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Cloth Diapering
karkissy09
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karkissy09
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I got my trial from Jillian's Drawer the other day in the mail and took them to my mom and dad's to show my sisters who were all home for the weekend. One of my brotherinlaws literally laughed at the fact that we were cloth diapering and 2 of my 3 sisters made it clear that they thought I was an idiot.
The same night DH's best friend 's mom...basically DH's second mom...came by our house and saw me messing with them. Her reaction was also to laugh in my face.
I'm annoyed. Very, very annoyed. It doesn't change my decision, just frustrates me. Anyone else receive crappy reactions to their choice of cloth diapering?
The same night DH's best friend 's mom...basically DH's second mom...came by our house and saw me messing with them. Her reaction was also to laugh in my face.
I'm annoyed. Very, very annoyed. It doesn't change my decision, just frustrates me. Anyone else receive crappy reactions to their choice of cloth diapering?
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I had an unplanned c/s so we used disposables for te first 68 week while I recovered enough to be able to actually help with the laundry. One of these friends made a snarky comment on a picture if dd in a disposable.
So basically, yeah. I feel your pain on the snark. But it just rolls off me. Plus now that people have seen how easy it is, they are a lot less quick to be negative.
My sister was SO negative about it about anything having to do with my pregnancy for a while and finally I said "it's not your baby, not your decision. You don't have to change diapers or clean them. Unless I'm doing something to harm my child your opinion doesn't matter"
My husband was TOTALLY against it. Then I started breaking it down: cost won over everything. And I do the laundry anyway. He said at first he would only do disposable inserts. After I did research I ordered some pocket diapers that can use a disposable insert and some AIOs. He said he was cool with it and I backed it up with some opinions from Dads I found online.
I just laugh every time anyone asks if my house smells and say "No, all the poop gets flushed, why would it smell?"
Seriously, it's so much easier flushing everything then having to use sandwich bags or running outside to get rid of every poopy diaper. Because let's face it, the diaper pails don't work after a certiain point.
A lot of people don't know how far cloth diapering has come and still think of it as rubber pants and prefolds.
My family won't change the diapers, but now that I'm doing this seriously, none of them have said a word or laughed at it.
Yep, I have yet to get a single positive reaction from anyone except those mama's that have CD their own.
It doesn't make me angry, but it definitely motivates me to not give in to foregoing the "extra work" and sticking with it so I can say, "Well, I saved X amount of money and countless pounds of disposables in a landfill, so look who's laughing now..." I'm just surprised the amount of parents who DON'T consider CD. They make CD so much easier than they did in old-school days.
My parents thought they were cool when I showed the diapers to them.
Before my in-laws saw the diapers, I got the feeling they thought I was crazy for wanting to cloth diaper, but they are were too polite to actually say it.
One of my co-workers, when I mentioned we were going to cloth diaper, told me 90% of his friends tried it and 0% kept doing it. (He's kind of a "keeping up appearances" type of guy and also quite well-off financially, his friends are probably similar. I'm guessing they all tried it because it's the in-thing to be "green". Where by contrast, I'm determined to stick with it because it's cheaper than disposables and saving money really is a priority for me!)
Most of the older generation, family & co-workers alike, have kind of been like "cloth diapers?! why on earth would you want to do that?!", but I think it's because in their minds, cloth diapers need folded and pinned, they aren't familiar with pocket diapers.
I actually don 't have a ticker up for you to see anyways! :P My LO is not here yet...due November 11. And unfortunately, I know I need to figure out that tough skin thing. I'm not real great at that yet but I think when LO gets here I'll get better about it as well.
And thank you ladies! I feel better knowing this seems to be a fairly common reaction.
And I have to keep explaining to people that you don't dip diapers in the toilet anymore, you don't even have to fold and pin if you don 't want to, etc. The cloth diaper world has changed a bit since then!
I'm sorry. I'm glad you're sticking to it though. I think it's super fun and one of those feel good things I can do for our family.
I know a lot of people aren't totally on board, but they'll give me a look and say "Good for you!" When I know they don't think it's a neat idea. My dad likes it. He CD'ed me when I was a baby and he found it easier than sposies.
We got all sorts of negative comments from co-workers, but all of our friends CD so they were happy to offer tips, brand suggestions, etc. My family is too mature and polite to tell us if they think we're wrong so I have no idea what they thought and we never really talk to our in-laws.
After I had DD and brought her into work and showed off my diapers, everyone realized that it wasn't a big deal and a few actually said they were wrong to comment. One co-worker actually loved them so much she asked me to help her buy a starter pack for a friend of her daughter who is pregnant and has no income.
DD is the only CD baby at her daycare and they were a little skeptical at first, but after the first week we were told that they couldn't believe how easy it was and it was no big deal at all. We have had a couple snafus with them - they used a non-CD safe cream on her once because they didn't understand that they should only use the ABBB we brought, and once she tried to be nice and wash a diap they kept over the weekend, but all in all it's been fine.
The important thing is that we love it and DD is happy and healthy. We had her in sposies until her OS diaps fit and she had a rash the whole time and hasn't has another since, so I could really care less about what other people think.
Most of my friends with kids were like "haha good luck with that" when I told them I would be CDing. Now that I've been at it for about 7 months, they are all kind of in awe that I'm still doing it. THey don't believe how easy it is when I tell them, and they still think I'm going to quit.
Some of them still react the way they do when they find out I'm still breastfeeding, like "wow... that's amazing!" Um... no it's not. It's cheap. And good for the environment. And her butt. But not amazing.
Meh. My mom is still kind of weirded out that we use cloth. She lives far away, so it's not a daily thing which would be annoying. Most of our friends think we're nuts. My normally crazy and judgmental sister at first was all "omg that's so gross, good luck with that," but even she has come around after seeing them in action.
Most people know me as a very thrifty and eco-conscious person, though, so I usually respond with something like "yeah, CD-ing is very green...for my wallet." Which tends to turn the conversation to a more educational one as opposed to a judgy one. People (even ones with kids in diapers) seem to have no idea how much cheaper and more effective it is to use cloth.
Thankfully, my MIL thinks is great - she is even a little jealous that modern CDs are so much nicer than the ones she used with DH and BIL.
Sorry to be rambly, but seriously, if people want to judge me for saving $2000 that's really their issue.
My parents were the only ones that said anything about it before DS was born. My dad thought it was gross, but hoped I would last because he loves the idea of saving money wherever you can. My mom was convinced the very first time she babysat.
My inlaws are intrigued, except one. For DS's first birthday my BIL gave us a package of disposables (I think to be a smart aleck)..... when everyone kind of stared at him he started saying, "Well, just in case.... I mean disposable are SOOOO expensive! Believe me, we are trying to stock up before the next baby comes." (She's due in November) After repeating a few more times how expensive they are I simply said, "Would you like them back or something?" Everyone laughed..... except him and his wife.
My MIL and FIL laughed at us and made the gagging face and noise. "we remember doing that it was terrible" they keep saying. My SIL is pretty supportive, she has friends who do it.
My Mom is supportive, but kind weary on it still. She keeps saying we need to do a diaper service so we dont have to wash them ourselves..
besides these people we havent told many others. I did register for different type of CDs, CD safe detergent, creams, etc. and put it as a note on our registries.