Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Cloth Diapers

My Mommy & Daddy have decided to move to cloth diapers. They have been playing with this idea for about a month. It started after reading some blogs of other families, especially MCKMama, who use cloth diapers and then one day at Babies R Us they made the move. The first ones were G Diapers, which proved to be a good transition from disposables to cloth diapers. They worked well and then we decided to try out two other cloth diapers, BumGenius & Fuzzi Buns. We researched these online and then went to a local store, Soft Cloth Bunz and talked to them about our options. There were so many to choose from, but these were the two that were most recommended. We tried them out and loved them for different reasons. We then made our final decision...we will be using BumGenius during the days and Fuzzi Buns at night. Our main reason for this was that the BumGenius are less bulky and easier during the day, and the Fuzzi Bunz have a pocket to add extra layers of absorbency at night.
Now you may be wondering why we decided to make the change...
Were we concerned about the environment...sure, isn't everyone, but that wasn't our major reason.
Were we concerned about the disposable diapers on our baby's bum...sure, but again it wasn't our main reason.
Our final decision came down to the cost savings...we wish we would have started when he was a newborn, but we calculated everything and will still save money now and doesn't everyone like to save money?
We also liked how soft the diapers were and how easy they were to use. Before we started our research, we were scared because we thought cloth diapers were still the "old-school" diapers that had diaper pins, diapers and covers, but we were pleasantly surprised.

So now we start our new journey using cloth diapers.

2 comments:

The Posti Family said...

I have a friend who uses cloth diapers and LOVES them. She said she has a shower hose that she attaches to her sink, washes off the poo in the toilet and then washes them ... they are so cool too. Everytime I change this little boys diaper, I am amazed at how soft they are and how easy they are. Great way to save money! Good for you!

Andria said...

You rock!

Our friends, Rob and Nancy, used cloth for both their kids up until potty-training. If you ever run into any stumbling block, let me know and I'll give you their e-mail. They are cloth diapering gurus!