Cloth Diapers
As some of you know, I started cloth diapering my youngest, Bristol from a couple weeks after birth. I have had a lot of people ask me why I CD and how to start CDing. I have decided to post a two part series about why I cloth diaper, how to buy, prepare and wash cloth diapers, along with the common misconceptions of CD.
For those who have thought about CDing and are looking into starting, please note that I am not an expert, but I did do a ton of research and now that I have been CDing for over a year, I feel like I pretty much know what I'm doing. Also how I do my CDs may be different from how you may decide to do your CDs. You pretty much will figure out your own routine and what works best for you. This is just how I do mine and what works best for us.
Misconceptions about Cloth Diapers
To start off I'm going to address the most commonly mentioned CD misconceptions. Every person that asks me about CDs then says one of these next statements.
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Yup, we are going to talk about pee and poop for a minute. For whatever reason when people think cloth they think "Yuck, how can you deal with all their poop all the time?' and trust me, I thought the same thing when I heard about CDs, way back when I was pregnant with Jonas. I thought I'd have deal with his pee and poop all the time, and thought it would be nasty, so I decided against it. (now I regret this decision)
This is not true! I deal with the same ammont of 'feces" as with disposable! When my little one has peed, I change her diaper and just toss it into a wet bag until it is ready to wash. If she has done the "dirty deed" I plop that little stinky blob right into the toilet and toss the diaper into the wet bag. When my bag is full I then pour it into the wash and turn on the washer. That's it!
You deal with a lot of pee and poop with cloth diapersYup, we are going to talk about pee and poop for a minute. For whatever reason when people think cloth they think "Yuck, how can you deal with all their poop all the time?' and trust me, I thought the same thing when I heard about CDs, way back when I was pregnant with Jonas. I thought I'd have deal with his pee and poop all the time, and thought it would be nasty, so I decided against it. (now I regret this decision)
This is not true! I deal with the same ammont of 'feces" as with disposable! When my little one has peed, I change her diaper and just toss it into a wet bag until it is ready to wash. If she has done the "dirty deed" I plop that little stinky blob right into the toilet and toss the diaper into the wet bag. When my bag is full I then pour it into the wash and turn on the washer. That's it!