What surprised you the most when you started CDs?

haileyq

If anyone ever asks me, I tell them not to buy a huge stash before they even get started. I ended up being very surprised at how much I like prefolds and covers! So soft, so absorbent, clean up so well, and so cheap! And I can fit them under jeans no problem. I have a bunch of pockets that I now save for DH and sitters because why bother? And I hate stuffing them. I'm actually building a small AIO stash for my sitter so I don't have to unstuff diapers that have been sitting in a wetbag all day. It makes me curious what surprised others with CDing?

TJ1979

How easy and adorable it is. When you say you cd, people look at you like you have a third head. But it's so much better than disposables.

kldole3

How easy and addicting it is. We are transitioning to more OS pockets and I'm having a hard time stopping myself from snatching up a ton of them.

Danie007

How fun and easy it really is. I may not know everything there is about cloth diapers, but I've tried a little of everything. I've also troubleshooted a few things too. I've converted my sister and cousin to cloth. Infact, tonight I'm taking over each kind of diaper I have for a little CD 101.

CLLDLL

How addicting it is. How simple it is. How much I also like prefolds and covers. @afwifelife when they get bigger you just trifold in a cover. Even easier than snappi ing.

tjkdlhb

That they work.

seriously.  With all of the other benefits, I couldn't figure out why disposables were so popular.  So I figured they must leak all the time.  Cleaning a carseat out after a disposable blow-out fixed me of that idea and I haven't looked back.

I was also surprised that prefolds/covers are the easiest to clean.  And trifolding is super easy.

Into+the+Kitty

I was surprised at how much they didn't smell. I don't like the smell of disposables at all, dry or once they've been wet. I was amazed at how frequently I wouldn't even smell EBF poop at all in her cloth. Now that she's a toddler it's a bit more potent, sadly.

littleredfish

How addicting they are. I never would have thought poop catchers would keep me up all night scouring for new prints, and cheap deals. I've toned down a lot now because I just can't justify it when I have so many I could probably go 5 days without washing if I wanted to. For out next baby though, oh man, I'll probably sell off some prints and buy some new ones just for the heck of it.

bumpuser5078523

My husband changed them. Hahahaha.

I wanted to love prefolds, but they didn't work out at all, since our boy is slim but pees a ton. The diapers were ridiculous on him!

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Nukke

I was surprised that my husband loves them too.  He admitted to his parents that he finds our prefolds easier than sposies.  Yipeeeee!!!

bumpuser5078523

Disposable diapers reek! His pee is super strong smelling! Yuck!

stoneycakes

SecretAgentKate said:

Into+the+Kitty said:

I was surprised at how much they didn't smell. .

This.  I hadn't realized how much my disposables smelled until we switched.  Now sposies make me gag--wet or dry.

Yes! I never understood why everyone says that babies smell so good.  I was pretty sure I was broken because I've always thought that babies smell kind of gross, LOL.  Now I realize it's not the babies, it's the disposable diapers that I don't like the smell of.

stoneycakes

Also I was surprised at how addicting it is.  We did it to save money and I was like, "I can't believe those suckers who buy more than they need.  That's so silly. I'm way too frugal to waste money like that." Boy was I wrong!

Danie007

stoneycakes said:

Also I was surprised at how addicting it is.  We did it to save money and I was like, "I can't believe those suckers who buy more than they need.  That's so silly. I'm way too frugal to waste money like that." Boy was I wrong!

I keep telling myself I can sell them off when I'm done diapering LOs.

Danie007

Also, how amazingly well they hold in even the nastiest of poopy diapers. *off to spray down proof of said type of diaper*

Paturkey

I'm with a bunch of you- I love prefolds and covers!! And so does DH! I thought I'd be all aboit AIOs. Also I feel SO satisfied when my son decides to poop the second I finish changing him, as he did an hour ago. I just think "Ha! I would be pissed if this was a sposie. Instead, into the diaper pail it goes!" Cloth is the best

PipSqueak0313

There's no "it's just slightly damp, can I get away with calling it dry?" debate in CD -- who cares how wet the diaper is when changed since it's not a waste of a diaper to change a slightly wet CD.

The thing that surprised me was how hard disposables are to put on after putting on CD.  The disposables are just too fragile for dh -- he needs the sturdiness of the CD.  (the tabs on the disposables keep tearing off when dh tries them).

Others talk about the smell or the feel of the disposables; but I hate the papery sound of them.

 

Mandmeesh

The addiction. And how so damn cute they are. And, that my husband loves them

JEPES1348

Mandmeesh said:

The addiction. And how so damn cute they are. And, that my husband loves them

This exactly!

mrshudson618

Honestly, how much I have spent is the biggest surprise.

Ntymec

Not a surprise- how much I still need to learn.

Surprise- how proud I am to be CD-ing. I really feel like im making a difference.

YellowLily2013

How much cding has made me more environmentally conscious. I love it!! We aren't at a Zero waste house, but we are making better decisions all the time.

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PipSqueak0313

SecretAgentKate said:

YellowLily2013 said:

How much cding has made me more environmentally conscious. I love it!! We aren't at a Zero waste house, but we are making better decisions all the time.

I've noticed this about our house too.  It's like CDs were a gateway to an entirely different environmentally conscious lifestyle

That's true - I have us using cloth towels and napkins more than previously -- thanks to the ladies who talk about unpaper towels.  I was joking with dh that there are 3 kinds of people that use cloth napkins -- 1. those that use them for formal meals, 2. those that find paper napkins a luxury item they can't afford, and 3. those that don't want all the garbage.  Dh asked which we were and I told him to figure it out.

Trying to decide what other reusable items we can get/make to use instead of disposable alternative - in process of making me some mama cloths but haven't had need for them yet.

lilies&orchids

TJ1979 said:

How easy and adorable it is. When you say you cd, people look at you like you have a third head. But it's so much better than disposables.

This!

And also, we use BG and I love the big diaper booty

joyfultrex

What surprised me most was that spit up stains worse than poop. Also that I like pocket diapers. I couldn't understand what the point was till I used one. I always thought prefolds and covers was the way to go. and I still love them, but I like pockets when doing quick changes when we are out.

YellowLily2013

@gidget584 are you a SAHM? I work so it doesn't seem too bad because I try to start it in the am so it washes while I'm at work, then I rinse when I get home and toss in the dryer. / dry over night.

We hardly did laundry during the week, so it doesn't change our other laundry schedule much.