Did you consider cloth diapering? Did you actually do it and did it work out for you?
I know very few people IRL who have cloth diapered, and it seems most people never even considered it, but it seems like a lot of people on here do it or at least tried it or thought about it. So I'm making a poll to get very scientific percentages... I probably missed some options but there are what I could think of!
39 votes
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
I didn't really know much about it when I first got pregnant, and maybe knowing now what I know about it I would have given it more thought, but I've always just used disposable diapers, and likely will for the next kiddo too.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I use them for LO and I will use them for Baby 2.
GOLD / squash / 13576 posts
I work too much to consider cloth diapering and DH is a work maniac so it's really just me a lot of the time.
pineapple / 12802 posts
Nope, never considered it, not even briefly. I know I do not have the patients for that.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I plan to use cloth diapers once I have a LO. I started researching them when my DH and I started ttc.
grape / 82 posts
I used disposables for the first few weeks and then switched to cloth once I got into a routine and baby was big enough. I use Bum Genius 4.0s and Freetimes. I love CDing, its very easy and they are so cute! Even my backyard looks better with the colorful rainbow of diapers hanging on the clothesline!
pomegranate / 3890 posts
I originally wanted to do cloth diapering when I was pregnant but got talked put of it. Then when he was 3 months old we decided to do it and we love it.. even my hubby likes cloth better then sposies.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
We will be using both. I know very very few people IRL who use them, though!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
I considered it briefly, but DH wants nothing to do with cloth diapers, so it was short-lived. And I really only considered them because I think they are much cuter than disposables (probably not the best reason to choose them!). I am a huge germophobe and the thought of washing diapers in the same washing machine as my clothes just grosses me out. I also think it'd be a pain when traveling or being out in public away from home. In the end, the cons outweighed the pros for us.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
I currently cloth diaper (LO will be 6 months tomorrow), but I don't LOVE it. I don't hate it/dislike it, either. I chose other, because I don't feel anything towards CDing, either way. I know people who do love it and are super passionate but I'm not one of them.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I never considered them until getting int Hellobee. Like I said, I know pretty much 1 person in real life who uses them and she is a friend I haven't actually seen in years and years, I only know because of facebook. I can only imagine my parents' reactions though-- they would try to talk me out of it for sure. (These are people who think a midwife assisted birth in a hospital is very "hippie dippy".)
But I don't think it's for us. DH and I both talked about this morning but are still pretty meh about it. I do think it's probably not as hard as most people think (based on HB discussions) but still seems like a lot of work!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
I considered it briefly, but we do not have laundry in our unit so that would be a pain in the butt. The idea got dismissed right away.
nectarine / 2797 posts
I tried it but DH hated it and I couldn't handle being the only one to change and wash diapers.
nectarine / 2530 posts
I'm excited about the idea of it, but no opportunity to put it into action yet, so we'll see how things work out. I first heard about CD'ing when a very forward-thinking friend from high school posted a link to Grovia years ago. Since then I know that another HS friend bought a stash, and my SIL has been posting links to mom-made ones, but I'm not sure if she's actually used them or not.
Unfortunately, none of these people are local to me! My DH is very "whatever you want, I'll do" and since he's going to be the major caregiver when I go back to work, I hope they work for him. My coworkers all look at me funny when I mention cloth diapering (yes, we share everything in my office), so I hope to prove to them that it is possible.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
We had no intentions of using cloth. Even laughed and joked at those who did. But then a friend convinced me I try them and I liked them. By the time she was six months old I got sick of buying $50 in diapers each month.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
@lawbee11: you and your DH sound exactly like my DH! Haha I thought about it. Said nah and just use sposies. Now(at 8 months old) I wanted to try CDing and my DH said absolutely not, he won't touch them, or clean them. And then he said I don't want the in my washing machine lol
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@Foodnerd81: How much work they are largely depends on what kind you get. We use the BG Freetimes, so they are just like a disposable (no stuffing). The only work is throwing them in the washer/dryer, and I'm doing laundry anyway.
We got a lot of...not exactly negative but definitely skeptical...feedback when I was pregnant, specifically from my mother and MIL. When I said "cloth diapers" they imagined the squares with the pins and couldn't imagine why I'd want to do that. Now they're both sold--we went to brunch with my ILs last week and I went to the bathroom and when I came back MIL was showing our waitress a (clean) diaper and gushing about them! My DH was hesitant about it until we actually started, and now he loves it.
Anyway, we use them and we love it. Not like super passionate, but I would definitely use them again in a heartbeat.
persimmon / 1453 posts
We just switched and I love them! Even DH likes them. Lots of benefits for very little extra work. 
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