I don’t know if many people are losing sleep over the “cloth vs. disposable” diaper problem, but I suspect Shasta is not the only person researching this and every other aspect of baby-parenthood. I know Jennifer (of Jennifer and Jody) is, for example . . . And the fabulous Rooneys have thought this through too. Anyway, I found this on-line today, and it seems a pretty definitive breakdown of the issue:
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March 29, 2008 at 7:38 am
Nicola
We went through this issue when the boys were born as we were horrified at the thought of double the disposables in landfill sites emanating from our family. One of our friends swears by Fuzzibunz (www.fuzzibunz.com) and we would have used them had we had the space to dry them or a decent washing machine. So for the first year we had to stay with disposables, but now we have both space and a decent washer, our babies may become fuzzibunz!
March 30, 2008 at 4:00 am
Jana
We’ve heard great things about fuzzibunz, too. We plan to use cloth of some sort. I think it’s funny how many of us Ethio people are using/planning on using cloth, since it’s like 2 percent of the overall diaper market. I suppose we all think alike.
March 31, 2008 at 5:36 am
Liz
I’m with the Lantern 100%. Took the childbirth class and put a cloth diaper on a doll — that was enough work for me to realize I wouldn’t have the bandwidth to do it over and over again. Tried the G-Diapers, but a three-step process was more than I could take when I could barely feed myself in the first few weeks! We ended up doing chlorine-free disposables and have never looked back. Just try putting each on a baby when you’ve had no sleep/are in the parking lot of the grocery store/are at a restaurant/after the baby just blew out the last one 10 minutes earlier/sitting on a bench in the park, and you’ll quickly draw your own conclusions.
That said, Shawn’s brother and sister-in-law use Fuzzibunz AND dry them by the fire each night in their farmhouse in New Hampshire in the winter! (But they’re still in their 20s, and apparently have an endless pool of energy!!!)
We’ve chosen the hand-me-down route as a way of sending less stuff to landfills. You’d be surprised how many crazy plastic toys, tiny t-shirts, little shoes everyone is looking to get rid of, and how many folks are happy to get them once you’re done using them.