Get a clue. You can use washable diapers as generations of mothers have. I had 9 doz. cloth diapers for 4 kids. They make great rags and polishing cloths afterwards. And the kids get potty trained quicker because they can feel when they are wet. I cried when the last one fell to pieces.
That sounds like so much . . . work.
As an extremely low income person (now a days, anyway) I still use disposable diapers. The cost isn’t that bad. It’s like $20 a week.
A lot of these people bitching about the cost of diapers also buy packs of smokes. I don’t care how ignorant I sound, the facts are the facts.
Low income people, by and large, send their money to the state lottery and cigarette companies without a hesitation.
Not saying all.. but you get my drift.
And oh god cloth diapers are the worst. Just my opinion.
Exactly what I was thinking. Buy cloth diapers, and do the laundry-cheap, and doesn’t lead to poopy plastic in the landfills.
In fact, I had to do the diapers for my first child by hand, because we didn’t have a washing machine, and rarely had the money to go to the Laundromat.
Dreft, boiling water, and sometimes a little bleach. Hung them up to dry outdoors. Air and sunshine does wonders too.
I used cloth diapers as well. I learned how I could have saved even more money with the last baby-wish I had found out sooner. You can fold men’s t-shirts for diapers, the arms wrap around to the front and make it easy to pin and the stretchy fabric holds every thing in nicely. For a cover you can cut a thrift store fleece blanket into a sort of hour glass shape leaving long ties on the back-wrap it around and tie it to hold the front in place. The system was breathable and better than some of my more expensive covers and inserts. Tutorials for folding the shirts and cutting the blanket online. Easy peasy.
Second hand t-shirts and blanket and you are good to go for very little money.
I suspect that most of them wouldn’t know how to use them and would throw them away after one use .... just saying, I’m surprised daily about the level of ignorance of our youth.
Get a clue. You can use washable diapers as generations of mothers have. I had 9 doz. cloth diapers for 4 kids. They make great rags and polishing cloths afterwards. And the kids get potty trained quicker because they can feel when they are wet. I cried when the last one fell to pieces.
Many years ago kids potty trained at about one year old. Now they wear diapers until they are two and three years of age.
Before disposable diapers, the cloth diapers were great.
Wash, dry and re-use. And, as you said, the cloths were great for many other uses after the kids were potty trained.
I don’t get the liberal left coasters who try to ban plastic bags for groceries because of landfill concerns, but they are okay with paying welfare to people who use disposable diapers that go into landfills.
Simple solution:
1) Go to your local hospital laundry and buy a bag of used flannel sheets.
2) Cut into diaper size and shape.
3) Use, wash and re-use same until replacements needed.
4) Repeat step 1
The end.
My youngest is 30 and we still have a few of his diapers around the house. Great for cleaning the car.