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Post by ouchy on Mar 1, 2007 8:18:31 GMT -5
So, I'm thinking of using cloth diapers after realizing the awesome difference with cloth menstrual pads. I don't want to use disposable diapers and put dioxins near my baby's reproductive area, especially since dioxins are one of the few things known to cause endometriosis in other primates. Besides being healthier, cotton just feels SOOO much better!
Does anyone have experience with cloth diapering? Any recommendations?
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Post by kb on Mar 1, 2007 23:40:20 GMT -5
Sorry Ouchy, this isnt an answer to your question.
But cloth menstrual pads???
Never heard of them, where do u get them and how effective are they?
My sister used cloth diapers with her bub, she found them effective but as the baby got older she got sick of the work involved and found they leaked occasionally.
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Post by ouchy on Mar 2, 2007 7:08:56 GMT -5
Hey, kb!!! Yep. Erzulie and love them! Neither of us have ever had a leak with them! The overnight pads are awesome!!!! She uses Lunapads, and I sewed my own from their design. We kinda' have a thread on it. Basically, the thread was about tampons if I remember right, but we turned it in to a "natural menstrual product" thread. hehe Let me find the link for you. Holy crap! I think our thread is gone!!!! I can't find it on search, and I can't find it by looking myself! I'll have to ask erzulie!
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Post by ouchy on Mar 2, 2007 7:15:50 GMT -5
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Post by ouchy on Mar 2, 2007 18:02:04 GMT -5
Sorry Ouchy, this isnt an answer to your question. But cloth menstrual pads??? Never heard of them, where do u get them and how effective are they? Hey, kb. Here is the thread on them. There are 3 pages, so you'll have to flip-through manually. Erzulie was able to help me find it. My search feature doesn't work a lot of the time lately. cjlevett.proboards33.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1157814878
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Post by kb on Mar 2, 2007 22:43:13 GMT -5
Thanks Ouchy
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Post by ouchy on Mar 4, 2007 23:32:35 GMT -5
LOL! My husband thinks I'm a freak for planning what type of diapers to use already. I guess it is because I am excited. The benefits of cloth diapers are great! Not a lot of diaper rash, no dioxins, no harm to the environment and landfills...the list goes on! I may purchase one and reverse engineer it so that I can sew my own and save money. At $17.00 a pop + a $4.00 hemp liner, these could get expensive! Well, not that expensive, considering they are reusable, and you can use them on multiple babies.
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Post by erzulie on Mar 5, 2007 11:20:39 GMT -5
My sister used cloth diapers with her son. The disposable ones bothered his allergies, so she didn't have a choice! There are lots of different kinds you can get. Some velcro, so if you are nervous about using pins, you don't have to. Also you can get all different kinds of diaper covers to prevent leaks. I definitely think it's a good idea. My sister, who is pregnant again, found some she wants me to get for her here www.babyworks.com. If you guys want, I could compile a list of places to get natural (i.e. dioxin-free) baby stuff. I compiled a list for my sister when I first found out she was pregnant using the National Green Pages, so I could re-compile a list for all of you.
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Post by ouchy on Mar 5, 2007 11:44:25 GMT -5
I'm totally going to try the Fuzzi Bunz All-In-Ones first. From all of the reviews I've read about them compared to others (hours and hours of research), they seem to contain leaks the best. I also like that the Fuzzi Bunz have snaps instead of velcro, bc I have read that the velcro gets ruined after a lot of washes and also starts to curl. That would be awesome if you could post that info, though. Thanks!
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Post by ouchy on Apr 7, 2007 18:17:02 GMT -5
Okay. I've found another diapering system that has the same fabric and design as Fuzzi Bunz pocket diapers, but this system actually has more snaps. It can be used from newborn-potty training. That way, I'd only have to buy one set, instead of newborn, small, and medium with the fuzzi bunz. The new kind is called "Mommy's Touch." Here is a link. www.mommystouch.com/pocketproduct.html
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Post by Tiff on Apr 10, 2007 20:07:24 GMT -5
My mother cloth diapered all of us and swears by it. Obviously the non dioxin diapers did not prevent endo, but I too feel they are better and I will be looking into them for our child.
Ouchy thanks for the websites It gived me a better idea of what I want.
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Post by Tiff on Apr 10, 2007 20:12:18 GMT -5
Ok here is a question I don't think has been asked. When my mom was diapering us there was a program that came and picked up dirty cloth diapers in exchange for clean ones. Does something like this still exist?
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Post by ouchy on Apr 10, 2007 21:15:11 GMT -5
Depends where you live. I live near a big city, and they don't have one in my area. From reading TONS of reviews, though, it's actually not that big of a deal to wash them at home. They even have these paper liners that you can put in the diaper so that you just toss the solids in the toilet, toss in the diaper pail. I'm really looking forward to it! Plus, if you buy diapers and decide you don't like them, surprisingly, the new-style cloth diapers have a very high resale value on eBay , so you should be able to get most of your money back.
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Post by erzulie on Apr 10, 2007 21:33:07 GMT -5
We have something like this in my city. My sister used in when her son was a newborn, but then she stopped because it was getting too expensive. No idea how you look for something like that though. Also, if you wash them yourself you can make sure you use the best products to wash with...for instance, if you use chlorine bleach you're defeating the purpose, because then there is still going to be dioxin in the diapers. With a service like that you'd have to ask what they use, and you may or may not be able to convince them to do somehting different in your case.
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Post by ouchy on Apr 10, 2007 21:45:34 GMT -5
Yah. And apparently, you're only supposed to use 1/4-1/2 the recommended amount of regular, non-enzyme detergent, or else there will be detergent build-up.
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