Gdiapers

YES! I love Gdiapers. I used them without fail all the time up until we moved to a place where I can't flush them (the building is old, won't accept anything other than toilet paper).
The inserts are comparably priced with the 'nice' huggies in the grocery store. I bought the inserts by the case which helped drive the cost/insert down a little.

We are using fuzzi bunz cloth diapers. They are considered pocket diapers, which means they have an outer shell and a "stuffer". It saves time drying to separate the 2 parts. They are super easy to use, they go on like a disposable and close with snaps instead of tape. I have 18 and wash them every 4 days. You can buy 20 on ebay for about $240 and the mediums will last from 4-36 months of age. (The snaps make them size adjustable.) Cloth diapers aren't for everyone but these are so easy to use, so much softer than disposable, and it sounds like they are a lot cheaper. My son has worn them for 4 months now and hasn't had a hint of a diaper rash. One thing, you wash them separate from the rest of your laundry. I think gdiapers are better for the planet than disposables because they decompose but I think they are fairly pricy. They have the outer shell which is reusable but you put in a "stuffer" which you can put in your toilet or compost but the stuffers are 3 for a dollar or something. You can google gdiapers and get their website.

Not sure what GDiapers are however, I learned after my first that I was spending way too much money on brand names when the store brand did the same great job and a lot less money. When my son was born I started with Pampers, went to Huggies, tried Luvs(didn't care for them at all), the tried Target brand. At half the cost of Pampers they were actually better. Then I bought bulk at Sams of their brand and it was awesome. I saved like $35 to $40 a month, I did the same with wipes, bought them in bulk. At Sams Club you can buy a case of wipes (12 packs) for like $13. They were just as good as all the others (unless your child has chaffing or super sensitive skin then I would get the pricier ones).
It never hurts to try other brands. With my daughter I only used Pampers and swore I would never even try the others, when my son came along and I had two in diapers for a bit, I realized very quickly what I was spending. Also, bulk pullups with Target or Sams brand worked the same as all the others for a fraction of the cost when my son was potty training! Thankfully, no more diapers in my house but I still buy the bulk wipes as they are so handy in the car, purse or whatever for quick clean up of faces and hands! :)

A.,

We have the gdiapers and I love them! A few things though. They are a little bit more than Seventh Generation, that is the alternate brand we have used. But you can watch a video about the use and fit before you buy them at www.gdiapers.com.

Tip: If you decide to go with them, you can find them online OR at Whole Foods. I buy ours at Whole Foods by the case and they give us a discount to buy them that way.

I hope you and more people with try these better-for-the-planet alternative diapers. They are the best of both worlds as far as I'm concerned - between cloth & disposable.

Please feel free to message me if you have any other questions.

: ) K.

Hi! I use G Diapers with my 19 month old son, we've been using them for a little over a year now. I LOVE them!! They seem to keep my rash prone boy's little bum healthier since the diapers and liners "breathe" and contain no plastic. I also love the lack of diaper pail smell in our house since we flush the soiled diapers away. My son is involved with the process also, he likes to "help" flush the liner and even says goodbye. We've been quite pleased with them and love that we are not contributing to a landfill as well. All that said, if you are looking for an economical alternative to disposables, G Diapers probably aren't it. The liners cost just slightly more than disposables but you also have to buy the covers at about $10-15 each. The covers are made of cloth and there's a snap in liner made of nylon. We keep 6 covers at a time so that there's always a clean one available. It also takes a little more time and involvement than disposables. Once you change the diaper, you tear the liner open and drop the inner part into the toilet, then swish it around with the little stick they provide. Then you throw in the outer part of the liner (this will all make sense once you see them) and flush it all away. If you are cocnerned with flushing them, you can always just throw them out or compost them, they're fully biodegradable. Now that we've been using them for a while, I wouldn't go back to disposables. I love these that much! We're hoping to have another baby at some point and when we do, I'll happily use them from the start! You just need to be prepared for the extra time and a little extra money. If you're looking ot save money on diapers, you can always go to cloth and launder them yourself. Still, lots more work though. Good luck!!

A. -

I have not checked out GDiapers, but I use Fuzzi Bunz full time and have from the birth of my 1 1/2 year old. I really like them, they are really easy to use and they are totally worth the investment. You can save the ones from your older baby for your younger baby to use, and you can resell all of them when you're done. They cost upfront, but are WAY cheaper than disposables.

You can learn more about them at http://fuzzibunz.com

The cheapest place I've seen them is http://fuzzibunzstore.com

buy Target brand they work great!!

A., we learned about gDiapers when our daughter was approximately one year old. We went on to use them until she was toilet trained at 21 months.

We love gDiapers! They are so wonderful for babies and the most environmentally friendly choice. Also, not to be forgotten, they are cute :). We loved the reusable covers and would sometimes use the covers with cloth inserts. We used to live in a house built in 1922 and never had an issue flushing them. Traveling with them was always convenient. If I was ever unsure of whether or not a specific toilet would flush the flushable, I would just throw it away; they are still produced in a very environmentally-friendly way, so there were still benefits even if it did end up in the trash.

Our dd was very comfortable in the diapers and she never had any rashes. If I think of anything else, I will send it your way, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Best of luck to you, S. (mom to Saffron, 2.75+)

A.,

Would you consider cloth diapers? You could get one diaper- the bumgenius one size and have both your kiddos in the same diaper! Compared to disposables, they pay for themselves inside of 6 months- less for you since you have 2 in diapers right now. Their website is www.cottonbabies.com Also, I have a cloth diapering sampler kit for rent that shows a nice variety of cloth diapers for you to look at- and I have a gdiaper in the kit. OR, if you didn't want to rent it ($5 a week), you are more than welcome to come to my movie night next Thursday, 1/31 where I will have the diapers out for others to check out. And on my website www.naturalchoices4baby.com I have a lot of information about cloth diapers. They are so easy- no pins or plastic pants anymore! The gdiapers are a neat idea, but I would just rather use cloth- even less cost and even better for baby and environment. Let me know if you have any questions! I am happy to help me know if you are interested in the movie night and I can e-mail you the invitation.
H.

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YEA! I am so exicted you you!!!

We use them, love them! ANy diaper that is flushable and good for the environment is good for us. They work well and you can just flush them away. But I dont think they really save on cost. The benefit of them is not really the cost but the piece of mind that they can be flushed rather than used filling up landfills. I'd go to cloth if you really wanted to save money.

I used GDiapers on my son for the first few months after he was born. My husband and I loved the idea, but they didn't work out well for us. I don't know if we weren't getting the pads in correctly, but I ended up cleaning the liners and cloth diaper almost every single changing. It got really frustrating. We changed over to Seventh Generation diapers and even though we were throwing diapers away, I was much happier not having to clean so much. I think now that my son is older the GDiapers would work since he doesn't have the "explosive" diapers like when he was a baby.

I am a postpartum doula and have had 2 clients use them. With the disposable insert, the are not very absorbant. I usually changed a leaky diaper meaning new blankie, clothes and crib sheet. Like the idea though, but still have to throw it away.Hope that helps.
A.

Hi A.,

I purchased Gdiapers and they are a great idea but unfortunately didn't work out for us. It wasn't as easy and convenient as disposable diapers when we out of the house. Living in the Las Vegas area it's not always easy to find easy and convenient places to change a child in public.

Secondly, maybe the style of the Gpant my son would get welts from the pant around his inner thighs which wouldn't go away no matter how much I tried to put them on differently. I still have the 2 pants (green and red) and a few pants left over. I MAY try them out again when we have another child. I also tried cloth diapers which were good when the weather was hot and I was home for most of the day. I highly recommend you checking out the following website for good deals on cloth diapers: www.clothdiaper.com

Hi,
I've been using G's in combination with disposables. I love the concept but have had some trouble with leaks. I think it really depends on how your baby is shaped, because many people love them and have no problems. . Also it seems like people have trouble with them on very young newborns - the baby often needs to fill out a bit for it to fit well. It takes a bit more work, using G's, but I think worth it in terms of the environment. I think the water used to flush them is less bad than filling up landfills - and you can compost the wet ones. I haven't used them enough to know the cost differential but here's a response from another user regarding cost (I got from the Gdiaper yahoogroup):

"Oh they're going to cost a little more than using sposies, but they're are ways to offset the cost...buy used covers, use coupons, buy cases at a time, sometimes use cloth. But really you're probably not going to spend more than the price of a candybar and drink at a vending machine. How many of us office workers find that we buy a candybar every day and don't even factor it into our budgets because it's just a dollar or 2."

You can join the yahoogroup by clicking on the link that's on the top right of the Gdiaper website homepage. www.gdiapers.com

D.

Hi A.-

I'm not sure if G Diapers will save you any money, if that's what you're looking for, but they do work great--the outside cover is super comfortable for her & fits well. I'd make sure your plumbing is good if you're going to flush them. We often put them in the garbage in biodegradable bags as an alternative to flushing. But I really like them--they take a bit of getting used to--how long they last & how wet your baby is, but they work really well to wick the moisture away from baby's skin. Best of luck!

Hi A.,

I have used gdiapers, and personally do not recommend them. Based on my experience, they seem to represent the worst of cloth diapering and of disposables. We found the use of the disposable liner to be far messier than cloth, and despite gdiaper claims that your toilet will not get clogged, ours did, twice (and we have a powerful flusher). We also found that any time our son had a poop, we needed to wash the pant and plastic snap-in, too. So we were left washing them along with our cloth diapers, and continually having to buy the liners like disposables.

To save money, resources and time (no more running out to get diapers), I highly recommend buying cloth. For the $100 a month you are spending now, you can buy several diapers that will last you well beyond your own children. They may seem intimidating at first, but honestly, they are no more work or any more gross and than any other diaper.

Do check out www.diaperpin.com and www.realdiaperassociation.org for more info.