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I started cloth with my daughter at 7 months old. We only started part time, leaving night times and occasional days that we just weren't in the mood for disposables. By 8 1/2 months I decided I was over spending money on disposables and that I was going to commit to cloth full time. I honestly did not enjoy it until about a month after that when I got some more diapers and could do laundry a little less often. Honestly though I buy super cheap pocket diapers through a co-op and the price combined with the cuteness factor is enough to make me keep going. It helps that hubby doesn't mind washing them too though!
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I don't have personal experience in the issue. I just wanted to say that my husband is more enthused about cloth diapers than I am. He is also much better at doing laundry in a timely manner than I am. I am 100% on board as far as cost and health go, but was slightly reluctant (only AFTER getting our positive pregnancy test) due to the increase in laundry. But DH is sold on the idea.
I picked a good daddy for my babies!ETA: He and his 4 younger siblings were all cloth diapered, with the old fashioned one too! And, if we stay here, there's a bathroom attached to the baby's room for easy spraying.
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@knittingmama: ooh didn't realize they have that! That might make it easier
@cyneswith: That's nice that he's so into it!
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@sandy: how does washing the liners differ from diapers where you have to wash the whole thing?
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@hilsy85 Here are services for NYC:
http://www.diaperkind.com/Home.html
http://www.idiaperservice.com/Getting_Started.html
http://www.naturespremiere.com/ -
@knittingmama: Thank you!
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@knittingmama: Hmm boo it seems like both of the ones in my area only do prefold diapers, which need to be folded and then used with a cover! I'll have to look into this more...
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I would say, if you're only considering cloth diapers b/c of mommy guilt, then don't do it. They're not that hard to use, but the learning curve definitely takes longer than using disposables... and they are a bit more work since you'll have to do all of that extra laundry. We cloth diaper our baby, but it's a decision that we were really passionate about. Even though you see a ton of cloth diapers in the blog world, I'm pretty sure that you'll rarely see them out in the real world. That's my experience at least...
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@hilsy85 Not sure where you are, but it looks like Diaperkind does the prefolded inserts, which is a little more expensive but easier, it looks like.
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Regarding the flushable liners, I believe in the US most of the liners are marketed as flushable. The problem is they don't decompose like toilet paper and get stuck in the plumbing, so if you do use them, you should either toss them in the garbage or if you do flush, be prepared to have a plumber come out and snake your system.
Once my son started solids, I actually found I didn't need the liner any more, the poop just plops off into the toilet, where it belongs...which by the way, is the place it belongs even if you use disposables.
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@hilsy85: the gdiapers are made up of 3 parts - the outer gpant, and a breathable nylon liner snaps into it and then either a cloth or flushable insert goes into the liner. Baby poo or pee hits the cloth or flushable insert and is contained by the liner. 90% of poo and pee stays within the cloth, insert and liner. So when you change your baby you just take out the cloth or flush the insert and reload the same gpant or liner with another cloth or insert. You can wash the gpants with regular laundry after a few uses.
If it is a really full diaper and the cloth or insert gets saturated with poo or pee then it will get contained by the liner and the liner will be soiled. If nothing got on the gpant then you just unsnap the liner and snap in a new one. I put my soiled liners in one of those mesh laundry bags (like a lingerie bag) and just throw the bag in with the regular laundry. Then you can just air dry the liners. So easy to just wash gpants and liners with the regular wash...the material is thin and easy to wash/dry...not like cloth diapers. I have a wet bag for the gcloths that i use and I have to do a long pre wash, sanitary wash (hot hot water) and extra rinse for cloth. That's why I prefer the flushable inserts...so easy and no real additional laundry since the gpants and liners can just go in the regular wash.
Here's a good blog with gdiaper details:
http://www.joyfulabode.com/2010/09/26/gwhiz-gdiapers-101-the-anatomy-of-a-gdiaper -
We started cloth diapering at 6 months. Partially because of the "trend" but also to try to save money.
We started with a few to try out and were willing to try knowing that we could sell back used typically for 75-85% of the original cost. If we spent $100 and got back $80, I was willing to loose that $20 to try it out.
Also, our daycare accepted them so that was a big plus. Our life saver was when we found the flushable liners (which we just throw out). It catches all of the poo so I never really have to do anything with the toilet. The worst is the ammonia smell after sitting a day.
The worst part right now has been figuring out not how to handle the extra laundry but how to actually get a good wash. The special detergents, the pre-wash, extra rinse, the stripping, etc are all daunting.
Lastly, we have had some issues with a diaper rash which she never had from 0-6 months in disposables. Now we also have been on antibiotics and started solids but it also could be a cloth diaper issue. We are still trying to determine this issue but it could cause us to stop using CD's if necessary.
The cost savings have been great for us. Water bill maybe gone up $3/month? Disposables were like $40/month and once we purchased all our diapers we save that!
I picked a good daddy for my babies!
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