Cloth Diapers

When my son was first born, I remember buying that first jumbo box of disposable diapers and thinking "What's this going to cost me?"  When I had two children in diapers, I figured I should just invest in the companies that made diapers.  Hopefully, it would help me break even!  With our last child Sylvia, my husband and I decided to change things up.  I was about 4 months pregnant and just researching everything Baby.  We were starting new since our youngest children were both 6.  We wanted to try and be as eco-conscious as possible with Sylvia.  We decided to cloth diaper. 

We came to this decision based on many hours of research on my part and a visit from his ex-wife.  The Hubs' ex-wife brought Von to visit us for the summer and that's when I noticed her daughter was wearing a cloth diaper.  I couldn't believe it!  I love reading reviews on items, but when you are researching something, sometimes another person's opinion is the best, especially another mother.  We spent a few minutes talking about it and I began to really think that this was doable!  I was in awe of this woman who had traveled to Florida with an infant wearing cloth diapers the entire time.  Thank you ex-wife!

After all of my research, we decided on gDiapers.  It's a totally hybrid diapering system with a cloth and disposable liner.  We went through diapers.com.  They had a large selection of colors and offered the best deals(at least in my opinion).  The majority of their gDiapers sell for around $18.00 and the shipping is extremely quick.  They also sell the extra snap inserts, cloth liners, and the disposable liners.  The disposable liners are great for travelling.  They are flushable and 100% biodegradable.  We used them on a family road trip from Florida to California and back.  They made changes a little more convenient and we didn't have to carry a full, dirty, wet bag the whole way.  Once we were in California, we converted back to using the cloth liners.  Easy Peasy!

Sylvia goes to daycare at the Child Development Center on the base here in Pensacola, so unfortunately we cannot cloth diaper her all day.  We have to buy disposable diapers, which I don't really like, but rules are rules.  I hope that if people research and realize that you can work and cloth diaper your child, maybe change can happen at the CDC.  For now, Sylvia wears cloth at home and disposable at daycare.  We spend about $25.00 for every 180 diapers, Target brand.  Those last her about a month and a half at daycare.

On another note,  we love our gDiapers, but we love CustomG's by Jessica even more!  Her team of ladies make some of the most awesome, 100% customizable gDiapers, tutus, and hairbows.  They also have items for little boys as well.  They have made Sylvia many custom diapers.  We love dealing with Jessica!

Please keep in mind that cloth diapering isn't for everyone.  We have a very busy schedule due to work, sports, and all of the kids' extra-curricular activities and we still manage to cloth diaper.  I suggest you research and see what works for you.  Cloth diapers have a high cost in the beginning, but it averages out and is cheaper in the end.