Diapers - Rochester,MI

Most areas have a diaper service that will pick up dirtys and drop off cleans. However, I don't think that's much greener than disposables since there's all of the gas and industrial electricity etc...

I use cloth diapers and am a whole seller as well for them. I LOVE them, and don't find them to be more work at all in terms of laundry. It's actually some of the easiest laundry to do, as you don't have to fold anything.

But since you said you don't like the laundry, i would suggest to look into the g diaper system or the gro via system. They are in the cloth diaper family. G diapers have liners, but you chose if you want to use the cloth liners or disposable liners, and the liners are flushable, and biodegradeable. Gro Via is similar to the g diaper when getting the hybrid system. They also do have biodegradeable diapers. They are more expensive, but are better for the environment.

My husband and I got married bringing in each a child of our own. When we had a child together I was eager to start cloth diapering again. Needless to say he was SKEPTICAL! After a year of cloth diapers my husband laughs when people cringe at the idea. We do it the "old fashion" way, simple cloth diaper with plastic pants. I have a diaper pail with a laundry bag in it. Diapers come off baby and are dumped untreated into a dry laundry bag (once they start solid food, I simply shake out any solid waste into a toilet). Twice a week I take the laundry bag and dump the bag into a hot bleachy cycle. Diapers come out clean and white, no rinsing, scrubbing, soaking etc. I keep baking soda in the bottom of the diaper pail to keep smells away and wash my laundry bag with the diapers. I have spent in about $50 on two children's worth of diapers. Life is all trial and error. You'll find what works for you. Good luck!

I hated the thought of disposable diapers too, but also didn't want neverending laundry, or buckets of soaking poop diapers. We used dydee diaper service and I couldn't have done it without them! $21/week and a truck drops off a weeks supply of diapers. Just throw them in the supplied bin, poop and all! Stick the bin at your front door once a week and the diaper man comes and takes away the dirty ones, leaving you clean diapers. Super easy. I highly reccomend a diaper service if you have one available to you.

In some areas there are diaper services. They deliver clean diapers to your house and pick up the dirty diapers and wash them. Maybe there is something like that in your area. (I saw this on Dirty Jobs about a year ago).

We use a combo of Bum Genius 3.0s and prefolds with PUL covers (Thirsties Duos and Blueberry One size coveralls are my favorites!) and it's pretty simple. I use Tide Free detergent, and sometimes Rockin' Green. I have a dry pail with mesh laundry bags and wash every other or every three days at most (I have two in cloth). Rinse solid poos out if applicable, drop into the pail, and wash on the right day.

The good news for breastfed babies (not sure if it's the same for formula fed babes?) is that there is no rinsing of poop required, just drop in the pail until wash day.

With a family of five, I'm doing a lot of laundry anyway, what's an extra few loads a week?

Diaperswappers.com is a great place to buy used diapers at a fraction of the cost of new. Plus, it's full of helpful forums and resources of other Mamas if you have specific questions on CDing, babywearing, etc.

Here's a link that I found helpful:
http://adventuresindiapering.blogspot.com/search/label/Cl...

Without getting too lengthy (ha!), I'll stop here. If you have any specific questions, feel free to contact me.

Good luck, Mama!

Sam's Club or Costco for disposable. Get a Diaper Genie. Otherwise, I had a friend that found biodegradable diapers on line but for a definate price.

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But there are some diapers that I don't use (just because my son is 30lbs at 11 months and these diapers go to 35lbs) that have a reusable cover then you just buy new inserts that I think are flushable. . . not sure on that since I haven't looked into them a whole bunch. So this route you can go to be semi green and semi disposable.

Tidee Didee Diaper service is good--- for the first few months- or another service like it in your area. They deliver all the diapers and pickup the used ones etc. Its very helpful to have the service do it because you go through so many in the first few months! It is relatively inexpensive and good for the environment too. Or if you want eco friendly diapers- whole foods has biodegradable diapers that are good and don't leak.

Good luck

M

Here are a few links for you..

www.diaperswappers.com - on-line community of CDing mamas
http://allaboutclothdiapers.com/
http://www.diaperpin.com/home.asp

I'm currently CDing my second child and I LOVE it. There really isn't that much more laundry to do sine you can normally fit all of your diapers into one load of laundry. Depending on how many diapers you have and if you choose to use disposables at night or while you are out and about (some do, some don't) you can probably get away with doing laundry as often as every other day or as infrequently as once a week.

While I've never used them, I've heard a lot of people use the G Diapers. They have cute covers & then you put inserts in them, which can be washable cloth, or disposable inserts. You can even flush the disposable inserts.

I wanted to try them, but they were too pricey for us a few years ago.

HI D.,
My daughter uses Bum Genius for her babies. Nice microfiber cloth and velcro closures- much different than what was available when my kids were little. Good Luck and enjoy Motherhood!
Also, good resource books for new moms: ' The Cot Death Cover Up' by Dr. James Sprott (no detergents or fabric softeners for baby's laundry!!), and 'Green Goes With Everything' by Sloan Barnett.
Take care,
M.

I used cloth diapers for both of my kids. There wasn't a diaper service where I lived, so I did do laundry a lot. But I really didn't find it very onerous. For poopy diapers, I rinsed them in the toilet and then popped them in the diaper pail along with wet diapers. When my children were infants, I probably did a load of diapers every other day -- because you have to change them pretty frequently. As they grew older, and pooped and peed less frequently, I probably did a load every 3 or four days. I used a Diaper Dekor Plus because it has a flap that keeps odors at bay. Also, I had a front loading washer with a sanitizing setting.

I found the best diapers to use were just plain cotton prefolds. The all-in-ones, which seemed so appealing, were pretty hard to wash and dry thoroughly. Plus, they're pretty expensive. I think I had about fifty prefolds and maybe ten diaper wraps -- maybe 15. You have to wash and dry the diapers a few times before using so that they quilt up. The additional benefit is that when you're done using them as diapers, they make really great rags.

Good for you for choosing cloth. It's not just better for baby and the environment; it's better for your budget.

Hope this helps.

I use Bum Genius. They are like disposables but are cloth. They clean up easy too.

Disposables are expensive, take up landfill space.... the in thing now is to be "green". That's all lovely BUT...it takes an awful lot of HOT water to wash diapers. It takes alot of electricity or gas to dry them, your time and energy to fold them, unless you like them to be stiff and air dry them. There are cloth diaper services too....but if the thought is for being green...what about the truck that picks them up and delivers them...gas, adding to air pollution blah blah... Seems like it'as a "Catch 22". I would do what is most comfortable for baby and time efficient for you. Congrats on your little one!

I'm not a fan of laundry myself, but I decided to try cloth diapering my one-year-old, and it's really worth it to me. We use a combination of Bum Genius and (mostly) Happy Heinys. The laundry is not really that bad: we do a load every other day (occasionally every 3 days, but every other day is best). You do a cold rinse, followed by a hot wash, and then a tumble dry on low (or sun dry if you're into that sort of thing). In this day and age, most washers and dryers are so efficient that you don't use THAT much water or energy. IMHO, it doesn't offset the benefit of not throwing all those diapers in landfills and not leaching those chemicals into the ground. I also REALLY like not having all those diaper chemicals on my daughter's skin and the cost benefit is undeniable.

At the beginning of every month, The Little Seedling/Tree City Diapers in Ann Arbor does a cloth diapering class that I found super helpful. They would also help you if you just wanted to go in, ask questions, and get an overview of your options. (Note: I am NOT affiliated with them in any way, but they're the ones who gave me enough information to get started.)

Good luck with whatever you choose!