I'm curious and wanted to know if any of you all cloth diapers your children? If so, what kind of cloth diapers do you use and does it really help your family financially?
My husband and I are in our mid 20s and are having our first baby. I have always felt strongly about trying to be environmentally friendly and so we have decided to do the hybrid cloth diaper system. I will be a stay at home mommy so I will have the time to do the extra laundry.
Re: Cloth diapering military mamas?
Lots of military moms use cloth diapers. I love ours and they have already saved us a ton of money.
I assume by "hybrid system" you mean G Diapers. Don't waste your money. They are terrible. They leak all over and honestly, a hybrid system is more trouble than its worth for most people.
The cloth diapering board is a great resource. They have an FAQ page linked at the top of the board that has reviews of a ton of different systems.
We use cloth and love it. I will never voluntarily go back to disposables, for so many reasons. Never. We use one size pockets during the day and fitted diapers with a wool cover for nighttime. We have 2 hanging wetbags for home and 2 that go in the diaper bag. Easy! We spent about $250 for our initial stash and I still splurge from time to time on really cute ones.
It does help financially. For the cost of one pack of disposables that will last a week on your newborn, you can buy a OS pocket or all-in-one that you'll still be using while they're potty training. Add that to the fact that with every cloth diaper change you are avoiding a disposable diaper filled with caustic chemicals that will still be in a landfill 500 years from now, it's a pretty sweet deal. Your initial outlay will be larger that if you buy disposables, but you can easily get used diapers in excellent condition that will help cut the cost. Plus, you'll be able to resell them yourself once you're done with them and recoup some of your costs.
Plus, they're ridiculously adorable. FWIW, my DH and I both work full time and have no problem keeping up on the laundry. It's really no big deal once you develop a good washing routine. Ditto PP - skip the hybrid systems. They're just not worth the time or money.
I did with both of my children and I plan on with the 3rd. I had a diapering service it costs about $30 bi-weekly. It was worth it. They delivered and picked up the soiled diapers. They even supplied a pail with a deordizer to house the sioled diapers in the house.
It also was helpful to have extra cloth diapers around to use as burping cloths. Loved it!
We CD our daughter and we absolutely love it. Between the money that we save and never having to worry about running out have been great. DD has only had diaper rash once and it wasn't that bad.
We use Bum Genius 4.0 pockets with the snaps exclusively and have been using them since she was born.
A few stores have trial packages to help you find the type that you like the best.
I bought all of our diapers at Abbyslane.com
DS born via unplanned C-section at 40w6d
DS born via unplanned C-section at 40w6d