https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:08:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-82161 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:11:49 +0000 pastemoo 82161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any progress? We're going with straight up disposables, and some gdiapers with the disposable inserts (and maybe some cloth inserts just in case...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-80371 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:38:06 +0000 anbanan15 80371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you looked into Gro-Via? They only use 3 grams of SAP compared to the ~10 grams other companies use. The insert can be flushed. They make both the hybrid diaper system with a cloth cover and a regular disposable diaper. You also might be able to save buy purchasing them from places like Alice.com, diapers.com and Costco. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-76989 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:38:39 +0000 MsMamaBear 76989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like them and haven't had problems with them. I've been using them 2weeks now. I've never read any reviews on them, but will go check them out just to see what others say. I was thinking they are the same price as what ppl pay for disposables per month anyway, especially since they use them 24/7. I think I might ask a mom at my daughter's daycare to see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-73646 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:51:37 +0000 daniellemybelle 73646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMamaBear: How do you like Honest diapers? It looks like a great system and the price seems comparable to other "natural" diaper brands, but there are mixed reviews online from what I could find. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-73595 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:03:11 +0000 eastportbride 73595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@OhApostrophe (&amp; @Lozza): I would love to take you up on that offer to meet up--although I think we've finally reached a compromise in our household so the cloth demo might not be necessary. I think we've landed on gdiapers hybrids! I'm okay with the disposable liners, especially for being out and about (because I always figured we'd use disposables for that anyway and just do cloth at home), and even though they have "super absorber" in them (since I won't be using them all the time), and Hubs thinks we won't be "washing poop in the washing machine." Little does he know, right? ;-) We'll use a good combo of cloth and the disposable liners--I love that there is a choice! </p> <p>But yes, if you're still interested in a local meet up, I would still love to learn more about your cloth diapering system and generally say hello! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72918 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:52:54 +0000 MsMamaBear 72918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@venice4504: Yeah, I know, we subscribe to Honest diapers. I was just wondering what the others diapers and wipes per month run people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72914 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:26:12 +0000 ohapostrophe 72914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: sure! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72911 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:06:34 +0000 Lozza 72911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ohapostrophe @eastportbride Meetup in Maryland?? :) (That's me saying "can I come too?!?") </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72903 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:09 +0000 venice4504 72903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMamaBear: Pampers for us via Amazon run around $40 a month. The Jessica Alba ones are almost double that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72817 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:37:10 +0000 ohapostrophe 72817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eastportbride: my offer still stands if you want to see them in action ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72785 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:05:17 +0000 Lozza 72785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eastportbride Are there any stores or parent groups in your area that will do a cloth diaper demo? I know that in our area, there's a store that does these "Cloth Diapering 101" sessions where a few CD-ing moms break out all the different types of diapers and demonstrate how they work, they talk about the poop and smell issues, storage, fit, benefits and disadvantages of each type, etc.... One of the local CD delivery services will also come do a home consult and show you their diaper options, and there's another CD-centric forum in our area that hosts occasional informational/social gatherings. So if you poke around a bit on the internet, you may be able to find ways to introduce your DH to how it all works and people who do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72784 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:32:29 +0000 MsMamaBear 72784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>how much is the average cost of a month's supply of diapers &amp; wipes? (not that I plan to switch just asking since we use cloth at home &amp; I don't know.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72778 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:04:32 +0000 venice4504 72778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMamaBear: Holy cow those diapers are expensive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-72693 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:47 +0000 MsMamaBear 72693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use cloth at home, but have to use disposables at daycare. I was using Pampers (rash constantly) and then Huggies and THEN I found Jessica Alba's diapers! VERY safe compared to other brands. <a href="http://www.honest.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.honest.com</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childproofing-cleaning-products#post-58759 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:22:50 +0000 Andrea 58759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have them under the kitchen sink, with locks. And some in a closet with heavy sliding doors that she can't open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childproofing-cleaning-products#post-58741 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:04:00 +0000 sulli301 58741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have child proofing locks &amp; also moved some items to higher areas in the home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childproofing-cleaning-products#post-58333 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:44:23 +0000 chopsuey 58333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: Yep! We got some childproofing locks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childproofing-cleaning-products#post-58322 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:36:31 +0000 Boogs 58322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Do you lock the cabinet in anyway? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childproofing-cleaning-products#post-58320 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:33:06 +0000 chopsuey 58320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have ours under the kitchen sink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childproofing-cleaning-products#post-58317 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:31:36 +0000 Boogs 58317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where do you all keep your cleaning products? Behind a closet door, behind a locked cabinet, out in a garage, etc.? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56614 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:57:54 +0000 tequiero21 56614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>could you do a little bit of both? your hubby can do disposable and u can do cloth? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56490 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:21:51 +0000 ohapostrophe 56490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eastportbride: Ha! It's a pretty minor and reversible alteration! We ordered ours online; I like Cotton babies and Kelly's Closet. Both have good return policies and free shipping. If I were to do it over again I'd do a newborn diaper rental program (and get the bumgenius AIO extra smalls) for the first couple of months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56474 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:32:51 +0000 eastportbride 56474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ohapostrophe: we're having a girl. :-) </p> <p>Funny you should mention the sprayer--his first reaction after reading your post was "they altered their toilet!" I had to explain that it is really common to do that, and technically you should probably do that even if you are using disposables because you should be getting rid of the poop in the toilet before disposing of the diaper. (I understand that doesn't really work before eating solids) But the only folks that he knows who change diapers all use disposables and he's skeptical about bucking the trend. Maybe we need to go shopping for some cloths and see if seeing it in person makes something click. Did you order all of your BumGenius online, or did you find them locally? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56473 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:19:50 +0000 ohapostrophe 56473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eastportbride: is his concern that the washer (that washes his clothes too) will be dirty? Babies get pee/poop/vomit on other clothing items too! You can use a sprayer to get solids off of the diaper first, but IMO it's a waste of time with newborn breastmilk poo. Are you having a boy? Did you show him the article about disposable diapers trapping heat which is dangerous for boy parts? I had to show my husband the diaper itself and how it was going to work, then it was sort of like, oh, that's it? I do most of the laundry but he has definitely helped. Diaper changes are split 50/50 when we're both home...but he did every single one for the first week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56472 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:11:13 +0000 eastportbride 56472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ohapostrophe: we totally do--I would love that. I've sent hubs all of your (fabulous) cloth diapering posts, but he is still not quite there. Did get him to consider the gdiapers disposable inserts yesterday--but unfortunately that doesn't really resolve my concerns about SAP. It may just take some time. He's gone from saying he didn't know if he could change a diaper to now saying since he expects to be changing most of them, at least at first, while I am exhausted and nursing, so who knows. But he's totally grossed out by the idea of throwing cloth diapers directly into the laundry. I'm gonna keep working on him but if you've got tips and tricks for making the case I'd love to hear them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56471 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:51:32 +0000 ohapostrophe 56471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eastportbride: we really should get together and have our husbands chat! mine was hard to convince but now likes cloth better than disposable. When I was searching for a good disposable alternative for travel (chemicals are my biggest concern too) I couldn't find anything that was reviewed well leakage-wise and/or not ridiculously expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56330 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:53:21 +0000 pastemoo 56330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: Mine, neither Sigh. I will let you know what I find, when I find it, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56303 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:19:30 +0000 eastportbride 56303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Venice4504: Thanks for the great link--there is a lot of great information there. As you can probably tell from my original post, I was getting really frustrating trying to weed out chemical impacts on the child from all the stuff on sustainability and this was perfect. Thank you again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56301 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:49:27 +0000 pelikila 56301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we don't cloth diaper we use Earth's Best, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disposable-diapers-advice-on-least-harmful#post-56289 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:19:56 +0000 chopsuey 56289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've used Earth's Best and Seventh Gen. Currently using 7th gen.. works well for us! </p>