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[Enufstuff]

@Kachina624 @Spacrazy  Like you, I also used cloth diapers, in

the 60's. I had three babies in diapers at the same time and no dryer.

  It was fun in the winter, when I hung out the diapers and they froze! (not) I would bring in the frozen diapers and hang them on a rack, towel racks or any thing else that I could find.

 When I later had my two boys, I  had a dryer. When the babies were first born, I used a diaper service for a while.

 All that plastic in disposables is bad for the environment and

I don't think that it is good for the babies to be exposed to, either.

[Etoile308]

I'm of the belief that everything has its place.

Back in the day, when some parents were more stay at home, doing continuous laundry wasn't so burdensome.

Now there are diaper laundering services.

But disposables are a godsend when out and about or when traveling, or for childcare. 

[Cakers3]

While I agree that disposable diapers are a severe ecological problem, I am not about to pass judgement on the need for them.

Just because someone used or is using cloth diapers doesn't make that person better - in fact I'm surprised (not really) at the lack of understanding why disposable diapers are needed.

We have a need in shelters, we have a need for those without access to personal washing machines, we have water conservation issues, and the list goes in.  Think about families coming through sometimes with only the clothes on their backs.

It can take up to 500 years for a disposable diaper to full decompose

while biodegradable diapers can take up to 50 years.

Then we have the old argument regarding water and energy (carbon release)

for washing cloth diapers, just as folks argue about hand washing dishes vs. using a dishwasher.

Final note. One may be using or did use cloth diapers but do you consume other throw away products? Eat takeout? Where does one think plastic and paper and containers end up? Right next to those disposable diapers in a landfill.

[Spacrazy]

@Enufstuff   Wow, you're a super mom for sure! You should be very proud of yourself and I hope your children are as well. I actually had a dryer but my grandmother and mother "encouraged" me to line dry them and how beneficial the sun was for them. The only dread I remember were those diaper pails for the soiled ones so I was dutiful to wash them right away. Those were the days. I'm grateful for these memories and making new ones with a newborn great grandson that is beyond beautiful.

As for as the use of single use plastic my grands have educated me and converted my household for the better.

[CatsyCline]

My DIL uses cloth diapers with washable diaper covers. with twins!  now we have a 6 monh old and the older two are potty training.   i tried but could not get the hang of snapping the covers into place.

i used the cloth diapers and rubber pants for my son. i was a SAHM and had to wash diapers because the larger size Pampers got too expensive.  when he was a tiny infant i used pampers. a neighbor came over and  said that using disposable diapers was so "decadent".    mothers do what they have to. 

[CelticCrafter]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I'm not sympathetic to the plight of those who don't have disposable diapers.  I never used one when my son was a baby.  I used nothing but cloth diaper and didn't find washing and drying the pre-folded ones to be a burden.  Disposables are a terrible burden ecologically.  Everyone should be using cloth.

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So you use nothing disposable?  Paper towels, plates, napkins...etc.

[mspatmac]

I too used cloth diapers and rubber pants with my first.  Started with a diaper service but was very disappointed so cancelled and washed them myself.

By the second and third it was pampers. Happy babies and Mom.  We moms were interested in convenience, not so much the environment.  Hope those advocating cloth don't wear liquid knit and barefoot dreams. 100% polyester which is a eco killer.  Polyester is hard to avoid so I try to buy clothing with as little as possible

We are much more eco conscious today and companies now make biodegradable within 75 days.  One even pickup soiled ones and  composts them. Win/Win

[Trinity11]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I'm not sympathetic to the plight of those who don't have disposable diapers.  I never used one when my son was a baby.  I used nothing but cloth diaper and didn't find washing and drying the pre-folded ones to be a burden.  Disposables are a terrible burden ecologically.  Everyone should be using cloth.

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New York City did not have a lot of laundromats.😳🥺 And I doubt it would be appreciated by the fellow customers if I was washing dirty diapers in a public laundromat.😳🥺

[DottieBlue]

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@CelticCrafter wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I'm not sympathetic to the plight of those who don't have disposable diapers.  I never used one when my son was a baby.  I used nothing but cloth diaper and didn't find washing and drying the pre-folded ones to be a burden.  Disposables are a terrible burden ecologically.  Everyone should be using cloth.

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So you use nothing disposable?  Paper towels, plates, napkins...etc.

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@Kachina624

And did you make your own sanitary pads using old cloth rags so they could be washed and reused?  Or did you use disposable ones?

[Lucky Charm]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I'm not sympathetic to the plight of those who don't have disposable diapers.  I never used one when my son was a baby.  I used nothing but cloth diaper and didn't find washing and drying the pre-folded ones to be a burden.  Disposables are a terrible burden ecologically.  Everyone should be using cloth.

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@Kachina624  You do know how bad air conditioning is for the enviroment, right?