Experience with cloth diapering?

All 5 of my children were raised in cloth diapers and never wore disposables. Of course it was over 40 years ago, but I still think they are a good idea. Diaper services use a diaper holder that is water proof whereas I used plastic pants over the diaper. I imagine you can buy the diaper holders. You would use cloth diapers as the liners and change them as needed. There are a lot of pros for cloth, mainly the greatly reduced cost and not filling up the landfills. Cons are that you have to wash and dry and fold them yourself and they aren't as handy when away from home. The amount of money saved over the course of raising a child will pay for the energy used to launder them many times over. Do something for the ecology. USE CLOTH.

i used cloth diapers and had a service.. my kids never seemed to mind!

I used cloth for all 3 of my kids. The last one had disposables part of the time, as I went to work full time when she was 3 months old and she had to go to the sitter's house. But when I was home, she was in cloth.

I like Sadie never had disposable for my kids. You might have to change baby more often but the cost has got to be a lot less. When soiled you need to wash the feces out before you launder them. Also it takes a little practice to get the folded and put on snugly.

We used a diaper service and cloth diapers...until daughter #2 kept getting rash and yeast. I say, give it a try...you can always switch back. We were lucky...the daycare used the same diaper service, so we never had to worry about it...it was covered at home and at daycare.

I have no experience with them other than the few days we had them in the hospital. I didn't care for them personally.

Nice thing about cloth...you can change as often as they get damp...because you are not throwing them away.

I tried using cloth for my son, but it was so expensive to have the diaper service....and we lived in an apartment, so it was a pain to go to the laundry mat with regular clothes...I just ended up switching to disposables. Plus, I found out if he wasn't changed immediately, his little butt broke out with the cloth diapers.

I use the bumgenius one size diapers with my son. They last from 10lbs-35lbs. We invested $400 and we can use them with our next child too! They are easy to clean and they come in cute colors! Check www.diaperpin.com for reviews and tips

i used disposable with both of my kids. i don't think there is a diaper service anywhere around here.

I remember my one brother had cloth diapers. Thast where I learned to use clothe diapers. All my kids used both cloth and disposable diapers. IT really depending if I was working, where I was goinga nd how much money I had on hand at teh time. I do recommend using cloth diapers. My kids had less rashes using cloth. I also never used a diaper service for the cloth diapers either. So, I saved even more money.

Both my children had cloth diapers from a diaper service. If you do use cloth, try using two pins on each side. My mom, mother of six, taught me how to do that with my first one. Put a pin in each side at the top and then pull the diaper snug around the leg and put another one on each side near the top of the leg........no droopy diapers or messes falling out!

I have used cloth that I wash, and I have used a diaper service. I always seem to drift back to the disposables.

I have always used cloth diapers, When they were first born we used a service but after the inital gift of the service from my parents I stayed with cloth diapers and I loved being green and not filling the landfills with disposable diapers

I didn't use cloth

When I got pregnant with my daughter, my mother gave me a choice for a baby gift from her:

She would pay for a diaper service for 6 months OR she would buy me a used washing machine (we didn't have one) a couple of pairs of plastic pants for the baby and 3 dozen cloth diapers.

Naturally, I chose the washer and diapers because that would mean that I would have a washer to wash my husband's and my clothes with as well.

Disposable diapers were just coming out at that time (1975) and the hospital gave me a few in a little "gift bag" to bring home. I did buy a few boxes in the ensuing 2 years for overnight trips, etc. but, for the most part, I laundered all of my daughter's diapers until she was potty trained at about 2 years old.

I was positively MANIC about changing her... If I was in doubt about whether or not she was actually wet (sometimes, in those little plastic pants, you can't tell whether or not what you're feeling is perspiration or "wetness"), I'd change her anyway. During the first couple of months, I was washing a load of diapers about every other day.

I didn't have a dryer so I dried all the clothes on a clothesline outside in the back yard and, one time, I counted 32 diapers on the clothesline at once (almost the whole 3 DOZEN)! That was just TWO DAYS WORTH!! LOL! I know that I was probably "obsessing" but I just couldn't BEAR the thought of her getting diaper rash or anything like that due to me being lackadaisical about changing her.

I often shake my head in bewilderment these days over the rampant use of disposable diapers by young mothers... Not only does that practice fill up our landfills (and, worst of all, I have seen used disposable diapers beside the road where people just throw them out of the car or something -- YUCK!) but I don't see how people AFFORD it! In my opinion, it's a wasteful and unnecessary practice.

I used a diaper service for both of my boys. We never had any trouble with diaper rash. I think you need both with a new baby, though, a washing machine and a diaper service. Disposables were only for traveling or extended outings. I'm sure it was cheaper and our landfills are full enough.

sorry, I only used disposable! Wasn't brave enough to attempt cloth! lol

I used cloth for all of my children since we couldn't afford disposable or a ditty service as it was called. I washed diapers every other morning, in a separate load with bleach.
The most important thing I found was a diaper liner really helped to keep diaper rash away and made it so easy to dispose of the poopy diaper. The urine diapers just got rinsed in the toilet or tub and then got thrown in the big diaper pail. I also used a product called Biz back then to soak the stained diapers.
Do the still sell plastic pants to wear over the cloth diapers. I haven't seen them in years. That would be my only concern.
I think cloth is healthier, cheaper and much better for the environment. Good luck. You will change diapers more often and over night you may want to use disposable diapers since they hold more. Just a thought.

I used cloth diapers with both of our daughters.

27 years ago my daughter wore cloth diapers due to being allergic to disposable ones. So I later used them on my son when we were home.

with my oldest she devleope an allergy to d diaper,, so I went with a cloth service,, I loved it,, no laundry and they be gone out of house weekly

I use cloth, just switched in sept/Oct. and I love it! I mostly have what are called All-in-ones. the waterproof layer , soaker, and everything are included in the diaper. You put them on just like disposables, no folding, pins, or plastic covers. I bought one size AIOs so they will last us the whole time he is in diapers. Coolababy AIO are good quality, durable, and basically inexpensive. You can spend more or less depending on your budget. (I bought these off ebay but www.diaperswappers.com is a great place to buy used diapers and the mommas on there will answer any questions! i have gotten several other diapers on here)

I can't believe how much $ I've saved by not buying disposables. We've used them occassionally when my son was sick and having like 12 dirty diapers a day. I got tired of rinsing the cloth ones out....BTW a diaper sprayer is a great thing if you use cloth...google it. I hate the days I use sposies because he almost always leaks out! feel free to private message me with any ?

The only experience with cloth diapers I have is when my younger brother was born. My mother switched to disposables after a couple of months though.

I use a combo of both and highly recommend giving them a try! My daughter never gets a rash when she's in cloth, and clean-up for the new diapers is pretty easy. Be sure to get a small sprayer to attach to your toilet though! I just posted a blog about some that have some great features if you feel like checking it out!