Going The Way Of Cloth

Well it's official I'm making the change over to cloth diapers! Some may wonder why I'm making the switch 8 months into my third child but the fact of the matter is, better late than never right?!

Truthfully I have considered cloth quite seriously before, but it just wasn't the right time for me to make the switch. After having Cohen one of my friends was doing cloth diapers and I thought that she was both brave and fantastic for this. I gave it some serious thought but at the time I was really struggling with a bit of postpartum and adjusting to having two kids so I decided that it wasn't the right time. I didn't really think about it when I had Novah but over the past few months its been lingering in my mind again. With two kids in diapers I am simply disgusted by the number of diapers I go through every day, let alone the heaps of diapers that fill my garbage bin every week.
(Just as a side note: Today I kept track of how many diapers we went through because I'm trying to figure out how many I need in my cloth stash. And we used 12!!! My kids poop a lot. That means that in one week I have 84 diapers going to the landfill- YUCK!!)

Then just a week ago another one of my girl friends made the cross over (she's on her third too) and I thought why not. Who cares if I'm a little late in the game it will still make a huge difference! Plus I felt inspired by her choice to make the change on her third child and I thought, you know what I can do this! I am in a much better place emotionally and mentally now than I was when I previously considered it, I've always wanted to use cloth, plus my two boys are a bit older and my baby is a breeze!

Cue my obsessive cloth diapering research.

After looking into a TON of different companies (I already knew I wanted to use pocket diapers from my research last time) I finally found one that I really like and took the plunge and ordered some diapers. I cannot wait to get them. The company is called The Little Bee Co. and I love the look of their product as well as everything they stand for and do (they give a diaper to an orphan in need for every diaper purchased.) I did order a couple other diapers from two other brands as I know I'll need to grow my stash a bit from my initial order but I want to try out thee three brands to decide what I like best.

How beautiful are these diapers!

I'm really excited to start this new diapering journey. As I'm sure you are all aware cloth diapering has so many positive benefits, the main factors which are constantly discussed being that they are reusable for multiple children, you save money in the long term and its friendlier for the environment. Plus lets just add in the fact that they are so stinking cute! Cloth has certainly come along way from when our mamas were using flats and pins! From what I have read (and trust me I've done a lot of reading) they are just as user friendly as disposables. The extra work comes in with the laundry, but since I already do a ton of that anyway...what's a few more loads a week!

I obviously haven't actually started using cloth yet so I may feel slightly less enthusiastic a few weeks into scrubbing out poop (thank goodness for the flush-able liners they now have for modern day cloth diapering!) but overall I am really excited to make this switch. I'll be sure to post again as I venture on this new journey!

Tell me about your cloth diapering experiences. I'm interested in learning as much as I can!


Jordan