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That's 10-12 diapers a day...

Its alot of work to be "green" but you have to look at it this way, what is your conscience worth to you? I mix cloth and disposable just because disposable is just easier. Tayla wears cloth diapers around the house with me, disposables when she is out and about, at night or when daddy is watching her. I have rarely had to change her cloth diaper when it is poopy, she usually goes in her morning disposable. I feel better that I cut down on the amount of landfill I am creating. They are less absorbant so you really have to be proactive in changeing baby frequently and but I havent had a diaper rash issue cause of them. They have a diaper scraper that you attach to your toilet, I dont have one but I think that if you are serious about using cloth diapers you should look into one of those...Good luck..

I'd like to use cloth. We have a diaper service in town that takes them away and drops off the clean ones. My friend uses it now and says that they give you about 80/week. Maybe I'll use the service at first and see if I can handle the extra "work" of cloth.

As far as landfill vs. water usage, I've always heard it depends on where you live. If there is little land for landfills they say to use cloth, and if there is a water shortage to use the other... I have a shortage of both. So I don't know what's better. My gut says cloth, but NC is in major drought.

Personally I am going to use disposable but will tyr to help you with your questions.
There is a lot of evidence on the connection between nappy rash and cloth nappies, but if you are vigilant and use creams on your babies bums to protect them then you should be ok. I have heard that it's the plastic pilchers that you put over the nappies that cause the rashes (as it makes things sweat) so perhaps avoiding those will help.
Yeah they cost a lot in the outset but are MUCH cheaper in the long run. Just price the nappies and times that by 3 or so years (depending on the child) and it's a lot more than buying cloth.
Cloth are much better for the environment I believe. Nappies take so long to biodegrade it's not funny. Sure the chemicals you use the wash and clean the cloth ones affects the environment too, but I'm sure if you did your research you could come up with some green ways for this.
Good Luck with it all.

FIrst off (hope I am not being rude) but Yuck! I can't imagine washing poopy diapers. I like the idea of a diaper svc, then maybe I would consider. But what do u do with the old ones until they are picked up? I admire your motivation to be green, but it seems a little unsanitary to have fecal matter around the house and in your washer. Again, not offending anyone, I am just a bit of a germ-a-phobe.

If a baby is left wet regardless of what type of nappy you use they will get rash. Giving them water daily just a couple of ounces will reduce the chances of acid which can cause nappy rash. I used both disposable and cloth fitted nappies with my daughter. You get fed up of using them all the time. They came in handy when i was having a eco friendly week.I also had a dryer which helped. Some people use disposables in the night or when they know the baby will shit or when out they use disposables who wants to be walking around with a pooe nappy from shopping to home in your nappy bag. This make life easier and washables when indoors. I would maybe buy both and see how it goes. I also used nappy san to soak them in to get rid of stains and used a disposable nappy liner to avoid excesive staining. In England there is a door to door laundry service for cloth nappies. It is all very sanitary maybe look in a magazine for babies and mums or ask at the anti-natal or look on the board at the hospital to see if they have advice about the services,

GOOD LUCK!