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My husband convinced me to use cloth diapers.
When I got pregnant, my husband suggested we use cloth diapers. I was thinking prefolds, pins, and plastic pants. So I objected. Apparently he was thinking of the same system, but he was all for it. He figured if it was good enough for his mom, I could do it, too. “It’s easy,” he said. “When you have a dirty diaper you just hold it in the toilet and flush.” Now I know he was talking about the dunk and swish method. But there was no way I was going to do that.
My husband persisted, though, and brought it up several times. Each time I told him I was just not going to deal with it, and that holding a diaper in the toilet and flushing was too gross. Finally, one day I gave in and told him I’d look into it. I changed my status to “Sarah is considering cloth diapers.” What a reaction I got! Most people just got grossed out but I got a couple of helpful starter hints. I followed the links I got and searched for the brands they mentioned, and a whole new world opened up to me.
Very slowly, I learned about modern cloth diapers. It took me awhile to figure everything out, but I just kept going. I learned what a pocket diaper was, what an all-in-one was, what prefolds were (although it took me awhile to figure out why they were called prefolds if you still had to fold them) and so on. Eventually I got the hang of it. I read up on washing routines, detergent, and I looked into dozens of brands and stores. I’m pretty sure all my nesting energy as a pregnant woman went into cloth diapers.
My husband has been great the whole way. He’s great about trying all the different brands I come across, though I do try to save the easiest closures for him. I know getting the husband on board is often the hardest part of cloth diapering and I realize how lucky I am! He describes cloth diapering as “virtuous” and he was happy to learn about the modern advancements - flushable liners, diaper sprayers, and no more dunking and swishing. Unless, I guess, you really want to.
Sarah's Bio:
I am from Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from Brigham Young University with a double major in Linguistics and German. Now a stay at home mom to Nathan, born July 2010. I'm learning how to cloth diaper on a budget while my husband is in law school. I enjoy clogging, I dabble in sewing, and of course, I love cloth diapering!
Sarah is also a blogger, you can visit her at her Blog Left Handed.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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You're not alone! My husband made us cloth diaper too and I'm so glad he did. It's great to have a partner who's supportive... he even does all the diaper washing. :-)
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