While I was pregnant, Nathan and I discussed using cloth diapers. I agreed to try it out and see how it goes. We picked a diaper service to use because I had no intention of washing the dirty diapers myself - I barely have time to do our normal laundry and I did not want poo floating around my washing machine. It was an adjustment and took some getting used to but we consistently used cloth diapers for the first 9 months of Rocco's life. (We would use diposable if we went out of town so we didn't have to carry around dirty diapers.)
As of this week, we've made the decision to switch to disposable diapers. Rather, I should say that I made the decision to switch. After a few nasty poos where I had to dip the cloth diaper in the toilet to get rid of the poo while Rocco was at my feet and trying to pull up on the toilet and then I had to get the soaking wet diaper back to his room to put in the diaper pail, I declared that I am through with cloth diapers. In addition, they were making it hard for him to fit into some daytime and bedtime clothes because he's so long as it is and then he need extra lenght to fit over the diaper and diaper cover. I felt like this 9 month old child should not be needing 18 month old clothes already! The bulky butt contributed to that a lot.
Some of the cons of switching: Disposable diapers will cost us a little bit more each month. Disposable diapers wick away the moisture so Rocco can't tell when he's wet and therefore may be a little more difficult to potty train. Dispoable diapers are not good for the environment and may cause Rocco to get diaper rash - something he's never really had up to this point. Disposable diapers are not what Nathan wants to use and his comments plus my own guilt about the whole thing sucks!
But I've made this decision and I'm going to stick with it for now. We can always go back to cloth diapers, right? It has made diaper changes a little bit easier already so we'll see. . .
-Dawn
Listen To This: Eyes On You!
5 years ago
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I felt a little less guilty today when Rocco has a pretty bad poo as we were getting ready to leave so I could drop him off at my MIL's house and then go to work. Had we been using the cloth diapers, I would have been late since I would have had to rinse it out, etc. Whew! I think I needed that experience to feel better about this!
Dawn
get Luvs they are cheap and work great on Taylor. 16 bucks for 98! i put desitin on her everytime i change her. She has never had diaper rash. Use Pampers extra protection for bedtime those are good too.
She also wears 18mo. haha!
Wow!!!! I am impressed. I would have given up along time before 9mos. I like pampers and luvs the best. I switch between them...whatever I have coupons for and makes it the cheapest per diaper. My kids never got a rash from the diapers. They really only got a rash when they were teething. The drool changes things.
LUVS was the choice of the Ball household also! They work awesome!!!! and I liked the tabs on them the best! (Plus they're cheaper!)
Good job making it this long! Oh, and Liv only had diaper rash a couple times in the whole time she wore loves and it was never bad at all!!!!!!
i really admire that you did it for so long. you have options and can always go back if disposable aren't working. good for you!
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