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• tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Unfortunately negative reactions to different brands exists, though. So, not everyone gets a choice. Fortunately for us, Huggies is what gave my daughter rashes. So that was an easy out!

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  • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, diapers are not like some other products, where the generic is just as good. When my kids were babies, we tried multiple cheap brands and they all leaked. Meaning pee and poop went everywhere outside the diaper. It was a less-than-ideal feature for diapers, so we typically went with LUVS, if I recall correctly.

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    • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also some brands caused rashes with ours, and some seemed to not cause as many, our first was Huggies, second was pampers.

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• iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would urge new parents to try cloth diapering! It can seem daunting at first with all the terminology, but no more so than learning to diaper with disposables. There are some great resources out there that help break everything down. It’s how people have been diapering babies for centuries before disposable Pampers came along in the 60s.

  For our first, I’m planning on trying cotton prefolds under wool covers. It’s more of an upfront cost investment (a few hundred bucks, depending on where you buy them), but will save us money over the long run, not having to buy tons of boxes of diapers. Plus we’re planning on reusing the same set for our second.

  If anyone needs resources or has specific questions, let me know!

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  • charles@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would urge new parents to try cloth diapering!

    🤔

    For our first, I’m planning

    Ahh, there it is.

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    • rubicon@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We did both our kids on the same set of cloth diapers. We saved a ton of money and avoided putting all those diapers in the landfill. Then when we were done having kids in diapers we passed them on to someone else who could use them.

      With all the disgusting things involved with children, washing diapers is low enough on the list.

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    • iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Like I said, I know nothing about diapering period, so I’m learning a new skill regardless. May as well be one that’s good for my wallet and the planet. Will there be days when we resort to disposables? Probably. But even some cloth diapering is better than none.

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    • vin@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Until the baby starts eating solid food, it’s a good idea to use cotton nappies, as I did with my kid

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  • tslnox@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Our first was completely cloth diapered. Our second, we tried too, but for some reason every poop got out of it to the clothes and the increased amount of washing up was too much (imagine how many clothes can 4yo and 11mo stain combined). So now she has the cheapest disposables. When she starts pooping in the potty or at least learns to tell she pooped immediately, we will consider the cloth diapers again, but for now it’s too much work.

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