First Impressions

It was Friday afternoon, and we finally had the keys to our new house.  I was very excited, for sure, and who wouldn't be?  But there are so many conveniences in life that I was missing out on, simply because of the apartment we were living in the last four months.

One thing I was very excited for was that now we would have our own laundry machines again.  And I could start using the cloth diapers on my daughter.  You might call me crazy, but I was eagerly looking forward to using the cloth diapers, and I've had to wait until we moved into the house to start.  She is now four months old.

We got the laundry machines in, first thing, but one thing after another was wrong with them, so they weren't actually ready to use until late that night.  And so I waited until Saturday morning to put that first diaper on her.  And then off to church we went.

So, you ask, what happened?  How do you like them?  And I would anser, that I really like them a lot!  After using disposables for the last four months, I can say that the cloth diapers are a big improvement.  So far, the biggest benefit I've noticed is in the lack of blowouts.  I can say with confidence that the vast majority of the time she had a poopy diaper in disposables, she would be wearing it somewhere on her clothes.  Probably about 95% of the time, or more.  Now, since Saturday morning, she has not had any get on her clothing.

Yesterday, Sunday, I ran a load of the diapers because I wanted to see how it was to wash them.  I simply tossed the diapers in the laundry (without removing the inserts) and ran a cold cycle, then ran a hot cycle with half of the amount of detergent that I would normally use for clothes, and when that was done, then an extra rinse.  I opted to line dry all of them, since the inserts had some staining still on them.  It worked fabulously, all are now white again.  Of course, I left the inserts out longer, and didn't bring them in overnight, and today they got rained on.  Oh well, you win some and you loose some.  That was my fault, and totally fixable.

I have been taking the cloth diapers along with us when we are out and about, and they are just as convenient as the disposables, in my opinion.  You do have to take them home, but we did that a lot with disposables, too.

I still wish I had known about the SunBaby diapers, because they are much cheaper than our BumGenius, but I really have no regrets.  I have even been recommending cloth diapers to mothers who seem open to the idea but haven't made that final plunge.  I'm a believer!  Of course, this is my first impression of the diapers, and I will be watching to see how white they stay in the long run.  I will most likely be writing more on this subject in the future, so stay tuned!