tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post1274906205007157748..comments2023-09-16T07:40:01.698-07:00Comments on In The Trenches - Budgeting for Financial Survival and Recovery: Diapers, Diapers, DiapersCarol Schultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02277120447454788570noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-88038600583381521922010-09-22T17:09:24.848-07:002010-09-22T17:09:24.848-07:00Carol, I never had prenatal classes to learn to ca...Carol, I never had prenatal classes to learn to care for a baby. However, I did have four younger brothers and sisters. The last was born when I was fourteen. If I were in the house, I was as likely to change as many diapers as my mother did. That really, really hurts to stab a finger or palm with a diaper pin. I never stabbed my three children or my little brother that I diapered. With all the children who do not have siblings much younger, children do not have a chance to learn how NOT to diaper. Disposables have been around long enough to raise up a generation who has never seen a diaper pin used, much less used one.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-12909138930145567082010-09-18T19:26:38.546-07:002010-09-18T19:26:38.546-07:00Nicole, sounds like you researched and implemented...Nicole, sounds like you researched and implemented all options. And, the early potty training was probably the best of all!Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-56385839079346217142010-09-18T11:49:26.773-07:002010-09-18T11:49:26.773-07:00We did both (disposables at daycare and on trips, ...We did both (disposables at daycare and on trips, cloth, then padded underpants at home). We recently bought 3 larger size diapers and extra inserts because it may be some years before he's trained at night. It is very nice not having to go to Target so frequently.<br /><br />We used fuzzibunz, so snaps instead of velcro or pins. After the poo turns solid, cloth is about equally easy as disposables, but man am I glad for early potty training.Nicolehttp://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-10606912791621564042010-09-10T09:17:07.407-07:002010-09-10T09:17:07.407-07:00@Joe, they now make cloth diapers with velcro. Ye...@Joe, they now make cloth diapers with velcro. Yes, it is a horror to poke a baby! I went to an actual babysitting training where they showed how to put our hand under the place where the pin was going so that if anyone were to get poked it would be us. Guess that's why those prenatal type classes are good. Even what seems easy can have little tricks to learn.Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-1092979672457977542010-09-10T08:33:20.775-07:002010-09-10T08:33:20.775-07:00I appreciate all the research and links! You did ...I appreciate all the research and links! You did your homework.<br /><br />We started with cloth, but eventually succumbed to the convenience of disposable. Probably couldn't get over the trauma of sticking a safety pin through my first born son. That was many years ago. Surely cloth diapers don't still require safety pins...do they?Joe Plemonhttp://www.personalfinancebythebook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-18553557978129068142010-09-10T07:20:50.663-07:002010-09-10T07:20:50.663-07:00Both our boys were premies and trained late so I c...Both our boys were premies and trained late so I couldn't answer to the "early potty training" comment. However the savings was massive, and when it was all done we had these great rags....Olivianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-5118033478459397132010-09-09T20:20:59.912-07:002010-09-09T20:20:59.912-07:00Cloth for everyday use, disposables for longer tri...Cloth for everyday use, disposables for longer trips, "special occasions". No need to go either/or.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-25089217680528064442010-09-09T14:14:38.668-07:002010-09-09T14:14:38.668-07:00Cloth is definately not the convenient choice. Tha...Cloth is definately not the convenient choice. That's why if a person likes the benefits of cloth but not the inconvenience a diaper service is a good alternative and costs about the same as disposable. I think Molly is correct that cloth does help in the potty training. Maybe that's because the parents are more motivated. :)Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-79009150918317338932010-09-09T14:01:31.147-07:002010-09-09T14:01:31.147-07:00We don't have kids, but my wife is convinced t...We don't have kids, but my wife is convinced that we will use cloth once we do. I don't know how supportive I am of this, despite the advantages you mention!Roshawn @ Watson Inchttp://www.roshawnwatson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-27530511987027266972010-09-09T11:11:20.967-07:002010-09-09T11:11:20.967-07:00Diapers by the side of the road? That's disgus...Diapers by the side of the road? That's disgusting...<br /><br />We don't have any kids yet, but I've been wondering about this. Cloth does sound like the right choice.Kevin@InvestItWiselyhttp://www.investitwisely.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-76916418905230403442010-09-09T08:30:22.126-07:002010-09-09T08:30:22.126-07:00The other advantage I noticed when my daughter and...The other advantage I noticed when my daughter and my friends kids were in cloth was that potty training happened at a younger age. My theory was that it did not feel comfortable to be sitting in a wet cloth diaper. The choice was to pee in the toilet or have the discomfort of a wet diaper! In a disposable the child never feels a drop of moisture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com