Originally Posted by
mambera
Sigh, I'm on the fence about this. I'm sure this thread is a good place to get a push in the right direction.
We CD'ed DD for about 8 months. Eventually we switched to sposies when my MIL became our daytime caregiver and she didn't want to deal with the cloth.
I never minded the laundry - actually I far preferred it to big stinky trash bags - but really the sposies worked so much better. I tried a number of different cloth options and unfortunately the sposies just ruled them all in terms of comfort for baby (feeling dry, not leaving marks on the skin, and not heating up too much - we used PUL covers and really if you stuck your finger in the baby's diaper it was always way too warm in there). Also we had leaks with all the CDs we tried - it got somewhat better over time but honestly I think I just got used to dealing with the occasional leak. But the sposies never leaked. Like, ever. There was a tendency to be rashier in cloth as well I think, though it wasn't a huge difference.
I really can't stand the environmental impact of the sposies though. I get a little sick every time I take a bag of dirty sposies out the door. But I also have a hard time with the idea that I should just let baby be uncomfortable so I can save the planet.
I am toying with the idea of buying some newborn prefolds and trying them out, maybe coverless most of the time? We never did try prefolds - I wanted the stay-dry surface for the comfort factor so most of the diapers I tried had synthetic inners. I no longer think that's a good idea because, combined with the PUL outer, I think it contributed to the overheating issue. Also I hear prefolds are better at containing leaks than the more 'designer' diapers (I would probably still do PUL covers when out of the house).
I dunno. I think I'm done trying out different kinds of diapers though. If I do the prefold thing it will be my last hurrah for diaper experimentation.