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<\/p>\nWe have washed our last diaper, friends. We are now all disposable all the time — with mixed feelings. <\/p>\n
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When I was pregnant with Lucy, I used to sit up for hours (literally) at night “researching”:http:\/\/diaperpin.com cloth diapers. Are they less expensive than disposable ones? Which ones are the easiest to use? Is it gross to buy them used? And how can anyone choose between all the adorable patterns?<\/p>\n
p{color:gray}. Photo: Gotta keep this cute little butt happy!<\/p>\n
We used cloth diapers probably “80% of the time”:\/news\/2006\/growth-spurt\/ with Lucy. We bought some used Fuzzi Bunz from a friend and loved them. Sure, they occasionally leaked, and we often used a disposable diaper for long outings, but it felt really good to use them — we didn’t fill up the trash so quickly, we were saving money on buying paper diapers, and they were so cute!<\/p>\n
When Rosie came along, it took a month or two for us to start up with the cloth diapers again — I just wasn’t in a big hurry to further complicate our lives with daily diaper washings. By the time we started, we discovered that Rosie had already outgrown our size-small Fuzzi Bunz (which Lucy was probably in until she was 9-10 months old). Our size-mediums were looking pretty rough around the edges, so I bought some used ones on “craigslist”:http:\/\/craigslist.com\/. Fluffy, colorful, new diapers — we were ready to go!<\/p>\n
It turned out that the new Fuzzi Bunz leaked almost every time for Rosie. (She is certainly shaped differently than Lucy, so that probably has something to do with it.) I quickly got tired of changing Rosie’s entire outfit for every diaper change. I found that I was often making excuses to just put a disposable diaper on Rosie and not worry about it. So, after several weeks of trying and a bit of angst, we finally decided to call it a day and give our Fuzzi Bunz a new home.<\/p>\n
If I were more dedicated to cloth diapering, I could have done some more research, tried other brands of diapers, really worked the system until we found something effective. But as it turns out, we have mixed feelings about cloth diapers anyway. It is definitely great to not fill up the trash with them, and they are less expensive than paper (especially if you buy them used) (the cloth diapers, I mean). But the cost savings gets lost when you factor in the price of energy to wash them — plus, using all that energy is hardly very eco-friendly either. The main loss, in my opinion, is cuteness (although even that can be called into question, since cloth diapers create bizarrely giant baby-butts). The main gains are effectiveness, convenience, and not having to do laundry *every* day — and those are big gains!<\/p>\n
So, I’m continuing to do research to find the least-expensive disposable diapers out there, since we are going through a lot of them these days. Currently, I think Target wins with size 4 diapers under $0.13 each — not bad, but it certainly adds up when you are doing six or more diaper changes each day!<\/p>\n
And, in terms of cuteness, I’m growing to adore those little Wonder-Woman “underpants”:\/news\/2008\/belly-shot\/ that often come with baby girl dresses. Lucy and Rosie both wear the same size of these super-undies, so we have lots to choose from!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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