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diaper service vs. buying diapers

APendolaAPendola member
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I'm expecting in July and my husband and I want to cloth diaper and we've been discussing options.  He really likes the idea of a diaper service because he doesn't like the idea of poop in our laundry machine.  We found an afforable service that delivers and picks up weekly and you get an unlimited number of diapers om any size (depends on your needs).  It also gives us the chance to try cloth diapers for a couple months and if we don't like it we can always cancel the service. 

On the other hand, I'm thinking that it might be better just to buy the diapers and wash them myself.  I don't like the idea of weekly pick-up.  I really think that the diaper pail is going to be overflowing with diapers by the end of the week and it's going to smell.  If I do it myself, I can empty and wash as needed.  Also, I imagine it's way cheaper to do it yourself (although you may pay up front). 

Anyone who has the experience with cloth diaper recommend one option over the other?

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Re: diaper service vs. buying diapers

  • michavidmichavid

    I had a diaper service the first couple months and ultimately ended up dropping it. They only offered prefolds, and I wanted to branch out into the other styles of diapers. Plus it was expensive ($70/month) and I decided I would rather put that money toward purchasing diapers. There are definitely pros and cons to either option, and I think whatever you decide depends on your style of diapering. I was nervous about washing them at first, but it really is no big deal. I think at the end of the day I'm glad I started with a service to get my toes wet with CD's, but I'm glad I have my own dipes now.

     

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  • leapgirl8leapgirl8 member

    You might want to remind him that cloth diapers or no, babies = poop in the washing machine, unless you plan on throwing out every piece of clothing, crib sheet, etc. that it gets on :)

    We decided against a diaper service for the same reasons as PPs. 

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  • dani2480dani2480 member
    imageleapgirl8:

    You might want to remind him that cloth diapers or no, babies = poop in the washing machine, unless you plan on throwing out every piece of clothing, crib sheet, etc. that it gets on :)

    We decided against a diaper service for the same reasons as PPs. 

    This. I had to have the same conversation with my DH. He initially rejected the idea of cloth diapering because he was disgusted by the idea of poop being in the washing machine. Then I explained that whether used cloth or disposable, and whether we used a service or not, babies WILL at some point or another get poop and other things in places you don't want it to be. I reminded him of the story of our niece (who was an infant at the time, and in disposables) who had a middle of the night blow-out, and when her mom came into the bedroom in the morning, the poop was everywhere -- the walls, the crib, the sheets, her clothes, the floor, covering her from head to toe... because she had been playing in it and smeared it on everything she could touch. Unless you're going to throw it all away, you're going to have to clean it.

    Also, does your DH somehow magically never get any fecal matter on his underwear? Even if he has never had a skid mark, there's still poop on his panties, and I assume those get put in the washing machine too. And I'd take baby poop over adult poop any day.

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  • L0L0L0L0 member

    I didn't understand why people thought this before I had my baby and came to agree with them, but it's nice to have a variety of diapers to choose from throughout the day. Having all identical prefolds just seems so utilitarian...

    I convinced a coworker to CD and I'm so excited about that, but then I saw on her registry that she only registered for plain boring white everything. To each her own, but I like our colorful hodgepodge collection.

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  • NaturalBlondNaturalBlond

    Why do people always say "but I don't want poo in the washing machine."? There's not really poo in the machine. That's why you spray out diapers. And if there is, so what? Do you lick your machine? If its just the "ew" factor, you better hold onto your butt because a lot about birthing/parenting a baby has an ick factor.

     Bottom line: washing cloth is NBD. Diaper services are not worth it. 

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  • TheMrs1009TheMrs1009 member
    I love having our own diapers.  We have so many cool prints for covers and it's nice to know we have diapers ready for baby #2.  Washing is easy and it's just more convenient for us than a diaper service.
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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member

    Honestly, I'd rather have a laundry service do my regular laundry than a diaper service do my diaper laundry. Diaper laundry is easy.

    And the idea of keeping dirty diapers around for a week seems really gross to me. I stretch it to 3 days, which is probably a bit long.

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  • Ms MollyMs Molly member
    imagedani2480:
    imageleapgirl8:

    You might want to remind him that cloth diapers or no, babies = poop in the washing machine, unless you plan on throwing out every piece of clothing, crib sheet, etc. that it gets on :)

    We decided against a diaper service for the same reasons as PPs. 

    This. I had to have the same conversation with my DH. He initially rejected the idea of cloth diapering because he was disgusted by the idea of poop being in the washing machine. Then I explained that whether used cloth or disposable, and whether we used a service or not, babies WILL at some point or another get poop and other things in places you don't want it to be. I reminded him of the story of our niece (who was an infant at the time, and in disposables) who had a middle of the night blow-out, and when her mom came into the bedroom in the morning, the poop was everywhere -- the walls, the crib, the sheets, her clothes, the floor, covering her from head to toe... because she had been playing in it and smeared it on everything she could touch. Unless you're going to throw it all away, you're going to have to clean it.

    Also, does your DH somehow magically never get any fecal matter on his underwear? Even if he has never had a skid mark, there's still poop on his panties, and I assume those get put in the washing machine too. And I'd take baby poop over adult poop any day.

    LMAO!

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