One more reason why my cloth diapers are better than disposables? Blow-outs.

While Ethan is in cloth for most of the day, I do still use disposables on him on occasion. Usually while I’m feeding him because I know he’ll either poop and/or pee before we’re done. I just figure it’ll cut down in the amount of cloth dipes I have to wash, but now I’m starting to rethink the idea.

Just in the past couple of days, Ethan has had some powerful poops while I was feeding him. So powerful that they’ve blown right up his back and seep through his clothes. So not only do I have a now-thrashed disposable diaper which needs to be changed before he’s even done eating, but I also have soiled clothing (his, and sometimes mine). Plus, like this morning, it was so bad that I just had to give him another bath; wiping him down would not have been enough.

So let’s recount, in an effort to “save” one cloth diaper, I’ve:

• used up at least two disposables
• had to add to his laundry pile
• had to add to my laundry pile
• run water for his bath

Yup, this pretty much settles it. He’s going in cloth all day as long as I’m the one changing his nappy. (D, on the other hand, still refuses to do cloth, but he’s usually only around to change one or two nappies a day.)

Filed by Maria in baby, diapers