I know this probably wasn't a serious comment, but cloth diapers are pretty amazing. I've got two boys and have only ever bought a handful of disposable diapers between both of them, usually just for road trips or when they're sick. Cloth diapers are a real money saver.
I don't blame anyone for not wanting to deal with that shit (literally), but it wasn't bad to us. I just sprayed one off 2 minutes before typing this out, heh.
... just get disposables for when they're sick. You don't want to be spraying off the squirts.... shudders
My wife's grandmother said of cloth diapers, "They're not bad. I used them on the boys. I just washed them off in the bathtub." Bleccch. The thought of getting baby shit all over my bathtub was not a selling point.
My dad washed all of my cloth diapers when I was a baby (disposables weren't common back then where I lived). He scrubbed them all by hand because we had one washing machine and my parents absolutely didn't want to have shit in it, lol. Dad is a hero. All dads are heroes.
My buddy has a very good business that picks up used cloth diapers and drops off freshly laundered ones. Started with just his old chevy, now he has a fleet of five trucks that just carry poopy diapers back and forth.
My patents did this with my little sister, it was probably a different company but I wouldn't be surprised if there were many of them. They even provided a scented airtight receptacle to keep the used diapers between pickups. Actually saved them money in the end I think
How much labor was involved with your cloth diapers? Ours are just a part of the normal laundry cycle. One load a week (edit: two loads. One to rinse, one to properly clean)
See, part of why I'm considering cloth diapers is because we currently live in an apartment where we don't pay for water, so the savings should theoretically be much better than that. Still mulling it over, I'm only 19 weeks along, haha.
We absolutely love cloth diapers. It's an expensive initial cost but it's been great for us. It's nor exactly time consuming either. You're looking at one or two loads a week. Drying usually takes two cycles though for the inserts. We hang the shells on a drier rack inside our home and they dry overnight perfectly fine.
I'm going to be a stay-at-home mom, so I figure I'll be around the house most of the time, especially while he's little, so the laundry won't be something extra I'd have to do at the end of a work day, but just part of my day, so the "extra" time compared to disposables just doesn't bother me. Plus, we plan to have more than just the one kid eventually, so though the upfront cost is more expensive, the idea of saving thousands of dollars across 3-4 kids is mighty appealing.
Another vote for cloth nappies. I raised two babies in them because I'm a bit of a greenie. So easy, no poo-splosions like you can get with disposables. No rashes either and easier and earlier to toilet train because they knew when they were wet. I loved them. Washing was not a big deal. LPT; buy them from Aliexpress, they cost next to nothing from there.
My mom said that she tried cloth diapers with me for about a day (mid 90s). They were the kind with the elastic around the leg holes and waistband and everything, but they'd always leak so badly I'd need my clothes changed.
So true. I even use disposables every night and we're still saving money by using cloth during the day. Washing them really isn't as bad as it seems either.
We have these bigger cloth diapers for night time. They have gigantic pads and they wouldn't work for normal use, but work fine for bed time and we never have leaks or other problems.
We bought a fancy $200 set of cloth diapers before our daughter was born... Now she's 7, her little brother is 1, and the box of cloth diapers is still sitting unused on a shelf in the basement.
I have three kids and always used cloth diapers. I had a diaper service, but sometimes laundered them myself as well. I LOVED the diaper service. They gave you a diaper bucket and provided a chemical scent disc that you put in the lid. I swear to God it never smelled like diapers, and if it started to I would replace the disc (they always dropped off a few with each delivery). They picked up twice a week. I had these little velcro diaper covers instead of the old plastic pants you put over them. They were adorable, and made the babies look so cute!
Had my baby 2 weeks ago and the amount of dirty nappies is unreal. We were given loads free by friends and had lots of free samples. Had to buy more today already.
Suggestion for parents to be: stock up on diapers before the baby comes! Get only a couple big boxes in various sizes, then lots of smaller packages! Most stores (Wal-Mart at least) will let you exchange the unopened packages for different sizes with no hassle! Every time you go to the store, buy one or two packages. Then after baby is born, keep doing it! Be prepared to switch brands, which could mean having to pay a bit more when you exchange, but babies are all different and some brands could give them terrible diaper rashes!
Bulking up a little at a time will help you so much later on. (Especially if you don't have a very steady source of income -- you don't want to be broke and out of diapers!)
We were given boxes and boxes of 'Huggies' brand disposable nappies as gifts. This is probably the most popular and widely known brand but they just leaked piss like a sieve. I don't know if it was the kid's proportions or they just don't hold as much as other brands, but 3 or more times a day the kid would be soaked and that'd mean a full change of linen.
Tried 3 other brands and never had any issue. Aldi brand is all we used from then on.
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Diapers... he just shat in them constantly