What to do with unwanted disposable diapers?!?

Faliny

I do not want to sound or come off ungrateful, but after deciding to do exclusively cloth diapers on my DD from birth until potty trained (I am even making my own cloth wipes because I just don't want to deal with costs/chemicals and the million other things that come along with disposables), my mother (who really does have the best intentions) has bought me 2 huge boxes of Newborn diapers. We put together the nursery and she has them all in their spots. 

I feel bad, but never wanted them in the first place. She is staying a couple of days after my DD is born and I don't want to hurt her feelings, but this is my baby and I need to do whats best for her ... I don't want to just throw them away, but they are open so I can't donate them ... just don't know what to do with them. I thought about just using them anyways, but at this point, my family just doesn't listen on something things and it's more principle to show them this is MY Daughter!

 Opinions on what to do?? Thanks Ladies! 

kaylakaylakayla

Donate them to a local women's shelter. They are always in need of diapers. Yes, you can donate them opened.

 

pixy_stix

kaylakaylakayla:

Donate them to a local women's shelter. They are always in need of diapers. Yes, you can donate them opened.

 

Faliny

kaylakaylakayla:

Donate them to a local women's shelter. They are always in need of diapers. Yes, you can donate them opened.

 

 

Oh wow, I didn't know I could!! Thanks :-) 

lilylow

If you don't know of any in your area most local churches will donate them for you or will give them to a family that could use them.

We give all of ours to a local church who passes them along to Robin's Nest.

DaisyJanie

Do you know anyone else that's pregnant? I got a few sposies in different sizes, and I've kept them "just in case" until he's grown out of them. (I haven't used one yet) Once he grows out of them, I give them to somebody with a younger LO. But everyone I know is having babies so it's not hard to find somebody who wants them.

That way you can tell your mom, well I've decided to cloth diaper but I'll keep the disposables for awhile just in case it doesn't work out.

lynn97

I agree, you should donate them if you don't want them.

 

That being said, I would keep them until after you've given birth and make sure you don't want/need them.  I know I'm in the huge minority on this board, but I was all about using sposies for the first week after DS was born.  I had some unforseeable health issues and things didn't go as I'd planned.  Not having to learn the CDs, wash them, etc was what was best for us right out of the gate 'til we got settled. I didn't want them around initially but was thankful we had them in the end.

hcarli

Do you have any friends/co-workers you could give them too? If not now, put them in a bag in the basement? You could always make a diaper cake for someone with them...

In my case, I might gently reiterate my (previously discussed) views and try to show my mom how easy cloth is but I probably wouldn't make a big deal out of it because I know she would generally come around.  Of course this would work with my mom but I have to take a much harder line with my MIL if I want her to respect my wishes on anything.

I don't want to sound unsupportive but in my opinion a couple of newborn sposies aren't the absolute worst thing. I obviously don't love them either but in the big picture a few diapers for the few days your mother is there will probably not be a big thing.

I've come to the conclusion that I need to pick my battles. My MIL keeps a pack of sposies at her house for when she babysits. It irritates me but its not worth it IMO to bring up again since shes willing to watch him...

Dr.Loretta

I would donate one box and keep the other. You never know if you may need a few for one reason or another, or if your mom will be there one day and "just can't handle CDs".

GBCK

I'm in the 'keep them for now' camp too.

Granted, I do 'sposies @ night, etc, which, like a PP said is the minority on this board, but sometimes, life happens.

When we were w/o power for a week, we had to use sposies.  Some people CD on vacation (good for them) but sometimes, it doesn't work.  Sometimes, they're nice to have. 

Epiphany27

I agree with PP, keep them then donate them. For us, we used disposables the first few days just because it was easier to deal with rather than learning something new. Now, we keep a couple on hand in the car if FI forgets the diaper bag (BTDT) or if, like last night, he has a crazy rash that just won't go away with CD safe cream and I just want to slather something stronger on there. He woke up rash free and the 12 hours he was in the diaper didn't turn his junk radioactive (I hope)

aerotigergirl

lynn97:

I agree, you should donate them if you don't want them.

 

That being said, I would keep them until after you've given birth and make sure you don't want/need them.  I know I'm in the huge minority on this board, but I was all about using sposies for the first week after DS was born.  I had some unforseeable health issues and things didn't go as I'd planned.  Not having to learn the CDs, wash them, etc was what was best for us right out of the gate 'til we got settled. I didn't want them around initially but was thankful we had them in the end.

Exactly. When we first brought DS home, I was advised against carrying the laundry basket up and down stairs for the first two weeks, which made it really difficult to do laundry. I hadn't bought diapers ahead of time, since I'd been planning to CD from the word go, but I found that we needed to buy a few boxes of newborn sized diapers to get us through those early weeks.

tokenhoser

If they're unopened, Walmart takes returns and gives you store credit on a gift card. That's where mine went. If I need sposies, then I buy them. If I don't, I don't have to find room to keep them.

We kept one package and didn't make it through before he outgrew them. I am using sposies for a 10 day trip starting next week. If there are leftovers, I'll donate or pass them on at a mom's group. 

Space is at a premium for us. I'm not hanging on to much "just in case" stuff. The "need it today" stuff needs to be there instead.

Holli0303

I'd sell them on Craigslist.

 

momofmanyinthemitten

aerotigergirl:

lynn97:

I agree, you should donate them if you don't want them.

 

That being said, I would keep them until after you've given birth and make sure you don't want/need them.  I know I'm in the huge minority on this board, but I was all about using sposies for the first week after DS was born.  I had some unforseeable health issues and things didn't go as I'd planned.  Not having to learn the CDs, wash them, etc was what was best for us right out of the gate 'til we got settled. I didn't want them around initially but was thankful we had them in the end.

Exactly. When we first brought DS home, I was advised against carrying the laundry basket up and down stairs for the first two weeks, which made it really difficult to do laundry. I hadn't bought diapers ahead of time, since I'd been planning to CD from the word go, but I found that we needed to buy a few boxes of newborn sized diapers to get us through those early weeks.

 

stardust317

FTM here, and I was planning on cloth diapering. DD is just over a week old and she wore her first cloth diaper yesterday. I couldn't handle trying cloth diapers last week. We were having feeding issues, and my birth didn't go like I wanted it to. I was in kind of a bad place emotionally. We didn't have any NB diapers, so we used what the hospital gave us, and then had to buy some more. I'm easing into cloth diapers as we get more comfortable with each other.