Yes! As a matter of fact, cloth diapering has become quite the vogue thing to do, especially among environmentally conscious parents. All of the new choices in cloth diapers have made it as easy to use cloth diapers as it is to use disposable diapers. We asked and you told us! Read what a few of our readers say about cloth diapering!
"Yes!!! I started cloth diapering my daughter around 4 months and fell I love. The start up can be pricey but in the long run, so worth it. The best part- you can use them again for future kids too! Saving you even more money. Not only that but they are adorable and have so many cute designs now. Plus they don't have all the nasty chemicals that disposables do and don't fill up our landfills with yucky crap that won't start to decompose for hundreds of years. My favorite brands are "Sunbaby" and "Baby Wizard". There are co ops you can join that you can get them for pretty cheap too." - Estee Howlett "I will def be using CD. I didn't with the first two who are 1 & 2 and I dread buying diapers at the store every month!!!! I have better things to spend my money on...and I'm becoming more of a tree hugger these days. The fact that it takes a diaper over 500 years to decompose is disgusting and I don't want to have any part in that any more. Hubby is not as excited because he's never even seen a cloth diaper but hopefully once we get into it he will be fully on board." -Akiki Reynolds We CD!!! I love love love it...at first I was terrified of it. A few of my friends did it and I went to a couple classes at a cloth store and they helped me a lot! Now I couldn't imagine not doing it!" -Brittney Lauren "I did disposable with my first, but when I realized how much money it would save, I decided to go cloth this time around. I'm pretty excited. I mean I can diaper my kid for $300 total vs $2000. The extra laundry every three days just seemed worth it to me." -Christina Lawrence "Love cloth! And I will be cloth diapering 2 and will only wash diapers every other day. There will be 6 people in my house so I wash AT LEAST 1 load of regular laundry a day anyway, usually 2. One more doesn't bother me." -Josie Martin | "Mom of 4. I never did the cloth diapers for two reasons one couldn't afford the diaper service and two just liked the convenience of the disposable ones. I know not very Eco-friendly sorry." -Jennifer Guest "I'm not against it but that's not for me. My electric bill would be a lot higher if I had to do laundry everyday. Poop particles stay in the washer too. So if you don't run a load with just bleach and water after, all the clothes you wash after that is getting poop as particles on them." -Jessica Wilson "We use disposable diapers for a few reasons. We couldn't afforded the up front costs and there is a bit of work to be done to cloth diapers. My kids are now 1 and 2 and I am glad we did disposables. When a poopy nasty diaper comes you can throw it out and be done. We had a diaper part with #2 instead of a regular part since we still had stuff from #1. Helped bunches! We didn't buy diapers for either kid for close to 6 months. But I kept my eye open for sales and clearance." -Carli Robbins "I considered using cloths for the purpose of "saving $$" but when researching diaper services (having someone pick up and drop off) there wasn't much of a price difference. Even with cleaning them at home it seemed draining. I hate laundry and to spray and clean poop vs throwing the darn diaper in a pail I chose disposables. It's one less thing to worry about." -Julia McGee "We are doing disposables...I can't picture having MORE laundry and spending time to clean poop off of the fabric. So it's more expensive, but in the long run it will save me time. I have heard cloth diapers and disposable diapers come out to about the same amount when you consider that you buy them both, need to buy more as the baby gets bigger, pay for a cleaning service to pick them up (unless you do it yourself)." -Maria Greer |