Cloth Diapers.... A Year Later

You all know we did something new with baby ET and invested in cloth diapers instead of disposables.  Here is the blog I wrote about a year ago.... Click Here for Article.

So how are we liking them one year later?  Would we do it all over again?  YES!!!!  I have to say I was a little nervous in the beginning writing about the pros and cons of cloth diapers for the world to see, and then using them for the first time.  But I am very happy to report that we still love our cloth diapers and you couldn't pay me to go back to using disposables.

Horrible pic... but I don't have many of just him in his diapers... and yes it is purple :)

Now that we have it down to a science, let me explain our life with cloth diapers.  First we invested in 24 of the Bum Genius 4.0 snap diapers, two packs of flannel cloth wipes, a toilet poo sprayer, and a plastic garbage bin.  All of this ran us about $450 and that has been all I have spent on his diapers this entire year!  We love the savings of not having to buy disposables and wipes and more than that I love that all of those diapers are staying out of the landfills.  My favorite part of using cloth is how much ET loves them.  He has never had diaper rash with the cloth diapers and we only use water on the flannel cloth wipes so there are NO Chemicals touching his skin.

People always ask me about the work of cloth diapers, and to be honest it isn't much more work.  We wash the diapers ourselves in our washing machine about every three days.  I just think of it as one more load of laundry, and the benefits far out way that one extra load of laundry.  

If you or someone you know is thinking about cloth diapers and you have questions please feel free to contact me via email or my facebook page!  I love talking about our experience and supporting others in choosing cloth.  It can be overwhelming and scary at first, but you will love it in the end!