Cloth Diapering...would you??

my kids were diapered with cloth diapers and they have the pretty diaper covers that velcro. And after they got older the diapers made great rags for my husbands garage projects. My MIL bought me a 3 month certificate for DyDee Service in Phx. I wonder if they are still around.. They would pickup the dirty ones and drop off clean ones every week. When we lived in Tahoe, i washed my own. Saved us money and I think they are better for the enviroment and also for the babies bottom.

" just my Opinion"

I have no problem with cloth diapers, I just personally wouldn't use them. I understand the issue with diapers filling up the landfills, but I have also read that using cloth uses a lot of energy and water, so the effect on the enviornment is about the same. I just like the convenience of disposable, but I'm sure there are lots of green mommies out there that may be interested.

I used a diaper service in Phoenix for all three of my children. It was great. They picked up/delivered every week and provided a few wraps to use. I picked up extra wraps at used clothing stores and if I had to at Babies R Us. After a few months of service, I washed my own. It was really easy, only one extra load of laundry a week. If you are willing to deal with the mess (it is not as neat and tidy as disposable), it is a great way to go.

Although some mothers are all about them, I personally would not use them. Not that I'm opposed to them, but I'm all about convenience and being able to take the diaper off, throw it away and put the new one on. I'm not about taking the time to clean them out and deal with keeping them in something for a week until a delivery service brought a fresh batch. That's just me though, I'm sure there are others out there who are all for it.

It was not for me. We travel alot and I just couldn't see the convience of using cloth on the go versus disposables. Sounds like lots do though.

KarilouMomof2 is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com living in Tempe. Her daughters are 9 and 6.

I'm a big fan of cloth diapers. It doesn't take that much effort to rinse them in the toilet and toss them in the diaper pail. After all, you have to do something with the disposable ones, too.

Good luck!

Since the research seems to say that there isn't much difference environmentally, I would be inclined to continue with disposable. They are much more absorbent and clean than cloth, but that's just my opinion.

I think we would have used it, had it been as easy as putting the used ones out on our porch and collecting fresh supplies on the same porch. That is as easy as remembering to buy disposables, I'd think.

Good for you. Do you have any response for Jacksmommy's comment that disposibles and cloth do the same environmental damage? I'm really interested in that thought.

Lovemy4 is a discussion leader for North Central Phoenix, tired mother of 4 great kids and wife to one great husband.

I'm sorry I just couldn't do it. I did have a diaper service for 1 month after my twins were born and I used the clothes as burp clothes. I just got a fresh one everytime the babies spit up. That was really good for me, but otherwise.... I guess I just didn't want to especially with twins.
I think there are so many other ways I can contrbute to helping the enviroment without dealing with the yuckies personally.

moladybug ~ mommy of twins

I currently use cloth diapers and LOVE THEM. I do all the washing myslef, I also use biodegradable liners so i dont have to do any rinsing or dunking in the toilet!!! I checked into using a service when i was researching cloth diapers. I honestly dont think i would use a service. I know that i wouldnt want a weeks worth of diapers sitting in my house. Currently i wash every other day or every two days depending on the load. You have to take into consideration that a weeks worth of diapers takes up a LOT of room. But if a service will get people to use cloth vs disposable....go for it!
Cheers

As for the enviroment questions....you have to look at it this way. It takes up to 200 years for ONE disposable diaper to biodegrade. 200 years vs the minamal amount of energy you are using to run your washing machine. There are many types of detergents out there now that have no phosphates in them (that is what it harming to the environment) and cloth diapers dont need to dried in the dryer, I personally only dry in the dryer if i know i need them right away, other then that they line dry. Imagine how many diapers are in land fills!!?? Not to mention the cost. I save over $50.00 a month just using cloth diapers. And i will save much more when we decide to have another child. i will already have all the supplies! :)