Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The great diaper experiment

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Yep, that's my son wearing a cloth diaper.  Even before he was born I considered cloth diapering, but knowing I was going to work full time, he'd likely have to be in disposables for daycare, and why torture myself with cloth diapers the few hours a day I was home?  So, we went disposable.  When I quit my job, I again considered cloth diapers, but was so used to disposables, I never did switchover.  Well, I've been thinking about it again, and with potty training looming in the not so far of distance, I figured, hey, what the hell, might as well give it a go.  studies show that toddlers in cloth diapers tend to potty train faster than kids in disposables.  And of course there is the financial and ecological benefits to cloth diapering. 



I went to the hippie store (aka Wild Oats) and picked up a diapering kit that actually consisted of two cloth wraps with disposable/flushable inserts.  To start my experiment, I'm using the wrap with a Chinese prefold inside.  This gives my son some serious booty.  My baby's finally got back! 



I admit, I'm a little scared of the first poop.  I have no idea what kind of mess this is going to be.  I don't really know how gross it will be to wash these things.  But, I've got plenty of time, energy and hand sanitizer to explore my inner hippie.



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