Poop happens!

Anyone who reads this blog knows just how passionate I am about cloth diapers.

Wow, that kind of reads funny doesn't it?

But it's true. I've shared many reasons why it's great to cloth diaper in multiple posts. That's partially how this whole blog got started!

I was talking to a friend recently who is trying to save money to stay home when her baby comes. I reminded her that cloth diapering is a HUGE way to save! Little Man is only two months old and our diapers have already paid for themselves. We've have a decent sized stash that extends from newborn diapers to what we expect will last until potty training and we've probably spent around $700...not all at one time of course. But that's a one time cost. Unlike disposables which will cost much more than that over time-and will not ever be able to be reused. 

But still, people are so turned off-even disgusted by using reusables!

To me it just seems like a no brainer-kids are so expensive. Why wouldn't you cut out one obvious cost?! 

And if you're wondering about the laundry and using more water and detergent and all that nonsense let me refer you back to this post.

We've been cloth diapering for two years and we have only seen a slight increase in our quarterly water bill. Since we bought a high efficiency washing machine it's even easier and better! The machine has a "my cycle" option where I was able to program my diaper laundry cycle. So I push the button once and it takes my diapers through the whole cycle! I love it! But even if you have a regular ol' washer it still isn't bad at all, which I walk you through in this post.

So  I would like to address-and also debunk-some of the most common arguments I hear against cloth diapering-

"I don't want to deal with poop!"

"EWWW, but what do you do with all the poop?"

"You wash them in your regular washing machine-the same one as your clothes? That's just gross!" 

To that I usually say something like this:

"So, when your child has a HUGE blowout (trust me, it WILL happen and it DOES happen-and guess what? Much more frequently in disposables than cloth!) or leaks onto you or their own clothes...or the changing pad, the floor, the carseat, etc.-what do you do? Do you throw out said clothes or other items? Or do you throw them in your regular washer-even with poop on them?!"

Seriously.

As a parent you will find yourself covered in bodily fluid more often than not. Just yesterday in fact, when I got home my shirt had spit up, blood, and ketchup on it. (My toddler got a fat lip while playing, hence the blood!) During the winter my little lady got the flu and threw up all over me-down my shirt and everywhere else several times. Guess where the clothes and sheets and towels went? Right in the wash! And A few days ago I came home with poop on my shirt! I had changed Little Miss before we left a Memorial Day party and the whole way home I smelled something gross and when I finally got home I realized it was on ME! And that shirt went into the wash. Because it's just poop. Get over it! Those are just things that happen when you are a parent.

So the moral of the story, and I guess this post is this-

If the ONLY reason you are not doing cloth is superficial-because you don't want to deal with poop then you should probably be rethinking having kids at all. Because poop just comes with the territory! And then get a better argument against using cloth if you plan on talking to me about it!

And don't complain that kids are so expensive either! Because they don't have to be! It's our society that forces us to think kids need a lot of stuff to be happy!

And if poop does scare you and you are already on your way to becoming a parent don't you worry...once that little angelic face smiles up at you, calls your name and runs into your arms or needs to be soothed when she bumps her lip-you won't care one little bit. Because they're worth it.

Love and Laughs,

Danielle