The Monteiro Family

I was interested in cloth diapers when Lauren was born 2 1/2 years ago but didn’t know enough about them, or anyone else doing it, and with so many other things to think about, I just ended up defaulting to disposables. I was going to make the switch to cloth when pregnant with Carter last summer (mainly for cost savings) but Lauren freaked when I tried to put a cloth diaper on her, and since she was so bothered by the change and was facing many other changes, I ended up staying with disposables again.
Recently though, Lauren got a really, really bad diaper rash and her Dr. recommended a hypoallergenic diaper. I didn’t mind paying the high cost for her since we’re going to be potty training this summer anyway so I bought some Seventh Generation disposables for day care and some gdiapers (a hybrid of cloth and disposables) for home. I really wanted to like the gdiapers but she leaked out of them 75% of the time so we’re using just Seventh Generation disposables for her now until she is potty trained to avoid a repeat rash.
I still really want to make the switch to cloth for Carter though. I’d like to avoid any more possible rashes with him, it would save a bit of money in the long run, I like the idea of not putting so many diapers in landfills and they are SO cute! Johnny isn’t so keen on the idea though since: 1. he could care less about the environment, 2. Carter’s skin isn’t as sensitive as Lauren’s, 3. Carter is already 8 months old and since the startup cost for cloth is so high there is only a small savings over the Target disposables we now buy. BUT, if I got some FREE cloth diapers I’m sure he’d be willing to try them while we’re at home for the summer and if that went well, I bet I could convince him to buy a few more and switch at day care too….so…I’ve entered the giveaway contest at http://simplemom.net/the-simple-mom-cloth-diaper-review/. I’ll get an extra entry into the contest for posting about the giveaway on my blog so that is why you are all reading about my cloth diaper dilemma. What do you think about us making the switch? Post a comment…my uncle said comments weren’t working but I can’t seem to figure out why. So post a comment and if it doesn’t work, send me an email and let me know…