Gee, Diapers!

I've been diapering the littlest kiddo in cloth diapers for about a week now, and I have come to the following conclusion; I am super-mom.  Just kidding!  Actually, there has been a sort of evolution of thought that has occurred here. The first day, the little one decided she needed to poo a few extra times, just for good measure, and I pretty much gagged through the entire dump and swish process. The next day, I gagged just a little less. A week later I don't gag anymore but I do groan inwardly a little bit. (who doesn't?!)  I don't particularly enjoy putting my hand in the toilet. That said, I actually think it isn't too bad and if I ever have another baby, I just might cloth diaper from the beginning. 


I'm using gdiapers, which is actually what they call a hybrid system. If I wanted to I could switch out my cloth insert for a flushable/biodegradable/compostable one. As it is, that would kind of defeat my whole purpose in cloth-diapering, which is to save money. Contrary to popular belief, Pastors do not make alot of money. In fact we make bupkus from DH's salary (definition of bupkus: a paltry sum; very little; a minimal amount) so it is very important that we save money wherever possible.  Now, we live in an area where overhead is high (our rent eats up half our monthly pay! YIKES!) so I was hesitant at first to make the switch. I was worried the water and electric bills would eat my savings and make all those gaggy moments go to waste. But after doing the math I realized that we would still be saving about 1200 bucks a year on diapers, so I went for it.  The nice the about the gdiapers is the gpants are reusable. You don't have to throw those little suckers into the wash every time, and when you do wash them you can just throw them into your regular load and dry them on low. The liners (the vinyl thing that holds the cloth insert) can be machine washed, too, so I throw them in with the cloth inserts and then hang them to dry.  Those cloth inserts are the parts that amaze me. My kiddo really made them gross, so when I threw them into the wash at the end of the week, I expected them to be smelly and stained when I took them out. But I was wrong. I added some Clorox 2 Free and Clear in there and they came out fresh and with no stains at all. :) And the gdiaper people weren't kidding when they said that the hemp gets softer everytime you wash it. I want a pillow made out of these suckers. They're very soft. Oh, and the other nice thing about this system is the flushable liners that go over your cloth. They catch (most of) the poo and you flush it away. that way you don't have quite as much mess on the cloth to clean up. I like easy and I like when messes go away, so it is a winning combo for me.   Oh, and one more thing: they are so cute!!! I picked out a bunch in this color:





I'd have put up a picture of the little one wearing these sassy little numbers, but the last thing I need is The Man saying "Hey Weirdo, why are you posting a picture of your little kid's butt online?" So, that's a photo that never happened. ;o)  But you can go to http://www.diapers.com/ and check these out yourself if you are interested. That is where I ordered mine (I love their fast, free shipping!) and I had a good experience. Here is the link to the gdiapers page:   http://www.diapers.com/buy?freetext=gdipbundles1b&viewheader=n

So, there is my adventure.  Oh, and one more final thought: my Granny cloth-diapered and she had 6 kids...someone ought to go and kiss that woman' feet! That's a whole lot of nasty nappys! (I wondered how long she gagged?)