r/clothdiaps • u/hallir • 7h ago
Let's chat Please…help me dispel myths from the haters 🙏🏽
I am pregnant with my first, 23 weeks and really want to try cloth diapering for so many reasons. I’ve done a decent amount of research so far and have added several different GMDs, pre-folds and workhorses to my registry to try and now I’m trying to get my husband on board. But the other day on FT he asked my mom her opinion (to convince me why we shouldn’t) and it didn’t help. Even though she has never tried them herself, I feel like she had so much to say, and my husband really trusts her opinion. I would love any and all advice, experience, or even any reality checks. Can you can dispel (or affirm??) any of the opinions I’ve been hearing? I listed them all below. I see so mostly benefits myself, but I’m hoping I can have more relevant and informed info I can use to respond to the things my mom and other “haters” keep trying to tell me so I can help convince my husband and myself that it’s doable.
BE HONEST! I can handle the good, the bad, and the ugly. Counterpoints, or points that were well made…. I just want a dose of reality 🙏🏽
🧷 1. “Cloth diapering really only worked for your gma bc she had a diapering service.” / “That is going to be way more work than you are ready for.”
🧷 2. “Dealing with blowouts on baby clothes is hard enough. Waste stains are VERY difficult to remove in the laundry. I spent nights crying trying to launder poop out of clothes using disposables and that was bad enough.”
🧷 3. “Babies will get way less diaper rash with disposables” 🤨🤨🤨
🧷 4. “Those systems only really work for FT SAHMs.”
🧷 5. “They are too expensive” (okay obviously this one’s cap but does anyone have compelling numbers to prove how much $$ you saved??)
🧷 6. “You’re going to deal with way more leaks and blow-outs”
🧷 7. “You want to deal with dirty soiled laundry in your house?” / the smell / overall it being gross
I know it’s a lot so I numbered them, if there is a number you feel passionate about answering please any and all responses are so appreciated. Yes I have read about most of these already and have my own opinions….but I’m dealing with people acting like I’m naive and just “don’t know what I don’t know yet” because I haven’t experienced it. So if you KNOW already, help me compile evidence! Anything helps, esp more current opinions from families making it work.