@elderjamesb I just recently heard someone say they do this and I was horrified. Even ignoring the environmental impact of just throwing away dirty clothes, I was just blown away by the financial impact of this. My family definitely doesn’t have the money to be literally throwing away clothes. I’ll gladly just clean off the poop.
“No DoNt Do ThAt YoU’LL HaVe To cLeAn ThE DiApErS!!!!!!!” - half our family/friends reactions when I said we’re doing cloth
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elderjamesb
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@slashin8r This couple threw out their own PJs and the babies for one blow out! 
imagine each blowout costing 3 peoples clothes…
Have to say through with CDing we had like no blow outs compared to people using disposables so…
imagine each blowout costing 3 peoples clothes… Have to say through with CDing we had like no blow outs compared to people using disposables so…
nguyentrongphuoc
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@elderjamesb Oh I feel so completely smug every time my friends using disposables talk about blow outs. Never had one! My covers are bulletproof!
elderjamesb
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@nguyentrongphuoc Same 
I’m trying to recall blowouts, I remember small leaks but never full on blowouts, maybe we never had one either! 
I’m trying to recall blowouts, I remember small leaks but never full on blowouts, maybe we never had one either! @elderjamesb At the beginning we had a lot of pee leaks because my baby just was not big enough for even the newborn diapers and I wasn’t mentally in a place to do tons of troubleshooting. But once we got a better fit, and really got started we didn’t have really any problems. We do use disposables over night (we had tons of sleep issues and I just couldn’t deal with also trying to make sure my overnight diapers were absorbent enough). But in general we have found cloth diapers to be great, inexpensive, and easy to use. And we literally never threw away even one piece of clothing due to a blow out. That’s just wild.
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sunrise1471
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@annaabrahami That's exactly what I said to people who were shocked about cloth. "I bought someone's load of cloth diapers to last from newborn to potty training for $75". That shut them up
excatholic
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@sunrise1471 Seriously! Big money saver!!!I got some cheap off Amazon have a total of maybe 20 with 24 flats and spent no more then 120 dollars well spent. Almost a year later and that’s it. I’ll admit tho…I am making a few fitted diapers from some cloth my mom gave me”bird eye cloth” from Mexico (100% cotton) because I want to use wool covers that were gifted to me. I’ve tried it with flats but don’t want to make it hard for baby sitter as she’s been very good about the cloth diapering part since it was a learning process for her.
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lifespriority
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@lifespriority But like… aren’t they less poor because they did cloth instead of throwing their money in the trash???
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excatholic
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@lifespriority My hub was not thrilled at first only thing I think that motivated him was the money saving. Now seeing almost a year in that our little bean has had no diaper rashes we are saving a lot more money then he thought, he said it’s very worth it and loves that I pushed him a little bit especially cus we love seeing our baby looking cute in her little flower diapers.
@lifespriority Oh dear haha.
Yeah, the long term cost comparison was what really sold my husband too. Especially factoring in that we want to have more children in the future.
Yeah, the long term cost comparison was what really sold my husband too. Especially factoring in that we want to have more children in the future.
@damon50 One of the things that cloth diapers really helped me with is dealing with poop in general.
Like, your child will poop on cloth, whether or not you use disposables or cloth diapers. Kids poop everywhere. They also vomit in things.
Cloth diapering means that I have the tools (sprayer, wet bags), the knowledge (washing routine), and the experience to deal with all of these things easily.
Basically, every parent is going to have to scrub bodily fluids off of a textile eventually. Cloth diapering really made that easy. Plus I saved money!
Like, your child will poop on cloth, whether or not you use disposables or cloth diapers. Kids poop everywhere. They also vomit in things.
Cloth diapering means that I have the tools (sprayer, wet bags), the knowledge (washing routine), and the experience to deal with all of these things easily.
Basically, every parent is going to have to scrub bodily fluids off of a textile eventually. Cloth diapering really made that easy. Plus I saved money!
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mikentexas
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@jrowbottom286 I get the feeling a lot of people just chuck out clothes that have blowouts on them. People seem to always be amazed that I've never thrown out baby clothes due to stains. Like, dudes, I've got twins and I'm a cheap crunchy B, I am not going to throw away a perfectly good onesie just because it got food/poop/vomit/etc. on it!
@mikentexas You have it completely right. Whenever I talk about this to other parents, it's seems to be a given that we've all thrown away clothes/sheets/blankets and I just haven't! Even stuff my cats have seemingly ruined can always be saved. When I hear stories of people throwing things away for messes, I'm a little sad actually. Feels like such a waste of money and resources. Heck, I saw a pair of underwear in the trash at a public bathroom least week and rolled my eyes at the waste. This was as I was packing up my son's poopy underwear and pants to bring home for the wash.
I just pulled out a favorite onesie that my son definitely "ruined" by most people's standards last week for new baby and smiled at the memory. I was DETERMINED on those stains because I was obsessed with how adorable the outfit was.
I just pulled out a favorite onesie that my son definitely "ruined" by most people's standards last week for new baby and smiled at the memory. I was DETERMINED on those stains because I was obsessed with how adorable the outfit was.