well i've made up my mind and i'm going cloth! diapers that is...
i have put in a few orders and am so excited to get them in the mail. i got my first order today...one elemental bum genius all in one diaper, and one bum genius pocket diaper! can't wait to get the rest of the parcels in the mail so i can get them all prepped and ready to be used! i know this is going to be an adventure that we'll need to work into our already busy lives, but it is so worth it.
it costs an average of $1500 to diaper a baby from newborn to potty training. ouch! not to mention that all of those diapers find their way into the garbage can. i can tell you our family garbage has increased dramatically since kingston was born...and all he does is use diapers. it's crazy actually. not only is it a huge cost savings right now...but it will continue to be for our next baby too.
another thing about cloth - they are super fun to shop for!!! i absolutely love browsing the internet for deals on things. i've saved us so much money surfing the net...and now i have another item to shop for. there are different brands, different styles, and my favourite of all - different colours, patterns, textures, etc! i could sit on my computer for hours browsing for diapers. who knew my life would turn this way?
i'm going to try out several different brands of diapers to see what we like best, least, etc. i've read a little bit about each brand and hopefully we'll be settled into our cloth diaper world very shortly. the brands i've got coming are: bum genius, swaddlebees, fuzzibunz, ecobumz, happy heiny, comfyrumps, amp, sunbaby, and blueberry....i think that's it... all of them are different colours, some are minky in texture, and one is even camo patterned. i'm so excited!
the joys in the life of a mama...
Good for you Candace! What are you going to do with ALL those diapers you bought from walmart when they were on sale? :)
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ReplyDeletesince Fiona was a baby. I used simple whites so that they could be bleached and washed in hot water. I also did not like velcro. It inevitably crapped out and lost it's stickyness or got clogged with lint. Another thing that's important it how long you want them to take to dry. Pre-folded diapers take forever to dry, wasting energy and $$$$$. When I lived in Calgary, they were dried outside on the clothesline, but it's a bit too wet here for that. anyway, I am proud of you for trying cloth, the biggest benefit is a happy, healthy baby butt with no "pamper rash" (ie. yeast infections and other rashes.) liz
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ReplyDelete@Meaghan - well we will still use disposables if we go away, and probably for the night sleeps until we find a diaper that works overnight for kingston. we actually don't have all that many left...which is scary! that many diapers have gone in the trash...eeeek!
ReplyDelete@Lizzie - it's actually super easy! the diapers fit one size from 7 - 35 pounds, they're all totally adjustable and machine washable/dryable. you can hang them in the sun to get a natural bleach as well. they require less than half the amount of detergent that clothing requires and no bleach, etc. my plan is to get them JUST about dry and let them air dry overnight. fingers crossed it works. i didn't get any velcro diapers, only snaps...i dont like velcro either.
here goes nothin...my first batch has arrived!
Wow I didn't know that they come in one size-that's fabulous!!!! I thought you had to buy different sizes for different stages and always thought it would end up being more expensive!!! Let me know how it goes!
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