[blparent] Cloth Diapers Anyone?

[Robert Cole]

Hello, Tracy.

My wife and I have been using cloth diapers with our children now for 
nearly a year. We could afford disposable diapers when we had just one 
child, but when our second son was born (our oldest not being potty 
trained at that time) we just could not budget disposable diapers in. to 
be hoenst, we even use cloth baby wipes as well.

We live in an apartment which includes electric and gas utility costs; 
water, sewer, and garbage are  covered by the landlord, and our bills 
have been effected, but it was not as drastic as I thought it would be 
compared to the price of going with disposable diapers.

My wife is fully sighted, and she participates in a lot of cloth 
diapering groups on Facebook. Many of these groups hold co-ops which 
basically consist of a group of individuals who get together and 
purchase large quantities of cloth diapers at a substantially lower cost 
than the standard retail price of cloth diapers.

cloth diapering does take some work, but (in our case) it is well worth 
it. If you are married or are in a relationship, one big factor which 
will come into play for better or worse is the attitude of your 
significant other about cloth diapering. It is a lot of work to do it on 
your own (not that it is impossible), but it is a whole lot easier if 
the other parent is involved in helping with diaper cleaning, laundry, 
and so forth. I will be honest and say that, although it has its 
frustrations, I prefer cloth diapering now that we have done it for 
nearly a year almost exclusively.

My wife continuously researches everything related to cloth diapering. 
If you would be interested, she would be more than glad to help you to 
figure out where to get started. If you would like to talk with her, 
just e-mail me off-list and I will give you her contact information.

Take care.
On 09/22/2012 06:40 PM, Veronica Smith wrote:
> Tracy, I did all that research as well and finally came to the conclusion,
> that cloth diapers weren't a better deal, as laundry prices, water,
> electricity balanced out.
> So I went for convienience.   My baby did best with Pampers.  I didn't like
> the feel of Huggies, they always felt wet to me and I didn't like Luv's, as
> they had a plastic liner and I thought it made our baby sweaty.
> V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tracey Turri
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:11 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Cloth Diapers Anyone?
>
> After spending 2 hours on the computer this morning recerching cloth
> diapering, I am still baffeled.  I get the cost savings over disposables
> long turm witch is a big plus for my family situation, but ware oh ware does
> a pregnant mom start?  Do any of you use cloth, and what styles/brands do
> you like, or should I say does your baby like?
> I no it's early to be thinking about diapering but with some of the
> diapering systoms out their you almost need to set up a savings plan to get
> started as soon as the little one is born.
> Any help would be gladly welcomed!
> Tracey
>
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