Cloth Diapers

Before I ever got pregnant, I knew that I wanted to cloth diaper.  I did hours, probably days of research on cloth diapering since it had changed so much from when I was in cloth diapers.  I ultimately made my decision based on the “ease” of getting the diapers.  I wanted to be able to go to the store, and buy the supplies if needed, and gDiapers were the only one that I could go to the store and actually look at.  I can now officially say, that was the worst decision ever.

The concept seems pretty convenient, but these diapers are definitely not convenient in any way, shape or form.  They are also the most expensive, and are one of the few cloth diapering systems that have sizes, whereas many have one size fits all… so if they had actually worked, not only would I have spent a fortune this time around, but she’s about to outgrow this size, so I would have had to start all over again.  Now that I have done more research, looked up all my gripes about the diapers, and found so many other people with the same issues.

I was also able to find out that there are so many other brands out there, that are so much less expensive.  With gDiapers (minus the starter pack we got) you have to buy the outer pants one by one, or in multi-packs, then you have to buy the liners in packages of six, and the cloth inserts the same.  Total, I have 18 cloth inserts, 18 liners, 6 small/medium diapers, and 12 newborn sized diapers.  Total, that’s probably close to at least $300-$400 and now I’m stuck with them, and they only work (most of the time) really for wet diapers.  Wet diapers leak 25% of the time, and dirty diapers usually leak.  They latch together with Velcro in the back, which if you think about it, if you have a baby who likes to take off their diaper, this is genius, but the other 99% of the time, it’s a pain in the ass to put the diapers on, and take them off.

I am so upset with myself for this, because it was really something that I wanted to do, and so I insisted on forking out the money, and it has been a complete waste.  Since I’d have to buy the next size up anyway eventually, I really want to try with another brand, that while I would have to order online, and wait for it to arrive, they seem like they would be a much better solution, less expensive, and I have yet to read any bad reviews.  Plus, they come completely bundled together, and I could buy one at a time, and instead of forking out an entire fortune to see that they don’t work, it would be under $10 to find my mistake.

I still really want to cloth diaper, it makes me cringe every time I place my order for diapers, and I can’t help but think about all the other things I could be spending that money on.  I just wish the world didn’t have to make things so difficult when trying to “improve” them.  I probably should have just gone with the original old-school version of cloth diapering.  Oh well, lesson learned