One of the things I had to think and consider during this pregnancy, would be the Big deal about Diapers. With the first two kids, I chose to have them use Cloth diapers instead of Disposable when they were young, for a few reasons :
With my firstborn, as far as I remember, I started with a combination of Newborn diapers and then bought 3boxes of Cloth diapers from Chino Pino, one box has 12 cloth diapers so I had 36. I let the baby use the cloth diapers mostly during the day as it is easy to change, wash and dry. It was not as hard as well when the baby poops and since they were breastfed, it was easy to wash, soak, bleach and dry. But to be honest, it was not all easy and fun though. Here are some Challenges I encountered with Cloth Diapers. 1. The challenge was more during the evenings as the baby would sleep longer, it will need me to check time to time if their cloth diaper is wet. You would not want them sleeping soaked in their own pee and it also disturbs their sleep as it makes babies uncomfortable. It will require you lots of changing all through out the night. If you are breastfeeding, which would mean you are up and awake every 2-3hours to feed, you might as well do the diaper check and change as you do the feedings to make sure they remain dry and comfortable 2. The 2nd challenge would be when you go out and travel with the baby. The cloth diapers will not be sufficient at times as you would not have the easiest time to cleanup and change while moving around. You can pack and take lots of cloth diapers then if you still prefer, but would have to take along lots of vacuum bags that you can seal quickly every time you change them. 3. The 3rd challenge would be the inconvenience of clearing and washing the cloth diapers. It would be challenging to wash and clean them as it would be much more convenient to just take it off, clean them up and then throw the disposable diaper. It would a lot of convenient to throw the diapers and then pick up a fresh new one. But this is definitely up to you how you would like to manage it. 4. The 4th challenge would be the weather and would definitely need a washer + drier to get it cleaned up fast. It is an advantage to live in a country where you only have Wet and Dry season, at most times sunny, so you can wash and dry very quickly as you take turns with the rest of your stack of cloth diapers. The way I did it, as soon as it is soiled, bring it immediately to the bathroom and run it on hot running water so it gets cleaned asap and no smell. 5. The 5th challenge would be diligence to cleanup right after pee and poopie as you can't store dirty and unwashed diapers in a diaper bin, definitely would not be able to tolerate the smell in your room so you would want to make sure you want to wash it right after the change. The way I did it, after they pee on it, I immediately soak it in hot water, with a little bit of detergent, drops of lemon on the water and keep it there for a few hours. After that, it would be easy to wash, rinse and dry. It dries pretty quickly too in a few hours.
So, yeah we will see how it goes as to dealing with cloth diapers. We can try it for a few times and will see as well how the baby likes it, how the baby adjusts to it, if not, you can always use disposable diapers for the baby. We did keep a whole stack of them for backup purposes. They also have cloth Diaper services here, where you can schedule pickup for the cloth diapers few times within the week and they provide the clean cloth diapers. Will keep you posted how it works out, if you have any advise or experience with cloth diapers, of course would gladly like to hear from you all. Till next article then!
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