Josh and I decided months before Jasper was born that we were going to use cloth diapers. We were given about two weeks worth of disposable diapers so of course, decided we would use them first. We ended up doing about four weeks of disposable before switching to the cloth and I’m really glad we did it that way. New parents tend to change diapers more often than necessary. Newborns dirty A LOT of diapers. And I don’t know how many times Jasper would dirty a diaper as we put a clean one on.
After four weeks we switched to cloth diapers and haven’t looked back. We absolutely love them! When I put that first diaper on him I knew we had made the right decision. They are so easy to use. We had a few leaks at first but switched to the regular liner instead of using the newborn liner. (Let’s face it, Jasper hasn’t been much of a typical newborn.) We haven’t had any leaks since.
The diaper fits really well which still kind of amazes me. They seemed so big at first and yet they just worked. The Velcro is great because you can refasten the diaper really easily. The Velcro is so much better than that sticky stuff that masquerades as Velcro on disposables. When the diaper is dirty, you pull the liner out and dump both the outside shell and liner in the same pail. About every other day we do one load of diaper laundry. After the load is dry we go through and stuff the liners back into each individual shell which takes about 10 minutes. Josh and I usually do this while watching TV and it goes really quickly.
Even when we are out and about, using them isn’t any more difficult. We have a lined bag to hold wet things. I just put the dirty diaper in there and empty it in the pail when we get home. I don’t anticipate needing to use disposable for any reason.
I also feel a lot better about putting them on Jasper’s skin. They seem so much softer and better for him. We also haven’t had any diaper rash so far.
I would so recommend the Bum Genius diapers to anyone. (Although I would suggest doing disposable for a couple weeks.) They’re cute and really easy to use. Really the only thing that is different is the laundry and that’s not nearly as time consuming as one would think. Josh figures that by the end of the year the diapers will have paid for themselves. That’s reason enough for me!
So awesome that you are going with cloth! Here’s a link to a site a friend of mine buys from. She loves them-http://www.doodlebunz.com/
Thanks for the update on cloth – I was curious how that worked out since it is something David and I are committed to as well
So glad you are using cloth diapers!! So much less diaper garbage right!!
yeah, thanks for the update! i had been wondering about this actually. i’m glad it’s going so well for you.