Thinking About Cloth Diapering

ikkin1023

I'm thinking that I want to be as all natural as possible throughout my pregnancy, birth, feeding, and diapering of my baby.  Also, economically, the idea of cloth diapers sounds like a good one.  However, I'm worried that my family will not be supportive of my decision to cloth diaper.  They have offered to babysit so I can finish college, so I don't want to step on toes, but I really think I want to cloth diaper.

How did you bring it up with your families?  Were they supportive?  What did you say if they weren't?  Any suggestions?

uluvfranke

I just told my family that it was my choice and that's what I was going to do.Here are some links that may help you!

https://diaperpin.com/howto.asp

And the link to my fluffy blog in my signature. I hope that helps.

JuliaBug

CDs can be as easy to change as disposables, they just go into the laundry instead of the trash. Pocket diapers and AIOs (all in ones) are babysitter friendly. 

I was pleasantly surprised. My mom tried to convince me not to CD, but now she shares my blog posts about CDs with her friends.  

dulcinea03

CD's can be just as easy as disposables. I have a stash of aplix AIO's and pockets that I pre-stuff for sitters. They're exactly the same as disposables at that point, other than they go in the wet bag, not in the trash when they're dirty.

Dr.Loretta

I mentioned it and no one had issues. MIL keeps quiet about it. Both of my SILs CD, so my parents were not surprised and had no issues.

In my experience, the less you talk about it the better. Just start doing it. If they're going to babysit, provide them with user-friendly CDs (pockets or AIOs) and they'll just have to use them. Show them how easy they are and how different they are from a generation ago. They'll likely come around.

GL