Didn't try to convince my DH at first. However since I did 99% of the CD changes anyways (cause I was the one home) I bought CDs for me and a small bag of sposies for him.. I just allowed him to use the sposies but umm I didn't run out to buy more when they ran out I just casually said Ohh sorry I haven't gone to the store here use this

.. Soon he was reaching for the cloth only and one day came and said.. Hey where are the REAL diapers al I can find is the paper

(all in the wash opps) and reluctantly stuck on sposies till they were cleaned.

Deanna

 

My DH was very anti CD. He also didn't believe I would be on top of it because I am not good with keeping on top of the rest of the laundry. What finally convinced him was I asked if if he wanted to wear boxers made out of paper. Somehow it got him thinking and he relented. Also coming from someone who isn't good at keeping up on the laundry, I have no problems with the CDs. Washing them is just something that I do, like brushing my teeth. I don't even think about it. GL
As a side note, we went camping this summer and used disposables. DD hated them. She kept saying "I don't like this diaper" LOL

 

Honestly when both our kids were close to two I switched to disposable pullup style diapers and it was easier, once they didn't want to lay down to be changed anymore. So switching a 2 yo to cloth may not win him over. But with a little baby.....inexpensive cloth diapers (either prefolds, or for a newborn, birdseye flats, with wrap covers) are great because they go through so many diapers, we saved a lot of money by washing and reusing the cloth diapers. We started with disposables with our first so as we gradually switched over to cloth and bought less and less disposables, and quit hauling the giant packages of diapers home from the store, and the number of diapers we put out with the garbage each week dwindled away to nothing - it was very clear how much money we were saving and garbage we were not producing. Also once he got the hang of putting on a prefold, he actually preferred them to fitteds or disposables. We both came to feel that disposables were expensive and annoying to touch.

 

DH wasn't a fan either when I brought it up. I finally had him convinced when DS was 7 months. He said he was willing to change diapers but he refused to wash them or handle the dirty ones. I knew that going in so I am fine with doing all the laundry for them. DS gets rashes pretty easily so I know he likes them because it helps with that, also I know he loves that we don't have to buy diapers weekly. We also use pockets so to him, putting on a CD is very similar to putting on a disposible.

 

I used to be terrible about keeping up with laundry, but for some reason diapers are different. Maybe because once we spent the money to get them, I was determined to use them, and once you run out you have to wash. Plus, it's really easy to do diaper laundry because there's less folding/putting away. We just toss them in a drawer.

And I've found that the stink factor of throwing the dirties in the washer is shorter than the stink factor of carrying a bag of dirty disposables to the trash.

Unless it's going to cause a big problem, you could always get something small and inexpensive for the newborn and go from there. I do most of the diaper laundry, but my husband really came onboard after he saw how we were no longer buying disposables, and DD has "real" diapers on, and best of all... no more poop blowouts. He did think I was crazy when I first brought it up, but I was trying to find something to help DD's rashiness.

 

What do you think would be the biggest selling point to him? The health benefits, earlier potty training, environmental issues, money? Figure out what motivates him and base your argument on that.

 

If he's never tried cloth, then how can he claim to know anything about it? Just do it and see what he thinks.

All I had to do was say to dh, "It's cheaper and better for the environment," and he said, "Sounds good to me." He is pretty grossed out by poop, though.