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Tell me what you love about CDing
I swear, I'm not being snarky. I just don't get what there is to love about cloth diapers. The way I figure it, you still have to change the diaper and wipe the coolie. But then, when I'm done with the diaper at that point, you ladies still possibly scrape, then have to store dirties, wash, dry, and fold them. Right? It seems like soooo much work and I can't imagine finding the time. But everyone who does it seems to love it. So clearly, with my absolutely zero experience other than seeing cute prints, am missing something here. Anyone want to explain for me? Tell me what you love.
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Re: Tell me what you love about CDing
I'm purely about the money...I love that I bought $250 worth of stuff that has diapered 2 kids. Even though I use cheap disposable at daycare I still have saved SO much money in the long run.
And they aren't that much 'work'....but I'm all about the money savings
I love the money saving! I also cloth wipe and only use disp wipes on the go so I probably spent $5 every six month on diapers/wipes!
I love that it is good for the environment. It has really started a trend of being green in our house in tons of other ways.
I really like hanging my diapers out to dry in the summer, it feels good! I love seeing them on the line, knowing they're being naturally bleached. Also it seems to motivate me to do other domesticated things! Silly I know, but true.
I use flushable liners in the diapers so no scraping involved. You simply dump the liner in the toilet and flush. They're thinner than toilet paper and catch all the poop.
So yes I have two extra loads of laundry every week, but it is so not a big deal.
You mean besides the cost saving?!
For me it was purely about money at first as I have gone through the first year of CD though I have found that it has changed the way I think about wastefulness in our household. We waste much less these days and have become a much more green family as a result. Yes I have 1-2 extra loads of laundry each week but to be honest it is not that bad.
As far as poop goes once the poo solidifies when the kiddos start a solid diet it really just plops out of the diaper with little to no scraping.
To be honest, I don't love it...you just can't beat the convenience of disposables. But I appreciate the huge $$ savings, and how it doesn't negatively affect the environment.
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Instead of having to go out to the store at 3am to get another pack of diapers, you can go down to the laundry room and get a whole stack to use. That was one of the things that drew me to it.
And really, they're going to poop or pee or spit up on their clothes anyway, so what's another load of CDs?
And then there's the cuteness...
If you think about your cost other than buying laundry detergent for the diapers is minimal. I spent roughly $300 for the diapers I have and will be able to use those diapers till DS is potty trained.
My sister uses disposables in the first year she spent double what I spent on my clotth for her disposables.
The cost savings is phenomenal. Since we're not sure we're having any more kiddos I've been selling what we've outgrown -- I sold my entire newborn stash for $15 less than what I paid for it. So I diapered my baby for 6-8 weeks for $15. Now we're in one-size diapers and I'll admit I spent a lot more on those but that's it. If I can restrain myself from buying any more we're essentially done with buying diapers. Realistically I'll be drawn to some cute prints in the future, certainly once DD starts walking and I can see those cute diapers and wool longies better, but still the cost savings is huge.
Initially though what drew me in was the "green" factor - I'm not particularly green in other ways but I just couldn't really accept the idea of so much diaper trash. We are actually a really low trash household because surprisingly Dallas recycles everything -- our recycle bin is full every two weeks but we hardly fill up a trash bin in that amount of time. With diapers that would have changed.
Add to the green factor the fact that I'm much happier having cloth on DD than plasticky disposables and that DH was on board with doing laundry and building me a clothsline to hang the diapers on the line and we are thrilled with the whole thing.
well, I did only have a short overlap of kids in diapers
But yes, I bought 15 one-size diapers that fit from about 2 months until they potty train. DD still wears them overnight occasionally, and DS wears them when I'm home, an night, and over the weekends. We do have to send disposables to daycare, but I go uber cheap on those....if we didn't have to do that I would have saved even more.
I wash them 2x a week, on Wednesday and Sundays. And when I'm done I know I'll be able to sell them and get some of my money back even.
The entire 10.5 mo that my girls were in cloth, we never had so much as a HINT of a rash. I didn't even own diaper rash creams other than gifts. Ever since, Charlotte has had more rash issues than I thought it possible for one child to have.
I think I spent about $500 on a stash for two girls, which were really nice pockets (some of which were one-size), and I was able to sell off the ones they outgrew for close to what I paid for them. I still have a ton of them left, and people have offered to buy them, but I just haven't gotten around to it. However, when all is said and done, I think it only cost us maybe $100 when you factor in the sale after you use them. And that was for expensive diapers for TWO babies.
Washing them was never an issue. It's just not a lot of work. We had enough diapers to wash every 5-6 days or so. I mean, seriously, it's ONE extra load every 5-6 days.
For me, the issue became leaking through them (Charlotte was peeing through even double stuffed bumGenius in 30 minutes) and poop. I didn't want to have to scrape or spray. I would've gotten the flushable liners except, by then, I was frustrated by the leaking. She was just peeing SO much, nothing was holding it. I could've tried hemp, but didn't want to have to spend more money on liners.
Also, for us, having to run one extra load multiple times (it was a wash with two extra rinses, plus a second wash with no detergent) was bumping us into the higher cost of water, so I was seeing a big increase in my water bill. But, that wouldn't hit most people because they don't have 7 people in a household! It went up about $50 a month, and that's the cost of two cases of sposies....
Anyway, I REALLY loved CD'ing when they were smaller and so did my ex. He was iffy at first and then loved it so much that he showed our dipes to everyone who came over lol. In the end, it was cost of water plus leaking issues plus poop that made me stop using them. However, I've been considering sucking it up and buying some hemp liners and going back to the bG due to the rash issues and feeling guilty about the environment.
It's definitely not a lot of work. There are plenty of reasons not to CD, but that one isn't really true.