I didn't cloth diaper so I have no advise there, but I did potty train, and thus cleaned a whole bunch of poopy panties, so I can address the gross part. If you can wipe a poopy butt, I see no reason that you would get grossed out about throwing the poop in the potty. It's usually less like scrapping actually, and more like just the clothies/underwear inside out and shaking a bit. I had no problems with the whole matter. However, my fiancé' was a gagger lol. He would dutifully change diapers, but it was hilarious to see him "prepare for battle" by wrapping a towel around his face then hear him gagging from across the house. When our daughter started pooping in her panties (and OMG did it get ridiculous. She had been peeing in the potty since she first 2 turned 2, however she refused to poop in the potty until she was almost 3.) and he was in charge of the clean up, he just threw the panties away.
I've never scraped poop. Once it was solid enough to need to get off the diaper, it plopped off into the toilet easily. Our electricity and water bills have seen no noticeable increase. And neither of my kids have ever had a diaper rash. There are sized diapers and one size diapers that will fit for a long time. Lots of options out there.
Basically this for me too. I have scraped a bit but mainly just rinse under fast, cold water in the tub or wash tub/utility sink. Honestly, I have become pretty desensitized to poop and it doesn't bother me much anymore. Also, no real diaper rashes with us either
Oh, and I thought cloth was SO confusing and I wasn't sure about it but have it a try anyway and I LOVE it. I think we ended up spending $150 on diapers and are set until sheMs potty trained.
There have been a few nasty diapers that we've rinsed in our utility sink, but plopping into the toilet is easy 99% of the time. It's funny how unfazed we become once life revolves around poop as much as it does with babies. lol
Once the poop gets solid, yes - you need to shake it into the toilet. That doesn't happen until around 6 months or whenever you start feeding your baby solids.
I think what I spent in electricity was less than what I would have spent on disposables.
You need to change cloth diapers more frequently than disposables. My son got a rash if left in a cloth diaper for more than 1.5-2 hours. I didn't use them over night for that reason.
There are all in one sizes, although they didn't fit my son until he was 2.5-3 months old. I bought newborn sized diapers off ebay from a WAHM for about $4 each.
I have a diaper sprayer, it's a miracle. My daughter sometimes has loose stool and it helps a lot. Breastfed poo is water soluble so if you nurse you won't have to rinse them at all until baby starts solids. If you use formula you may need to spray more often (couldn't say) My electric bill barely moved, nor has my water bill. You use less detergent with diapers than you do regular clothes so that cost hasn't been much either. I've saved so much compared to my friends who use 'sposies. the The only time my daughter has had diaper rash is when she was brand new and in 'sposies because she was in preemie sizes (despite being full term) and couldn't wear the cloth ones yet.
Some diapers are size specific, I use bumgenius 4.0 that does not require you to change sizes, they adjust with snaps to fit the babe. They also let you add more absorbent inserts so (for example) I use 3 at night, and 2 during the day. (I'm a first time mother too, and love my cloth diapers!)
I very rarely have had to "scrape" poop off a diaper. Normally when the baby is EBF you can just throw poop and all into the diaper pail and it washes off fine, and once they are eating solids you can sort of "shake" the poop off into the toilet. Occasionally I swish the diaper around in the water to get some extra poop off but it's not usually necessary
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OMG, this about the blow outs! We CD my 7 month old and used disposables while out of town for Thanksgiving and every single poop was a poop explosion, which meant more washing clothes. I don't have that problem with my CDs.
Ugh, me too. My daughter had a bunch of blowouts in cloth, but I think that was mostly a sizing issue. My son (almost 5 months) has barely had any blowouts EXCEPT when we put him in sposies over vacation -- he blew out nearly every time he pooped. It was sort of astounding. Up the back, out the legs...I had never appreciated cloth so much before...
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I guess it's something you get used to.
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There are sized diapers and one size diapers that will fit for a long time. Lots of options out there.
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Also, no real diaper rashes with us either
Oh, and I thought cloth was SO confusing and I wasn't sure about it but have it a try anyway and I LOVE it. I think we ended up spending $150 on diapers and are set until sheMs potty trained.
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I think what I spent in electricity was less than what I would have spent on disposables.
You need to change cloth diapers more frequently than disposables. My son got a rash if left in a cloth diaper for more than 1.5-2 hours. I didn't use them over night for that reason.
There are all in one sizes, although they didn't fit my son until he was 2.5-3 months old. I bought newborn sized diapers off ebay from a WAHM for about $4 each.
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Some diapers are size specific, I use bumgenius 4.0 that does not require you to change sizes, they adjust with snaps to fit the babe. They also let you add more absorbent inserts so (for example) I use 3 at night, and 2 during the day. (I'm a first time mother too, and love my cloth diapers!)
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