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April 2019 Moms
kaitykins
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Diapering, cloth, disposables, changing table... what are your plans?
kaitykins
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What’s the Birth order of this baby?
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication)
Whats your changing station situation?
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication)
Whats your changing station situation?
Re: Diapering, cloth, disposables, changing table... what are your plans?
we used cloth exclusively after 4m and mixed up until then. I’m expecting to use cloth from Week one or so this time.
We we have a small 2 bedroom house. Sort of more like a cabin. I plan on using the dryer as a changing table? With the shelves above functioning as diaper and pajama storage? My hubby is a lefty and so we set up the changing space to function for him because I can switch righty or lefty doesn’t matter.
we used cloth with our DD up until I started taking her to work with me...so between 12-18 months. We went all out with pockets and AIO’s and expensive wool covers, etc.
planning on using cloth with this one as well but just sticking with prefolds. There is nothing I hated more than having to stuff those dang pockets.
Changing station is on on top of our dresser or floor or bed or wherever is convenient.
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication)
We will do a mix of cloth and disposable. Will do all disposable until baby is about 12-15lbs and big enough for cloth. I like our bumgenius pockets. So we will use those once baby is big enough. But we are very relaxed about it. If I know baby is about to poop I’ll throw on a disposable real quick. Then later we will end up doing cloth on weekends and evenings, and paper at school/daycare. Again, the main thing for us is being flexible and doing what makes sense without it feeling like a burden.
Whats your changing station situation? In our old apartment our master had a huge bathroom counter but a single sink (huge bathroom in general). We put the changing pad on the counter, then a regular stainless steel trash can with a lid next to the toilet - lined with one of those cloth zippered liners. It was easy to rinse diapers and toss them in the lined can. I’m not sure what we will do in our house. We have a MUCH smaller bathroom and no easy place for a large trash can. Changing pad will just be on our bedroom dresser I think. Probably buy a cheap rolling cart to put clean diapers and wipes in. Just need to figure out where to fit the trash can in our tiny bathroom.
This will be #3
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication)
We went all out cloth with LO1, bought tons of pocket diapers thinking we were making an "investment" for all of our future kids too. Pfft!! 90% of the elastic is completely shot. I know I could replace it, but holy crap I don't have that kind of time. LO2 was 100% disposable and I am completely okay with that. I have 0 plans to go back to cloth with LO3.
Whats your changing station situation?
While LO is sleeping in our room we will attach a changing pad to the top of our dresser. Now that we have a multi-level house I will probably buy a couple of pads to stash on each level so we don't have to go all the way upstairs in the middle of the day.
Good for you all for doing cloth! I wanted to before DS was born, but as DH pointed out, we already suck at keeping up with laundry, so adding cloth diapers to the mix was not going to work for us. I also ended up with bad PPD/PPA so I’m glad we didn’t go that route because adding one more thing to life with a baby would’ve sent me further over the edge. Point is, we do and will do disposables. I hate the cost and the environmental impact, but I just don’t have my life together enough to do cloth.
With DS we were originally going to just change him on his dresser, but there’s a good foot difference in height between me and DH, and the dresser would’ve been a bit low but fine for me, but way too low for him, so we got a changing table that was st a height that worked for both of us. Now we change DS on the floor because he likes to fling himself off of everything, so the changing table has already moved to new baby’s room.
I hung a basket on the wall by the changing table to keep a few clean diapers, wipes, and butt paste within easy reach while also keeping one hand on the baby. I also highly recommend the bubula steel diaper pail. It’s kind of expensive, but it uses regular bags, and it’s the only diaper pail I’ve seen where you never have to actually be exposed to the bag at all while throwing the diapers away. And because it uses regular bags, you could probably use a laundry bag and adapt it for cloth diapering. I was originally in the just use a regular can camp, but DH wanted a heavy duty one to keep the dog out, and I’m in love with ours, especially now that I’ve got pregnancy nose and toddler poops!
Did use disposables and will again.
I wanted to cloth diaper DD but since DH was a SAHD in the beginning and was absolutely against cloth we used disposables. Right now we don’t have a washer and dryer in our apartment so it’s not really feasible even if I could convince DH.
We changed her on whatever flat surface was handy. I bought a changing table and maybe used it twice.
We we actually have to replace most of our baby stuff due to mold on our storage but I’m not even going to bother with the changing table.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014
BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
Going 100% disposable. I tip my hat to those of you doing cloth!
I'm planning on setting up the actual changing table in the baby's room, and a changing pad set up for downstairs. Since this is my first, I don't have prior experience to go off of and I'm loving all the suggestions from the STM's!
DD born: 3/31/19
We have had a changing table and mat for each kid but have used it a total of maybe 3 times. I spend way more time changing the baby on the floor.
Disposibles. I love the idea of cloth but I know in reality I couldn’t maintain it. Props to all the mommas who do it!
We have a dresser/changing table but it’s basically only used for middle of the night changes. I prefer the floor for changes. We actually keep a basket in our living room on the tv stand that has diapers, wipes, etc.
@wearegroot we have a pail because of our dog. She will shred a diaper if it’s left out.
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? Disposable
Whats your changing station situation? Changing pad on the dresser. We’re already using it for #2
#2
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication)
Disposable all the way.
Whats your changing station situation?
I have the changing table/dresser and we still use it for our 15 month old daughter. If she's on the floor she wiggles to much.
100% disposable, which is what we did with the other 3.
Planning on cloth. I did 100% cloth w/DD and I had to handwash that (literal) sh!t. I guess we'll see how lazy I am this time around.
Tbh I haven't even thought of a changing station yet.
Cloth diapering again with this one. We did primarily cloth diapers with DS from the start (I hugely recommend ItsyBitsyBums newborn diaper rental if anyone is looking at cloth!) although once he started getting a bit bigger, we used disposables at night because he would pee sooo much and get very sore. He still has issues with his penis getting sore easily, which honestly I think is attributed to a poorly done circumcision.
While they're little, I'll use the changing pad attachment on our pack'n'play in our bedroom (where they'll sleep at least for the first few months so hopefully I can get more sleep - our nursery room is downstairs from our bedroom). We did buy a dresser with the intention of using the top for changing once they're bigger, but most changes will probably happen on the floor, again due to the split level layout of our house.
Just want to add, every family is different and every parent has to do whatever works for them! I learned very quickly there is no magical right or wrong answer. What works for one parent, won't work for another. My mindset is to be as flexible as necessary to keep my sanity and keep the kids healthy and happy, haha.
We're planning on doing cloth after the first week, and using a diaper service (that will swap out the dirty for clean washed ones, it's about $90/month here) if it is too much to wash the diapers (we have a very small washer/dryer in our apartment). We are also interested in elimination communication, just part time with cloth backup, because if it really works the idea of not washing/changing so many diapers and having them potty trained naturally by 18 months is super appealing! I know some people who have successfully done EC, and can support us :-).
I think we'll probably stick to a changing pad on the floor. I'm realizing we'll have to figure out where to put the can in our tiny tiny bathroom for dirty cloth diapers though, hmmm!!
#2
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication)
Cloth, if we're in our own home. Disposable (oh the $$
What's your changing station situation?
I thought I wanted a changing table before DD, but honestly, it would mostly be for corralling the diaper stuff in one organized place. DD was/is changed primarily on the floor, without even a changing pad. We have a big basket with all the cloth diapers, wipes, butt paste, random spit-up/wipe-up cloths, etc. in one room (not the bathroom), and when we were doing cloth, i would throw the dirty diapers directly in the washer (or wash the poop diapers out in the toilet, then into the washer). First thing each morning was the pre-rinse, followed by adding whatever non-diaper laundry we had. Hooray for always having clean clothes, and never letting the wet diapers mold.
We plan on cloth diapering to save money. I've noticed childcare volunteers at our church don't all know about cloth diapering so we'll probably use disposables when the child is left in the care of others.
My questions with using cloth are: Would we really be saving that much money with all the laundry we'll be doing? What's the best site to purchase cloth diapers? How many should we get? I read that newborns go through around 30 diapers a day.
We'll change on any flat surface but until I'm healed after delivery we'll use the changing station on our pack and play so I won't have to bend over too much.
Thanks for the help!
- are you doing laundry at a laundromat? If at home, the water usage is pretty cost-minimal
- are you hanging the diapers to dry? Often recommended to extend elastic life but means you need to roughly double your stash to account for diapers being actively dried. You’ll save electricity for your drier though.
- how frequently you do laundry - I wouldn’t go beyond three days but I found baby at 4 months or so didn’t create daily full loads
- the type of diapers you use - flats will dry faster, all in ones will take forever; flats are also cheaper than all in ones
- the number and type of covers you get - wool can get pricy; many people get obsessed with particular or holiday designs and spend way more
I get about half my diapers directly from the manufacturer and half on bst groups on Facebook (fluff love or gmd mamas).
fluffloveuniversity.com is an awesome resource for everything cloth and has good guidelines for how many you need
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication) We did partial cloth with the first 2. We had to stop with number 2 around 15 months when we moved to Italy. The tiny washers and hard water just didn't work for us. This time I'm hoping to switch to cloth after the first week.
I used to have a little of everything. But I sold most of my stash after we moved here. I mostly have my expensive fitteds left (the market tanked and I couldn't bear to give them away.) I don't know if I'll just exclusively use fitteds or pick up a few others.
Whats your changing station situation?
I literally have no idea what the home we will be moving to will look like. But I'm really into changing the baby wherever. So likely we'll have little caddies all over the house with wipes and diapers.
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? We did disposable with DD and will do disposable with this baby. I know it's bad for the environment but as a PP said, I don't have time to be doing that much laundry when I get home from work. (I do laundry one night during the week and then catch up on the weekends). For us, it wasn't worth the investment and "potentially" money saved. I think if you have the time to invest in doing it right, it's a great choice. But it wasn't a fit for our family.
Whats your changing station situation? We will set up the "official" changing station on top of the dresser, like we did with DD. But, we will change the baby on any flat surface (carpet, bed, couch, etc). The first few weeks to a month after my c-section, bending over to change wasn't an option so I was really grateful that I had been smart and set up a station on top of the dresser. We keep diapers and creams in the top left drawer of the dresser.
Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication) We've done exclusively disposable so far and will continue that way for baby #2. Like many of the disposable diaper moms have said, kudos to you cloth diapering moms - I know I suck because it's so bad for the environment, but I just can't.
Whats your changing station situation? I feel like so many parents never use their changing tables and think they are a waste, but I love ours. We have a changing table that's attached to the crib in the nursery that we use when we're upstairs by the bedrooms, and then we also have a pack n play set up in the living room with a changing table attached. We have used them both from day one, and only now at 9 months is our son getting a little too squirmy where sometimes it's easier to just pull the changing pad down onto the floor. Personally I preferred having everything set up in the same convenient location all of the time, and also not having to bend down on the floor a million times a day.
As for changing table, since I’m in a very small apartment until next August, the plan is to turn my dresser into a changing station, and/or change the baby wherever I can haha!
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Do you want to Cloth, disposable or both? (Or Elimination communication) I definitely want to go the cloth route this time around. I really wanted to do it with my first but we lived in an apartment where we paid for every wash and dry load. Wouldn't have made sense to us financially at the time. We have a house now with a really good washer and dryer so I'm researching hard core on how to get started and what it's all about so thank you everyone who is sharing tips and resources.
Whats your changing station situation? We don't use one any longer since I potty trained DD labor day weekend. We used a diaper station on top of her dresser in the nursery with a diaper pail next to it and will do the same this time around.
This is my rainbow baby so #1 and #2 at the same time.
I've diapered with cloth and disposables before so that's what I'm planning on doing this time. Unless we move to an apartment without a balcony for sunning.
I've read so much about elimination communication and I think I'd like to at least try it. It all depends on what baby needs.
For daytime changing I'm going to get a change basket/mattress pad and put it on the dresser, it can be carried around the house, placed in the couch/floor too
For nighttime changes I'm just going to buy size large prefolds and use them on the bed to change on and also to catch drool/milk/spit up etc...
@plumpoppies what brand fitteds do you have? I'm such a fitted nerd lol
I think I did about 4 extra load per week once we settled into the routine. That’s actually just 2 batches because you prewash and then wash.
Purchasing cloth can can be as pricey or expensive as you can handle. You can do minimal diapers, more smaller loads and covers and inserts and get by with way fewer diapers. We did diapers for 2.5 yrs with my daughter and spent about $600 on a large stash of cloth, about $5 extra. Month on laundry detergent and put energy and water are included in the cost of our rent so I don’t know that.
I think with luvs diapers (cheap cheap) we would have hit $1500 ish buying disposable all the time.
That being said with baby #2 on the way my diapers are mostly in good shape and we may invest $100 in newborn/0-3 sizes and not any disposables and we will be saving much more money.
on the plus side, apparently my snap version is worlds better than the original Velcro version.
I would love to cloth diaper just for the environmental aspects, but I just feel like it will be more work than I can handle. And don't you have to wait a while to start cloth diapering? I can't remember. I know I can just google it, but I'll ask here first, lol.
Changing station will most likely be a changing table in the nursery but as I've learned in the last 3 years with the other 2 kids, anywhere in the house makes a perfectly acceptable changing station!
we did a bit of cloth diapers with this one, and will probably do a mix of both with number 2 as well. This morning DH was taking care of a poopy diaper and talking about how we need a new shower head so we can more easily clean them up. I will look into diaper service for this one.
For a changing station we used the pack n play with newborn napper that flips over to be a changing table. We’ll probably do the same for number 2 until they’re 5ish months. Then we just use the couch. Our dresser is too tall to comfortably use as a changing table (Im 5’0”).
BFP: 8/20/2018 - EDD 5/4/2019
@kangstadt Sounds kind of like what you were talking about?
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