A post I read earlier (Are you an all or nothing family) had some comments that made me think about this. We are expecting our first baby in July, and I really want to try CDing...my DH is totally on board when he heard how much money we could save.
My family, however, all think I'm insane and that it is disgusting. Which really kind of annoys me/hurt my feelings in the beginning because they don't know anything about it. My Mom in particular, the only one I personally told, thought it was a hilarious joke and laughed about it to her four sisters who I'm sure are fully expecting me to fail at this.
My question is this...all of our extended family live hours away. To visit my Mom, its a two hour plane ride and 2 hour car ride. She thinks it's disgusting that I will be putting poo in the washing machine, so I'm pretty sure I won't be allowed to wash diapers at her house. She's even said when she comes to visit after the baby is born, that she will be using disposables. I've told her that if we're ready to use cloth, she can learn how to use it too or leave it to us.
Most of our extended family is a 5-6 hour car ride away. We would likely only be visiting for Christmas, maybe twice a year. We would need to stay with an Aunt of mine, and I feel uncomfortable asking to use her washing machine as well, because of the "joke" I feel like this has become to them.
Do any of you have relatives that are just completely unsupportive, or who are just uncomfortable lending their washer to CD laundry? They literally live in the mountains, so a laundromat is not the most convenient option...and I'm not sure hand washing is something I'd want to do. I'm guessing I'll just have to suck it up and use sposies when I visit family...which from what I've read on here sucks when you're not used to it. It sounds like more blow outs and problems than cloth...
Sorry for the long post...just wish my family was a little more supportive since I don't have any friends using CDs either.
Re: When visiting family, are they cool with you using their washer for CD laundry?
You know...I specifically asked my mom about this because she lives 20 hours away from me and has an expensive HE front loader, etc. Her response:
"Why would I have a problem with it?? It'd be no different than if S was potty tr
You never know what will happen when you start showing people the process.
My family has been more supportive than yours is. We wash at my ILs' house, no problem. But I know my SIL thinks it's a little weird, so when we went there for 4 days last winter I used disposables for the first couple days, then switched to cloth and
Natural Birth Board FAQs
Cloth Diaper Review Sheet
Sorry your family isn't being very supportive. That makes things harder. But really, using sposies for a couple weeks a year is not the end of the world. I'm not sure why its such a big deal.
My in laws let us wash dipes in their machine one vis
So will she never let you wash LO's clothes when there's a blowout?
Anyway, my parents and ILs are fine with it. Both DH and I were CD'd, so it's nbd to them. Here's a funny story, though. My expecting best friend and her SO thought that no poop
I would use sposies when on vacation, especially if your relatives find it gross. Plus, they'd take up an entire suitcase on their own. If your mom wants to use sposies when she's visiting, let her buy them. I would definitely show her how to use the C
Diagnosed with PCOS March '10 - Started 1000mg of Metformin
After 3 unsuccessful Clomid cycles, FSH+Ovidril+IUI+Progesterone=BFP!
Time to make Emilie a big sister!
May '16 2.0: Letrozole+FSH+Menopur+Ovidril+IUI+Progesterone=BFP! first beta-45.44, second beta-148
You could always bring enough diapers to be able to wash when you get home. I
Thanks for all the replies! I love how supportive this board is. I guess we will have to see how the family responds once LO is here and we're actually using them. I feel like if my mom was on board and realized how much CDs have changed since a gen
Everyone was surprisingly supportive on our trip back home. I planned ahead of time to use my Gran's washer on the second day in case other peoplehad an issue. Everyone ended up letting us wash though. We did have disposables for the plane bc we were w
On the one long trip we went on I just took disposables so the issue wouldn't even come up. The 14 hour car drive was a big motivator in this though.
My parents thought I was a weirdo when I said I wanted to use cloth but then they s
both my mom and my mil thought we were crazy to try thi