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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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[–] jimibulgin ago 

Not worth it, imho.

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[–] beece ago  (edited ago)

We started with cloth and wanted to go all natural etc etc. The first time you lil one wears disposables to bed and sleeps all night instead of waking you up at least twice due to being damned uncomfortable and needing to be changed at 1am and 4 am, you will never use another cloth diaper. Furthermore, once you see the horrific diaper rash that cloth can cause, you won't use them again. So try the cloth, try the disposable. You can figure that one out. Congrats on the lil one coming, may health follow all of his/her life.

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[–] by2inthemorning 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wanna hear a funny story? My mom told me with (first kid now so I didnt know anything) that you have to change the diaper (diposables) every 1/2 hour so that she wouldnt get diaper rashes. So I did. It wasnt until I met other moms lke a year into it that I was told that was I crazy for doing that. This one I had reusables and you still have to change at least once during the night. The pads you use really do make a difference.

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[–] TheAntiZealot ago 

I'm loving the responses to this disposable/cloth diaper topic. Thanks, OP!

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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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