I love cloth diapers. I didn't realize how much I love cloth diapers until Rooster had to switch to disposable.
We've been dealing with a reoccurring yeast infection for 7 months now. It started when I weaned him from breast milk and it's been a problem in our little world ever since. We've tried creams, vinegar, yogurt, regular bathing. We've changed up his diet and added probiotics into the mix. Still he kept getting yeast infections.
So a couple of weeks ago I broke down and bought some disposables. It really wasn't a hard decision. His sore bottom was keeping him up at night, and I value sleep too highly to be stubborn about diapers. Within 24 hours of being in disposables he was sleeping better, and within a week his bottom was on the mend.
The moisture absorbing plastic stuff in disposables keep baby's bottom a lot dryer than cloth and absorb more which means he's staying dryer with less diaper changes. Win-win. Right?
Except that I miss my baby boy in his cute blue and greens. Plus, his pants don't fit now. I remember being so frustrated when he was little because his bottom was so big in cloth instead of that cute petite baby bottom we've all come to expect. Well, now I just wish the skinny kid had a diaper on to hold his pants up!
I also miss the feeling of cloth. Disposable diapers feel so...disposable. I equate disposable diapers to using Styrofoam plates at every meal. Sure Styrofoam is great for the occasional party or church fellowship. But it's just doesn't feel right for everyday use. I want to eat dinner on real plates, even if that means doing a few more dishes. I feel like cloth diapers have become a part of my kids' outfit. It's just something else to wear, wash, and wear again later.
Now, not everything about cloth diapers is hunky-dory. I mean, there is the whole dumping poop in the toilet thing and having to carry dirty diapers around in your diaper bag. Factor in the 4 extra loads of laundry a week and the nasty smell that reminds you to wash diapers if you should so happen to forget, and you've got a definite downside.
However, I've noticed that disposables have their weaknesses too. Rooster's trash can gets full fast and smells like peed on baby powder. Yuck! I can't believe I'm paying for that smell! I guess changing diapers is gross no matter what kind you use.
So while I much prefer cloth, we're going to stick with disposables for now. We may switch back to cloth in the future, but if we continue to have problems, I'm not above using disposables. A diaper is a diaper, and we'll do what we have to do.
Happy bottoms makes happy babies!
Hey, so I asked another friend of mine who uses cloth diapers about this problem. She said that her oldest daughter had a couple bad yeast infections and suggested CJ's Butter. She said it's a cream...? I know you said you've tried creams, just didn't know if you had tried this particular one. She highly recommends it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll look into it. We've really just used what the APN gave us. I've not tried over the counter medicine. I'll order some and try it!
DeleteI just started cloth diapering...with my third baby:) Better late than never, right?! And I can't believe how much I like it. Weird but true! And yes they are adorable and definitely add to the outfits:)
ReplyDeleteI know some people that start and hate it and others (like me) that love it! It's definitely not the easiest, but not as hard as I imagined either. Gotta love those cute baby bums! :)
DeleteI started using cloth diapers with my 3rd baby and really liked it except that almost right away he got a terrible yeast infection. The only thing that cured it was going back to disposables. :-( My 5th baby got a yeast infection wearing disposables and I mixed a paste of apple cider vinegar and baking soda and rubbed that on after each diaper change. It worked wonders!! (By the way, white vinegar feeds yeast, but apple cider vinegar repels it.)
ReplyDeleteStopping by from Walking Redeemed. I think it's great that you're open-minded on diaper choice. We have used a combo of disposable and cloth. Like you said, carrying around dirty cloth diapers is kind of gross, so we chose to go disposable if we were out and about. Like you, I can definitely see the benefits of both, but as you said, dealing with dirty diapers is pretty gross either way!
ReplyDeleteI love my cloth diapers too. I hope you get to back to them - between the cost and the droopy drawers and the clothesline in the summertime... I'd miss that. I've had to switch back to cloth multiple times with different children for rash issues. So frustrating!
ReplyDeleteI'm guilty of going back and forth between cloth and disposables myself. My youngest, who are twin boys, will be two in June and while I don't *love* diaper changes, I know I will miss when they have outgrown the need for mama to keep them fresh! Thanks so much for linking up last week!
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