Cloth diapers!

Initially we were going to use disposable diapers for convenience.  But then I started checking into the "new" cloth diapers.  Mostly because of cost savings, but also since they are so much better for the environment.  Our first concern was "do they work well"?  Then our next concern was "how gross will it be to wash poopy diapers"?  The products touts that they work with as small as 8 lb babies, but the sales folks said they recommend 10 lbs.  We waited until he was about 11 lbs.  We used disposables while Samuel was little and still keep them on hand while we are out and about. 

I have to say... we've been very happy with them so far!  We've only had one leak and that was my fault... we finished an early morning feeding and he went right back to sleep, so I opted to let him go instead of changing him.  By the time he woke up again, he'd wet through the diaper.  Also, he's had no diaper rash since we've started using them, which is another benefit the product boasts.  The biggest draw is that the diapers go on like disposables with Velcro closures.  The only difference is that you have to pull a liner out (that is what soaks up the urine) and wash them every few days.  Oh yeah, and rinse a poopy diaper sometimes.  Then when they're washed, I sit down and reinsert all the liners at once and we're ready to go for a few more days.  We figure over the 3 years or so that he'll wear diapers, we'll save roughly $1500 and put about 5000 less diapers into a landfill.  Not to shabby! 



Sporting a yellow cloth diaper.  He also has orange, blue, light green and dark green.