Comments on: Confessions of a Half-Hearted Cloth Diapering Mama https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/confessions-half-hearted-cloth-diapering-mama/ Sun, 12 Jul 2015 03:54:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Julie https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/confessions-half-hearted-cloth-diapering-mama/#comment-10118 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 03:54:07 +0000 http://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=1194#comment-10118 In reply to Jacy.

Ha ha! I know what you mean about kinda falling into the AP thing “innocently”!

]]> By: Jacy https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/confessions-half-hearted-cloth-diapering-mama/#comment-10113 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 05:26:55 +0000 http://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=1194#comment-10113 Hah! Sounds about right. 🙂 We use flats (like prefolds, but you have to fold them yourself — clearly, I thought this through) and Thirsties covers at home and overnight, and disposables for errands and travel. When we took a trip recently and I packed SO many diapers and then had to use them and just toss them, I both cringed (at the luggage space used and the waste) and was reminded of why so many parents do disposables (for the convenience). I love using cloth because I don’t care how wet my son is when I change him, and we also figured out that if I use an additional half-diaper at night, he doesn’t pee through it like he had been with disposables, but I really don’t enjoy the extra laundry, and the time folding them. I decided to cloth diaper more for the money-saving aspect than for being green (though I do have that sort of conservation-mindset), but we live in an apartment complex where we pay for laundry, so I don’t know that we’re saving much money (this kid’s use of them, anyway). I will say, though, that my son always starts to get redness with disposables but has never had any significant rash with cloth, and that, although it takes longer to fold the flats, I would still use them > prefolds because you can do so many different folds! The other things is, since we are trying to do minimal laundry, I rinse and hang my diapers to dry so I can only do diaper loads when my whole stock is used up (about once a week), and having flats over prefolds means they dry quickly then and when they come out of the dryer.
Btw, I found your blog via pinterest, on a pin of your ‘crunchy mama baby registry’ post, and I am still in denial that I am a crunchy mom or an attachment parent (but I totally am) – lol. Just like your “I’m going to be the best mom!” idea before kids, I had the perspective of “I’m not going to be one of *those* crazy AP, hippy-dippy parents” (like some I’d seen), except that I found myself aligning with basically all the tenets of AP without ever reading any books or anything about it.

]]> By: Julie https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/confessions-half-hearted-cloth-diapering-mama/#comment-9972 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:52:00 +0000 http://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=1194#comment-9972 In reply to Liz Millay.

We were gifted BumGenius. I think if this next one is a girl I need to get some extra cute ones to motivate me! 🙂

]]> By: Liz Millay https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/confessions-half-hearted-cloth-diapering-mama/#comment-9970 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:02:52 +0000 http://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=1194#comment-9970 Love this Julie,
I, too, am a half hearted cloth diaperer. lol I hate how bulky they are on my 6 week old, I feel like he can’t move! And those disposables are just oh so convenient! I usually try to use the cloth during the day when at home and the disposables at night and when we are out. What brand do you use? I’m thinking I need to add a couple more pocket style to my stash – maybe that’ll convince me to be more excited about using them! 🙂

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