Cloth Diapering

(Our son Jamie with his "stash" of cloth diapers!)

This is quite possibly our biggest money saving triumph ... and definitely my favorite! But warning ... it CAN be addictive!

You can easily spend around $2,000 on disposable diapers during the time that a baby spends in them, but did you know that there is a better (in my opinion) alternatve to throwing your hard earned money in the trash!?!? CLOTH DIAPERS!!

The average baby will use close to 10,000 disposable diapers in the first 3 or so years of life ... think of what that would look like in a landfill all stacked up ... gross! Now imagine all of the kids on your street, and all of those dipers in the landfill too, oh my goodness how they add up!! Thousands upon thousands of dirty, stinking diapers clogging our earth! Think of all the tens of thousands of dollars those disposable diapers cost as well ... might as well have just thrown that money right there in the landfill too!

For an investment of as little as $300 you could diaper your baby (multiple baby's for that matter) for that whole period of time, and avoid all that trash! Today's "modern" cloth diapers offer lots of different alternatives, from the old fashioned prefold type diapers and covers to waterproof all in one cloth diapers with velcro or snap closures.

With this first post on cloth diapering I wanted to plant the seed and get you thinking about it. There will be future posts about my adventures in cloth diapering where I will disuss the different alternatives, my favorites and what has worked best for us. I encourage you to look into it and please ask questions if you have them. There is a button here on my blog for kelly's closet ... she has a wealth of information on her site and she is also a retailer of some of my favorite brands of cloth diapers.

Stay tuned for future cloth diapering posts!