they don't get thrown away-- they transform into edible biscuits after being used. YUM!
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Darn, the video wouldn't play for me.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, you guys are awesome to have done it so long!!!! I tried the cloth diapers and failed. We had the best of intentions, but we had no idea how much of dirty diaper factory our Xander would be. For the first 2 months, it was 12-15 number twos per day. I hate to admit it, but we were more grossed out than anything.
Are you going to resell the diapers. I was able to easily resell mine on craigslist, but there appear to be some e-bay lite sites just for selling diapers online.
we still have all of our diapers, except for the ones we've loaned out to my sisters-in-law. I think when we have another baby we'll use cloth again with them since the breastfed baby poop is SO easy to clean-- just throw in the wash along with the rest of the diaper laundry. I actually thought cloth diapering was easier when the baby was small because it didn't involve any cost (after the initial investment, of course) and we used prefolds which are SUPER-easy to wash, and the frequent changes were no big deal since it made sense to change frequently anyway.
ReplyDeletethe problem as she got bigger was that she wasn't peeing/pooping *as* frequently, so there were fewer diapers to warrant a load, combined with the fact that at day care she didn't use them... so it'd be like a week before I had a full load of diapers and they'd be really stinky by then.
Even solid poops were no big deal since you can use diaper liners that make a huge difference. Just plop the poop in the toilet (we actually still do this even with disposables when it is easily ploppable, since i think it's completely disgusting to throw poop in the garbage, and much less gross to plop it in the toilet).
so i still have all my stuff since I think we'll do it again when we have a little baby who's at home exclusively.
Ooo...already thinking ahead to the next one. That's great!
ReplyDeleteXander's daddy was ready for another one the night he was born in the hospital. I still want more than 3 hours of sleep in a row before I'm ready.
I am looking forward to it though. I feel like it might be a little easier and less scary than the first time around.
yeah, i think i wanted another one pretty much right away, too. i wonder if it is easier/less scary the 2nd time around for many people.
ReplyDeleteI saw your video, it was quite scary. I didn't realize it was a snl commercial at first, then by the time it ended I knew it had to be. The second one is easier than the first, your a pro by then although my second one came eleven months later. My pediatrician told me that is worse than twins. By the time they were out of diapers I was ready to say no more babies. If they weren't so expensive it would be neat to have a large family. Each baby is such a unique personality!
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