5 Reasons I Don't Do Cloth Diapers

3 kids in diapers!!! I comend you for even trying!!! WHEW!!! You probably barely had time to be a mom!! Even if you had a cadilac system of Fuzzi Bunz, it would still have been exhausting! let those of us who have one baby in diapers at a time pick up the slack so you busy mamas dont have to! LAZY??? How could anybody call you lazy?? :) I am an avid cloth diaper user..... BUT... if it was making me feel stressed and exhausted then by all means, use disposable! Its hard enough raising quality, well trained, smart happy little citezens of the USA without killing ourself over the small stuff!

I cloth diaper but I have taken breaks in super busy times in my life where I needed them and switched to disposables, as have friends of mine who CD. You have a lot on your plate and for even attempting cloth diapering I give you a huge kudos. If you ever want to try it again you will have them there and you have lots of good advice here to troubleshoot the problems you had. Don't feel bad if it's not the right time for you to CD. You have to do what works for your family right now. I have learned that giving yourself some wiggle room and letting some things go sometimes is better than having a stressed out mommy. Good luck on the PTing!

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Ok- the problem here is people are thinking I'm just lazy. When I I wrote this, I have 3 in diapers- one of which was (and still is) autistic. She's now almost 8 and still has bladder problems. I'm glad so many have had positive experiences. I didn't and it wasn't from being a 'newbie'. I didn't have the money to shell out for the brand new cloth diapers, the ones I wrote about were given to me. So I can understand that new versions are probably much better than what I had.

The leaking problems you experienced is a common CDing newbie problem. You have to strip your diapers when they're having absorbency problems (google CDing striping for how-to), which is usually due to using too much detergent or using bad detergents and fabric softener (a big no-no). Build up leaking usually shows up within the first three months if you're using too much detergent. The fact that your child started having rashes from the diapers not absorbing tells me that there was some build up in the diaper. Also, some children are allergic so some fabrics used in cloth diapering, such as suede and microfleece. Bamboo and cotton diapers are becoming more popular, especially since they're natural fiber and bamboo is so easily grown. I've been CDing since my baby was born (an exclusively breastfed baby, so I had BF poop), and I've only had two leaks, both were my fault because the diaper wasn't on correctly (my husband was worried about hurting her and kept putting the diapers

wow! those diapers of yours must not have been any good at all. i've been using bumgenius diapers and we haven't had many leaks at all..they're really rare now. i've had more leaks with disposable swim diapers! my son hasn't had a serious diaper rash at all! but whatever works for the family is usually what's best. so sorry you had a bad experience.

Two words "diaper service". Not as expensive as it sounds, they do all the washing, no detergent build-up, delivered to your door! Totally worth it. We do use Pampers for travel, but have to deal with the resulting rash while using them.

So I went from using disposables for travel, to using them for travel and nighttime...to daytime 24/7. For all of you cloth diapering experts who think your cloth diaper is keeping your baby "dry" all night, I challenge you to put a wet towel in between your legs and sleep with it in your bed. I guarantee you, it will still be uncomforable, even if you put a wool banket on top of the wet towel.

I have three children and I completely AGREE with the original author. I "invested" over $2000 on cloth diapers - everything from chinese prefolds, to AIO, Bummis and other various brands....they ALL LEAK... and good luck with holding in the diarrhea newborn poop which oozed out the edges. Newborn/breastfeeding poop is the worst. It doesn't "flush" well, and it was so disgusting filling my clean washer with a bunch of diarreah soaked cloth diapers....not to mention the poopy sleepers, crib sheets, bedding. Night changes were also a nightmare...NOT ONE cloth diaper kept my baby's bum DRY ALL NIGHT (6-12 hrs)...and that included the "wool" insert which added a nice scratchy rash to my baby's bum. Everything was SOAKED by morning...whereas a Huggies disposable was my lifesaver (I could actually get a full nights sleep without waking up to a screaming, wet, cold, soaked baby every 3 hrs). So I went from using disposables for travel, to using them for travel and nighttime...and

I would have to say that if you used "over 100 cloth diapers from all in ones to flats. They all leaked", that it was definitely operator error somewhere. More than likely a detergent buildup, which is easy to get when using the wrong detergent.