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[–] Alreadygone 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I had my heart set on using cloth but then my baby had a rather difficult temperament. I simply couldn’t put him down without him crying and I’m a big believer in responding to all crying until at least 6 months to help baby form a secure attachment. You’ll probably be up to your eyeballs taking care of your baby, trying to manage a house (using one hand because your baby will be in the other), keeping laundry clean, making meals and getting a bit of exercise here and there without adding another thing. After around 6 weeks your baby will probably only want you...especially if you’re breastfeeding. This means your husband is helping you with some basic house duties while you’re in survival mode or you’re husband is holding a fussy, crying baby who wants mom while you try to housewife. By the way, your husband will probably struggle with this much more than you do. Im grateful I listened to my husband and started with disposable because cloth diapers on top of everything else would have been a nightmare.

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[–] TradRight14 ago 

I do AP and I found that cloth diapers took me less time (but we did use a service because no w/d for the first 3 months) also I am big in to baby wearing which is huge when they are tiny and tasks need to be done but baby needs to be held.

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[–] Alreadygone ago 

I think a diaper service would make it doable. I was super excited to wear my baby but that didn’t last long. He wanted to be in my arms...and squirming...and me walking. He’s very very busy as a toddler too. The wraps were all to constricting for him. I think most moms do get to wear their babies quite a while though and that’s wonderful.

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[–] Deshy 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I tried cloth initially but my children grew fast and I had them rather close. It got a bit overwhelming for me at times to keep on top of washing and sizing up so fast, so I used both but opted for disposable diapers that were bleach free and environmentally friendly to supplement.

I just stumbled on these that look super cute and seem rather cost effective. They have the waterproof covers with the inserts.

Copy this into your browser: ->

amazon.com/ALVABABY

Just search for Alvababy cloth diapers you’ll find it.

Thankfully my kids are out of diapers now. All the best and remember do what is best within your means. It’s fantastic you are making your own, even better!

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[–] NoTrueScotsman 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Congratulations!

I use the prefold style ones, not the new fancy styles. I use a mix of plastic covers and wool longies. I also use a snappi closure, with the bottom foot cut off. The hand-me-down prefolds I got are OsoCozy brand, I think. The ones I bought are Green Mountain Diapers brand.

I find them easier to clean than I expected. I just wash once on cold without soap, then run it again on hot with soap, and dry. I throw dirties into a wet/dry bag I hang from the doorknob. The only thing that is work is poops now that my baby eats a little solid food. We got a bidet sprayer and a plastic shield with a clip to help with that, so it's quick and simple, so long as I can have the baby safe in another room for a minute. We also do elimination communication, so my 7 month old poops in the potty instead of his diaper (unless I'm too exhausted to put him on it in the early morning), which I much prefer.

The wool longies require more work than the diapers, but I like how fast they make diaper changes and how they let his skin breathe, plus they are cute, and I am proud that I can make them myself, so I keep using them.

Eucalan brand soap made hand washing much easier for me, too if you decide to go that route. You just squish it a bit, soak, then let dry, no need to rinse.

We didn't start cloth until the meconium was gone, though I've heard that isn't as big a deal as I was led to believe. We also will use disposables if we go away for like a weekend, but I really miss the cloth when we do. The disposables we've had stink even when clean, and I don't like the texture. I think they're Pampers.

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[–] varialus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I once heard of some company that does like a sampler pack or something so you can see how thy work for ya.

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[–] Thats_not_my_dog 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Tried em. Lasted about 3 months.

Best of luck to you if you can pull it off.

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[–] ggolemg 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

We lasted a very short while on cloth with our first, it's just not worth the huge hassle.

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[–] KILLtheRATS 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There is no infrastructure for cloth diapers like there used to be. In the 50s, there was a guy who would pick up old diapers and leave clean ones

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[–] frenulum_fondler ago 

We liked the idea of cloth diapers but just didn't have the patience for them. Babies are hard enough without all the extra hassle of dealing with cloth diapers, but if you can make it work then kudos to you!

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[–] Memorexem ago 

Absolutely disgusting, imo, unless you hand wash them separately. In a tub in the yard. Then you burn and bury them.

I'm all for most natural stuff, gotta breastfeed, make sure the larvae doesn't get rashy, etc, but that's a hard no on having that literal shit go through my washing machine.

I'll spring for disposables, they sell em for dirt cheap at flea markets or you can always go downtown and find somebody on the dole willing to sell you some they bought with stamps or something.

There's really no excuse to not use disposables nowadays, price isn't a real issue anymore and it's so much more sanitary/easy.

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[–] TradRight14 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

Uh, we hose the poop into the toilet and then wring them out and put them into the pail, never had issues with larvae, and we don’t put feces into the wash. There are plenty of reasons to not use disposables, including they trash the planet, kids don’t potty train till almost 3, and they are soaked with endocrine disrupting hormones. Buy sure, consooom goy.

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[–] Memorexem 2 points -2 points (+0|-2) ago 

can't come up with a decent counter argument

Blame the Jews.

You're just spare parts aren't ya?

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