BumGenius Cloth Diapers

Following up on on my last post about “clothies“:

Wow, these diapers are cool. We have had our first day of using the diapers. They look and feel nice. They actually fit our little guy. The Egyptian cotton wipes are so soft and pick up poo like magic! They work way better that disposable wipes.

While it is no fun to get the poo out of the diaper, it is really not a big deal. You already work with poo when you change a diaper and wipe if off your baby’s bottom so what’s one more step? We just wash it down the drain under hot water then go through the thorough laundry steps.

Today when changing Will’s diaper he flatulated while pooing and shot me with it! So, I was wearing his poo on my hand arm and, oh my, my face. Well, if I can wear the poo I can work with cloth diapers.

Also, one can think of it like this: Will came from me and the poo comes from the milk that comes from me… its just the left over bits that his body wont be using. See? Easy. So what are you waiting for? Switch to cloth diapers. Its better on your budget and the landfills. Then there is the process making and transporting them.

Now, let’s see how I feel about it next week :}

More on Diapers… The Clothies Are Here!

Billy did some research on cloth diapering solutions by Bum Genius. He found an organic cotton diaper that will fit babies from 7-35 lbs by way of a system of snaps that allow you to fit the diaper to the current size of your baby. Billy ordered six diapers to start us out with so that we can try them out to see how we like them. We received them in the mail today and the are in the dryer as we speak. We can’t wait to try them on our little guy. I don’t know if he is big enough to fit into them but we shall see.

We also ordered twelve Egyptian cotton reusable wipes. They are so soft!

We also have a lot of Seventh Generation chlorine-free wipes that do not have a bunch of irritating additives to them like most wipes do. So we can use these when the need arises.

Here is a forum that talks about the various experiences that parents have had with these diapers. We found the overall user experience to be good.

Now I just have to get used to getting a little bit more involved with my son’s diapers. Oh boy!
I do feel great about the positive impact using these diapers will have both on our pocket books and the environment.