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Holly S.
My son Jackson and I are doing our part to save the planet. Welcome to The Cloth Diaper Experiment. Join us from Day 1 as we switch from disposable to cloth. If you are interested in sending me products to review or if you would like to take part in a giveaway, please contact me at TheClothDiaperExperiment@gmail.com
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Monday, July 27, 2009

What I Wish I Knew Then...

I am taking part in Dirty Diaper Laundry's first cloth diapering carnival.  The theme is "What you wish you knew then that you know now"...

I wish I knew how easy cloth diapering would be and that I just had started with cloth instead of disposables from the very beginning.  I wish I knew how doable using cloth is.  I wish I hadn't used disposables on Jackson for 4 months before making the switch and I wish I knew what a negative impact I was having on our planet by using disposables for that time period.
I wish I knew that I could talk my husband into using cloth diapers pretty easily instead of just dropping it when he said "no way".  
I'm glad I switched and I'm glad that through me, you can see how easy cloth diapering is and what an impact you can have if you make the switch to cloth.
...I also wish I knew the perfect laundry routine for my cloth diapers but I have not quite figured it out yet!  
I have just started out so there is not a lot that I know that I didn't.  I am still learning this whole process but it really is a lot easier than I thought it would be.  I might be repetitive, but that is what I know!

Go check out what other cloth diaper users wish they knew:

3 comments:

Jess said...

I think alot of us agree! It's def much easier than we thought it would be!

Ammie said...

Yes about the ease! We used disposables for just the first two weeks, and I am totally at peace with that choice. But there isn't much more work involved in hauling a load of diapers to the washer versus hauling a load out to the dumpster! And is it just me, or are disposables smellier? ;) Probably that's just me.

Rose said...

I agree with Ammie - disposables are smellier! I haven't used them, but have smelled friends and relatives. I wish I had gotten in on this carnival! I just started blogging myself, and CDing is one of my main topics so far: http://mommyandsweetpeamakeablog.blogspot.com/2009/07/cloth-diaper-evangelist.html

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