After doing some hard research, I found that cloth diapering does not have to be all diaper pins and prefolds like in my mom's day. I spent countless hours on DiaperPin.com looking at reviews from the many WAHM (Work at Home Mothers). There was so much lingo and acronyms to decipher it was ridiculous! Why won't people write about their diapering experience in layman's terms????
That's when I decided to dive into cloth diapering. Maybe my cloth diaper mission would help another poor, stressed out mommy like myself! I don't want to totally reinvent the wheel but I just want to make cloth diapering practical and easy to understand.
After deciding to dive, I realized one big road block....my husband! I did not realize he was so against the unknown. He feels comfortable with disposables since he diapered his daughter in them, and cloth diapering is out of his comfort zone. He thinks it disgusting and difficult!
After much reasoning with, he is grudgingly willing to support me in my mission to try out cloth diapering (I'll definitely report on his views of each diaper). Check out the pic of Phi and Drew thinking hard about cloth diapering!
I want to do cloth diapering and I need to make sure that it is done inexpensively. I searched craigslist, eBay, Diaper Swappers, online outlets and sales for the best prices on highly reviewed diapers. Below are a list of diapers I will be testing over the next couple of months:
- Thirsties Covers
- Chinese Unbleached Prefolds
- Snappis
- Happy Heiny's One Size Cloth Diaper
- Happy Heiny's Hemp Fleece Cloth Wipes
- New Hampshire Milk & Honey Bun Drops
- gDiapers
- Thirsties Pocket All-In-One Diapers
- Thirsties Fab Doublers
- Snap-EZ Pocket Diapers
- Snap-EZ Eco Soakers
- MonkeyBuns Bamboo Fitted Diaper
- Monkey Doodlez Micro Doodlez All-In-One Diaper
- Sweet Pea One Size Diaper
- BumGenius Diaper Doublers
Check later postings for my ratings and my video diary of this cloth diapering experience!