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Cairycat

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16. With cloth diapers you also have the problem

Sat May 1, 2021, 09:13 PM

May 2021

of whether your child care providers are also willing to deal with them.

Raising cotton for the diapers also exacts a high price on the environment.

I did some of both, but my kids are grown now.

Supposedly my husband was potty trained by 12 months. What that amounted to was that his mom and grandma were very attuned to his signals, and by responding to them, eventually taught him to recognize needing the toilet.

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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