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Realistic to CD w/ 2 FT parents?

DomesticAttyDomesticAtty member
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Both DH and I work full time and, although I like the concept and benefits of CD, I'm trying to do as much research as possible to see if it would be realistic to fit into our day- to- day before i makethe initial investment on CDs. Right now, I am thinking pockets or hybrid CD would work best.

 I can imagine I would quickly get burnt out with doing laundry every day after one of us gets home from work and all the other extra steps it takes to CD. I plan to breastfeed and pump and, after looking and some daily schedules for this, I feel I may already be overwhelmed/exhausted with adjusting to a breast feeding schedule. 

 How do other mommas in this situation manage? 

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Re: Realistic to CD w/ 2 FT parents?

  • YellowLily2013YellowLily2013 member
    Lots of FT parents CD! We plan on doing that as well.

    I can't tell how old your Los are.. Since I'm on mobile. But washing every other day doesn't sound as bad at having two times the stinky trash!

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  • sarenu1sarenu1 member

    You just get organized.

    This just happens with having kids.

    Friday marks one year of cloth diapering for me.

    I do the laundry and most of the stuffing.  You establish a routine and stick with it.  Allow yourself a litt

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  • stemms8810stemms8810 member
    You will be doing a lot of extra laundry with a baby anyway so a few extra loads per week of diapers is no big deal to me.  It's actually the easiest laundry I do!  I was worried about this too at first but it's really no big deal.  I would
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  • nanabanana06nanabanana06
    With DD I was a single FT working mom and I CD'd. It's not difficult.
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  • SCtoDCSCtoDC

    We're both FT and we CD - and we have regularly scheduled evening events at least twice a week every week.  Not saying I'm super mom, just trying to say that you can make it work!  We wash every other day, btw, not every day.

    Also, no

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  • TwirpleTwirple member
    It is absolutely doable to CD as FT parents who work full time.  DH and I got a routine going.  I will put the diapers in the washing machine before work set it for a quick cold wash with a 6 hour delay.  When DH got home from work (with hi
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  • hpoff33hpoff33 member

    It's totally doable! 

    We are a wash every day household.  I just find that I'd rather do smaller loads in my HE FL so that they wash a bit better.  And it just works out that it's more manageable for me.  I just toss everythi

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  • alitriaalitria member

    My husband and I both work full time and it works for us.  I wash every other day or every third day.  I have a pail next to the changing table and a wetbag I send to the babysitter each day.  When I get home, I move those to the pail an

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  • littleredfishlittleredfish member

    Wow, CDing sounds complicated, maybe I'm doing it wrong lol. Just teasing. It's really not that hard or scary. Babies=more laundry. Whether they poop on their clothes from blow outs or poop in CDs there's really no difference. We wash every other

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  • hsthst
    I CD, both of us work full time, and I pumped for a year. The pumping and bottles seemed like a lot of work to me, but worth it, but honestly the diapers are not a problem. Laundry hardly takes any time, you will save so much money pumping and CDing, 1000
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  • Grins04Grins04 member

    I SAH, but CDing really doesn't take anymore time than disposables (I used them with my son, and just started CDing with DD about 6 weeks ago).  I stuff my pockets when watching tv and it takes a few minutes.  Laundry gets done every other da

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  • dande2129dande2129 member

    I thought I would love pockets too. I convinced FI that he would love them too. Turns out, we aren't a huge fan of pockets for our newborn, but do have a few for our toddler. I found that prefolds and fitted with covers worked best with a newborn. (Whi

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  • RJM050705RJM050705 member

    I'm still on maternity leave, but I don't envision diaper laundry being too much trouble.  We've had a hell of a time with BFing, so I'm currently pumping 8+ times a day.  Pumping, washing pump parts and bottles, etc is all WAY more work for

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  • LennongirlLennongirl
    The laundry is really nbd. You get into a routine and that becomes your new normal. It's not as if you're gong to br hand washing them, is it?
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