Cloth Diapers
Cloth Diapers. They seem to be my favorite subject lately and I don’t care who knows about it! I have traded my love of shoe shopping to a love of diaper shopping. As my shoe stash dwindled down to a pair of flip-flops and a pair of runners, my diaper stash has increased in size to include Bum Genius, Happy Heiny’s and my favorite Cuddlebug Cloth. In the pages to follow, I will dish on the pros and cons of all of the diapers I have tried so far as well as the benefits of cloth diapering itself. My goal is to show the world that cloth diapering can be easy, affordable and environmentally friendly.
When I was pregnant with my first, the thought of cloth diapering made me shutter. My idea of cloth diapers were thick cloth held together by big diaper pins and crazy plastic pants that looked like a shower cap that you would get in a hotel, just worn upside down. Emily was diapered in disposable diapers and I did not think twice about it. In preparation for my second baby, I stocked up on Pampers as I had been using with my first. Then I discovered a group of mamas who were associated with API – Attachment Parenting International and I was exposed to the wonderful world of cloth diapering. Cloth diapers aren’t AP, specifically, but I find that a lot of AP moms are earth friendly moms too and love cloth diapering.
After two months of diapering my two kids in sposies (disposable diapers), I ventured into the world of cloth diapering and haven’t looked back.
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