Cloth diapering

I just put a diaper cover on Hannah that I bought when she was one week old. She's 8 months old today. I love that! I don't know how cloth vs. disposable in terms of economics is even open for debate! Particularly if buying them used and/or reselling them, and with multiple children. The cover I'm using this morning is over a pair of training pants, not full cloth diaper, which is why it still fits after 8 months. That's because we're doing EC, which I will post about later!

I also love that I'm not buying diapers every week. I invested in some cloth diapers a few months ago (for her current size) and won't need new ones for awhile. I also like that she's not seeing me throw something away after just using it one time.

I decided to use disposable diapers on our trip to Arcata last month, one of the reasons being the weight limits on the airplane. I figured that wet diapers would be heavier coming home than on the way there, and I was already at my limit. I much prefer the cloth, but it worked. I used the diapers given to me at my baby showers up until she was three months old (with a combo of a few cloth dipes and the occasional nakey bum time) and then at three months I just couldn't use them anymore. I still have one package that I never opened. I do use the Nature Baby Care diapers from Target on rare occasion, our rate of use of those is about one pack every three months. That's what works for us.

As for the laundry, I don't mind doing laundry, and since I don't have time to take a bath anymore, I don't think I'm using any more water than I was before! (Especially now that we're going to take out the front lawn and put something else in, yippee!!)

So yes, I'm an eager cloth diaper convert! On the subject of organic cotton, I have an organic cotton diaper made by Under the Nile that I bought from Marija at EC Wear and I use it just about every night! It is so nice! She's about ready to outgrow it, but that under a wool cover has solved our recent leak situation. I only bought one of that particular diaper to try it out, but if I have another baby I will get some more! I also like the bamboo diapers for night time, and the one Thirstie's diaper I have that just BARELY fits! What is it about diapers???