So I have been trying to figure out what to do about the diaper issue...paper vs cloth. There are benefits and downfalls to both options. Paper are convenient and economical while cloth are ecofriendly/more natural and may reduce the incidence of diaper rash. I like the idea of cloth...I'm just not sure I can handle washing them myself. Plus, the chemicals used for sanitizing them (bleach?) most likely are not any better on baby's bottom than the chemicals in paper diapers. And I have heard complaints about the smell in your home and just can't stand the thought of my home smelling like dirty diapers for years!
Today I was blog browsing and saw that my friend Ashley Hodge (who just had her baby, Noah!!!!) has decided on diapers called gDiapers. So, I looked them up online and I think they are the perfect solution/compromise for me. They have a flushable insert and/or are biodegradable and the outside is cloth. Not sure how I would register for them though.... Check them out and let me know what you think!
www.gdiapers.com
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So I've been reading your blog and can't comment on it for some reason so I thought I'd just email you. You can buy Gdiapers at Babiesrus (at least at the one by me you can) and they actually have them in the store. There are several other cloth diapers that you can buy online through Babiesrus that they do not have in the store and some of these are similar to Gdiapers but don't have the flushable inserts. I have heard that you don't want to actually flush the insert even though it says you can because it will clog the toilet (obviously I haven't had personal experiance with this yet) but I have done some research and am thinking about doing some cloth diapering at least until my mat leave is up. People seem to have a love or hate relationship wtih Gdiapers and either love them or hate them. They are really nice in that you can do a prefold diaper inside the pocket and be totally cloth diapering or you can use the disposable insert for when you are out and about and dont' want to carry a nasty diaper home to wash (this is the reason I think I'm going to at least try these).
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So those gdiapers sound pretty interesting, like a great in between choice. I also love the idea of creating less trash. Here’s a few things to know about diapers to help you make a decision. I thought about reusable diapers for about a day when I was pregnant with Gretchen. I did some research and when I found out you have to hold the poopy diapers in the toilet while it’s flushing, sometimes several times, to get the poop off before you can even wash them, it turned me off. Plus the research I did said it increases diaper rash because they don’t wick the moisture away like the disposable diapers do. And the thought of washing those diapers in the same washer as my clothes, and the baby clothes…yuck. You’d have to run a wash every day to keep things from stinking. (My mom raised me on reusable diapers but there was a service that cleaned them for her) So that was how I felt about them before I had a baby, knowing nothing. Now this is what I understand:
ReplyDelete1. A breastfed baby’s diapers do not smell. Steve thinks otherwise but it really doesn’t smell. Once they go on formula or other foods it will start to smell. We didn’t have to change our diaper champ until it was completely full because it never smelled, now we have to change it weekly.
2. A newborn baby is on a liquid diet. They do not poop solid, it’s a pasty thick goo so it’s not like the poop will just fall into the toilet. Gretchen didn’t start pooping clean solids until solid foods. All babies are different though
3. Your newborn baby’s diaper will have poop in it basically every time you change it. They are pooping machines. So if you go with a reusable type or something you have to flush you will probably want to change your baby in the bathroom to be close to the toilet. I don’t know where you stick an open pad of poop to keep it from getting all over the place, I would want to drop it right in the toilet. Disposables you wrap up immediately so no flailing hands or feet can get in it.
4. Babies have poop blow-outs and they aren’t pretty. Sometimes several in a row so if you do reusable or gdiapers make sure you have PLENTY of the overwrappings because they will get poop all over them.
5. Most daycare providers/babysitters/friends and family who want to help don’t know how to deal with reusable diapers. So depending what you envision for care for your child if you are going to school/going back to work you may be forced to use disposables at those places and while under a babysitters care. Also this means at family functions you probably won’t get so many volunteers to change your child’s diaper which is always awesome to get a break.
6. Your house isn’t going to smell like diapers, it’s more likely to smell like dog. As long as the trash goes out regularly you will have no problem.
The other thing that would worry me about the gdiapers is they say it’s flushable, but I am not sure how well some of the loads I’ve seen come out of a baby will go down. And being on a septic and growing up on a septic, I’m not sure I would want to be flushing them down. You probably have city sewer. But still they have to go through a pipe that can get clogged. The compost idea sounded cool, not here in AK though, attracts bears. But if you don’t flush them what do you do, wrap it in a plastic bag which isn’t biodegradable so they sit in that bag for 50 years anyway.
So there are a few tidbits to think about to help with your decision. Have a great day,
Nicole
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ReplyDeleteSo even though I have no need right now of knowing about types of diapers (seriously, I don't), believe it or not I read an article not that long ago about diaper choices. I'm always interested in ways to be green, and this article came up when I was browsing some other things. The person who wrote it had some interesting things to say about different kinds of disposable diapers. The author also wrote a follow up on cloth diapers (the link is at the end of the article).
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