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Iggo

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14. Okay, that's enough.

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Sat May 1, 2021, 09:05 PM

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Millions of Americans are about to get hit with diaper sticker shock [View all] Demovictory9 May 2021 OP

Wow Timewas May 2021 #1

Lazy? smirkymonkey May 2021 #4

+1000 Diamond_Dog May 2021 #8

Disposable diapers take 500 years to biodgrade. meadowlander May 2021 #12

I reserve judgement until I see a breakdown of the carbon footprint both ways Shermann May 2021 #15

I used cloth diapers. I also had a washer and dryer in my house. phylny May 2021 #17

I do believe Diamond_Dog May 2021 #36

$3.75 for a small washer here and I don't even know if they'd let you bring in a load like that some luckone May 2021 #18

At the child development center I work at Akacia May 2021 #28

Yes! I sometimes thing people don't realize the extra work and expense that this puts upon women. smirkymonkey May 2021 #29

It is just an inordinate burden on lower income mothers. smirkymonkey May 2021 #32

Woman & mother speaking here - Ms. Toad May 2021 #25

Just for one child Diamond_Dog May 2021 #35

We didn't soak them until it was time to wash then, Ms. Toad May 2021 #50

Wow is right... You don't seem to get this. secondwind May 2021 #5

Yeah and what's with all these people with cars? Too lazy to walk? dem4decades May 2021 #6

+1000 smirkymonkey May 2021 #30

According to this article it costs about $500 up front dsc May 2021 #10

Okay, that's enough. Iggo May 2021 #14

Good. Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #2

While I understand your sentiment Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #3

Nope, no sarcasm (though that's always wise to suspect) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #11

I agree 100% Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #26

Birth rates have dropped dramatically recently, following decades of Hortensis May 2021 #38

A low birth rate and a rapidly ageing population: Europe's demographic crisis explained Celerity May 2021 #33

Lazy when you live in an apartment building with a shared laundry room bottomofthehill May 2021 #7

Well Timewas May 2021 #9

We managed before disposables just fine. KentuckyWoman May 2021 #43

I am kind of a cusp baby bottomofthehill May 2021 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author kcr May 2021 #45

If I had to do it over again Tink41 May 2021 #13

++This is sort of what they do when out and about in China At home they still have the hole in luckone May 2021 #21

With cloth diapers you also have the problem Cairycat May 2021 #16

Wow potty trained at 12 months? blueinredohio May 2021 #19

A baby uses diapers about 2 years. Once an adult needs them, that number is FOREVER. Hello? Hekate May 2021 #20

Thank you. People fail to think sometimes. NurseJackie May 2021 #22

So far, so good for moi. But ads for adults flood cable TV & they aren't for the nursing home set... Hekate May 2021 #48

Does 45 know? NameAlreadyTaken May 2021 #23

Cloth diapers are a lot of work. KentuckyWoman May 2021 #24

+1. Nothing's more basic to life than having babies, Hortensis May 2021 #39

I know a great way to cut the diaper budget. roamer65 May 2021 #27

Best idea yet. smirkymonkey May 2021 #31

Thank you for saying that. People have kids and then seem surprised that it Vinca May 2021 #34

People are already not having babies. What about this Hortensis May 2021 #40

Because only the rich should have children kcr May 2021 #46

No you eat the rich. roamer65 May 2021 #51

We had 5 children. Only used cloth diapers. marie999 May 2021 #37

Don't know what the environmental costs are v disposable, Hortensis May 2021 #41

Are their no diaper services anymore? Tracer May 2021 #42

I see the responses to this thread kcr May 2021 #47

Once people get started on a well-worn path, it is very hard to divert them with a new idea... Hekate May 2021 #49