First off, yes, I’ve been kinda of MIA from here for a while. With good reason! You see, a few months ago, my husband and I found out that we’re pregnant. Ever since, I’ve been busy either freaking out or enjoying doing absolutely nothing.

Now that we’re close to the halfway mark, I suppose it’s time to actually start planning for our new arrival. I recently got a list of “must-haves” for newborns from my family, a lot of which falls into the “freaking out” part of my brain. One of my biggest dilemmas is DIAPERS. My first inclination is to go with cloth diapers and either wash them at home (which will probably never happen, considering how much I dislike doing laundry in the first place), or hire a diapering service. Unfortunately, that idea has met some resistance, namely because of inconvenience and possibly higher costs.

So right now I’m researching gDiapers.

gDiapers consist of a washable, cotton outer pant and a plastic free flushable refill. They are made of breathable material just like sports clothing. So, babies stay dry and happy and are far less likely to get diaper rash.

Can’t flush? It’s ok to toss flushable refills because they’re plastic-free. Or garden compost the wet ones. They’ll break down in 50-150 days.

Sounds good, right? User comments can be found here and here. More research needs to be done about gDiapers and cloth diapers. All I know right now about cloth diapers is how they were used when I was an infant — back then, they were just large pieces of cloth that got saftey-pinned and hand-washed by our nannies or the laundry ladies. These days I hear they can come with velcro, are form-fitting, and generally waaaaay more options than when I was wearing the stuff.

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