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Some of you may be thinking – Eew, Cloth Diapers! Or, you might be picturing plastic pants and safety pins. But, modern cloth diapers aren't really any of these things. Cloth diapers are cuter, better for the environment and a lot of studies say, better for your baby's skin. I love them. But, as a disclaimer, I don't use cloth full time. I haven't been using cloth much at all lately. I've been spending all my extra time crafting, filling orders and blogging, so I've kind of let cloth take a back seat to that. It doesn't take a lot of extra time, but I haven't done the laundry lately. My husband has been doing most of it (I'm a lucky lady!) and he's too grossed out to do the diaper laundry.
When I decided to try using cloth diapers, I didn't want it to be another thing that could stress me out or make me feel guilty. I figure every cloth diaper we use prevents a disposable from entering the landfill, and I'm happy about it every time. But, I don't feel bad when I use a disposable or 4 either. It works out pretty well for us…If you're tempted to try it, you should. We use a variety of different cloth diapers, but my favorite are SoftBums. They really are one size and have fit Holden perfectly since we got them. I love their All-in-Two system too, as you don't have to stuff diapers and the covers can be used more than once if they don't poop. I do get them made with snaps instead of touch tape, but that's just a personal preference. Holden's old enough that I haven't bought any cloth diapers in a while, but for the next baby (no plans yet!) I'm going to buy a lot more of these brand. (I am not being compensated in any way by SoftBums – I just like them!)
What about you? Do you use cloth? Have you thought of trying it?
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4 comments:
Haven't had to buy diapers for quite a few years, but I love the name Holden!
We've got 3 boys with names all ending in n - an "on", an "an", and an "in". "en" was next, and Holden would have been the name to fill the spot.
Glad someone's found a grand use for it!
Hi, I don't use them at all (I'm old), but I think you're awesome for doing so and they're nice too. Loving your blog place, great place to visit. I'll follow you and enjoy it very much. Hope you can take a minute and come to my crazy place too. I'd be honored to have you as an S365 follower. Keri (a.k.a. Sam)
We were thinking about it but we share our washer and dryer with our landlord and neighbor so we only get to do laundry 2xs a week. We decided it was easier, and more cost efficient since we would have to have them sent out to be cleaned, to use throw aways. I do like the organic disposables though.
I'm so on the fence. Laundry piles up here like you would probably believe, and I just can see us using a hand towel at some point, and this giant tub of stinky diapers sitting in the laundry room. But I have a zillion prefolds, including two 12 packs I bought to use as liners on training pants, but my toddler trained quick, so I have 21 of them left. Guess I need covers ;D I sort of thought it was an all-or-nothing, but your point about using them when you can is a good one.
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