diaper question-cloth or disposable

hi.... mom-to-be here...

Modern cloth diapers with absorbant pads, and disposable liners look pretty good to me.... but do they work well?

for moms who used them (ex. Kushies), did you find them better or worse than disposable? did they leak? was diaper rash better or worse? was it a PITA to constantly wash them? Was it great being able to flush the poo covered liners vs having a diaper genie?

thanks so much for your input!

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shameless bump!

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I think most moms on her use disposables. I wanted to use cloth but there is no diaper service on LI (or at least wasn't back in 2005) and DH was dead set against me washing them in our machine.

When I was looking into it I found the diapering board on Babycenter really helpful.

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I tried cloth diapers with dd#2. I didn't like them. I found that she would leak constantly and was constantly getting terrible diaper rash. I tried Motherease and kissaluvs. I used them for about 1 1/2 months and then went to disposables. I found a lot of great info on diaperpins.com. Hope this helped.

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We use cloth and sposies (he wears those at daycare 2 days a week). I found pocket diapers to be great (we use Fuzzi Bunz and Bumgenius).

We started when he was about 4 months old. I never had problems with leaks until he was about 10 months old. Now, he'll soak through them in 2 hours. I just need to get some doublers, but I haven't since I have to order them off the intranet. (Keep in mind I'm still using the same diapers on him -- he's 15 months -- that he had on when he was 4 months.) So I change him frequently when I'm at home or I put sposies on him when we're going out.

Cloth diapering is really so much easier than people think. I just couldn't take throwing out huge plastic bags of dirty diapers every couple of days -- it seemed so wasteful and bad for the environment.

I actually think we get less diaper rash with cloth and they feel so much nicer on his little tush.

I wash once a day, not really that big of a deal.

Yes, we cloth diaperers are rare on this board, but there is at least one other mom who uses Fuzzi Bunz on here.

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Cloth was such an excellent investment! We use Fuzzi Bunz. SO much easier to care for that we thought! And so cute and soft on a behind
Anything I can help you with cloth diapering feel free to FM me

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thanks everyone!

We've got a while to go before our 'crumb' arrives (due date is 9/28), but I like to plan ahead for major stuff like this.....

I will definitely look into fuzzi bunz. I'll probably buy a test pile and see how we like it.....

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My sister uses cloth and I think the amount of energy she uses to wash in hot water and dry them negates most of the savings (which was her main purpose for doing it). Especially since she has to wash them separately. I'm not sure about leaks, etc.

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We use prefolds, fuzzybuns, and bum genius at night. My husband swears that there's far less diaper rash than when his son was little (he had 'sposies).

Once you get in the groove, washing becomes pretty routine.

I'd be happy to give you more info - I just did this for a friend researching cloth - just FM me.