Cloth or disposable diapers?

Dear Moms and Dads, Grandmas and Grandpas, Big sisters and brothers,

I am looking into cloth vs. disposable diapers. I want to know what you think and what your experience has been. Please comment!
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  1. fsAugust 24, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    both - cloth for home & disposable for travel (& during early weeks).

    cleaning the cloth isn't as time consuming as it sounds; we clean every other day & Gabe helps fold or put them in the dryer or play peekaboo

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  2. KathyAugust 24, 2009 at 5:34 PM

    Cloth is better for the environment -- less trash, less crude oil used, which is needed in the making of a disposable. The average disposable contains dyes, fragrance, xylene, ethylbenzene, and sodium polyacrylate which can trigger allergic reactions. Some studies show these diapers release VOC's. When you feel you must use disposables try non chemical disposables carried online in bulk, at certain stores, and Target has a new brand of chemical free disposable. Cloth can be purchsed from Dy-Dee Diaper Service and you launder every 3 days. Dy-dee can wash them for you, you can purchase all-in-one diapers like Fuzzibunz and Bum Genius, Nickis Diapers (there are so many on the market).

    We experienced far less diaper rash with cloth and cloth is more breathable. You can check out the gdiaper and even try a cloth diaper inside the gdiaper cover. Babies wear diapers for 2 years on average and don't need to sit in chemicals 24/7. Do a cost comparison sometime and compare the savings of re-using some sort of cloth diaper vs the cost of disposables. And if you are not sure what you want to do, try Dy-Dee Service for one month while you are in postpartum and then experiment to figure out which path is best for you. There are resources where bundles of diapers can be put together and there are websites such as --
    www.kellyscloset.com
    www.nickisdiapers.com
    www.gdiapers.com
    www.dy-dee.com

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  3. AnonymousAugust 24, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    i would say disposable, the cloth diapers are so messy to change , i think, u could try them both and see what you like best,

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  4. Catholic FeminaAugust 25, 2009 at 6:29 AM

    OK, cloth vs. disposable... I use seventh generation disposable diapers, they are all natural. Enviromentally better than most. White diapers have chlorine which has long term reprocussions. I like the idea of cloth, but could not use them without the cleaning chemicals and without them babies can get everything from reoccur impetigo to yeast infections. Boiling diapers cleans them without chemicals, but I really prefer dedicating the time to my baby. All natural diapers are great, but they are costly. I recommend www.1800diapers.com they deliver to your home too!

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