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Cloth diapers?

Did cloth with my son.

Pro Tip: Get a high pressure sprayer installed next to your toilet.
 
six7s said:
It's more than that... or it can be...

First time I heard about it, I was cynical/sceptical

But then I thought about it

And it dawned on me that throughout history (and even today in many parts of the whirled) the number of babies raised without diapers/nappies must be in the gazillions - including two of my nieces, who had only a few mishaps (although they did wear disposables whenever they went out)
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In those days you just let the kid go on the ground. Even in the house you just had a dirt floor.
 
Dumb All Over said:
Diapers, eww. When you bite into a fresh baby the diaper adversely affects the taste. I hate it when the diaper fibers get stuck between your teeth.
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You're not cooking them properly. Or are you one of those raw food freaks?
 
Used cloth nappies with all of my four kids (though I did put them in disposables for travelling). I thoroughly rinsed out the wet ones and hung them up to dry; with the cr*ppy ones, I scraped them off into the toilet, chucked them into a bucket of dilute bleach for 24 hours, then washed them. Most of the time, I didn't have a washing machine; when I did, the nappies simply got washed with the rest of the whites.
None of the kids ever got nappy rash, and I found that if I timed the rinsing / washing / drying cycle right, I could get away with needing only three nappies per child. And far from wearing out fast, most of them lasted for up to three babies, after which they served several more years as dusters and cleaning rags. I think I've even got one or two still in the rags box - and my youngest is 26!
 
Lisa Simpson said:
I used cloth diapers with my oldest. They are a pain in the ass. With kids number 2 & 3, we switched to disposable. I had heard that those in drought states should use disposable and those living in states where they have no landfill and burn garbage should use cloth. Since, I live in a state that's in a near-constant drought, I didn't feel bad about switching. For all the talk of landfill space, I was surprised at the episode of Bullsh!t that said we are not anywhere near running out of landfill.
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Running out of landfill is more a NIMBY issue anyway.
 
ponderingturtle said:
Running out of landfill is more a NIMBY issue anyway.
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That and they cost money and energy. The reason we ended up with cloth diapers is because of me and my big mouth. My wife, whom I love dearly, is a pain in the ass about plastic bags at grocery stores. If we don't have the canvas bags with us, she gets all fussy about using a bag for just a few items.

Well, when she was pregnant with our first, she fussed about a plastic bag for a couple of items. I said, "Honey, you do realize that the first month of diapers is going to wipe out a lifetime of bag conservation right?" Next thing I know she's sending me links about cloth diapers and wanting a front-loading washing machine.
 
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