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Yay...so glad I could be of help, Jess. I totally...

2010-08-02T13:49:46.101-04:00

Yay...so glad I could be of help, Jess. I totally get what you are saying...when we were researching our options, I feel like I was more apt to take people's personal experiences to heart.

OOOOOH Thank you!!! What a wonderful helpful blog...

2010-07-28T14:46:43.605-04:00

OOOOOH Thank you!!! What a wonderful helpful blog...I was already sold on them, but now I feel even better about it :)

oooo...tree root infested plumbing does NOT sound ...

2010-02-23T15:27:20.043-05:00

oooo...tree root infested plumbing does NOT sound like my cup of tea...at. all. Our house is 101 years old but the plumbing is from the 70's (I think), so it is relatively new compared to the house.

But I should point out that you can still use these...you can toss the poopy ones after dropping off the bulk of the poo in the toilet and rest easy knowing that at least they are less damaging to the environment both to make and to toss away than conventional disposable diapers.

And you can compost the pee ones. I have to say, I was a totaly compost naysayer for EVAH because it seemed, gross and impractical, but it seriously is the easiest thing to do on the planet. AND apparently the ratio of green stuff (kitchen scraps) to brown stuff (leaves and gDiapers) is such that having so many diapers to compost is a plus rather than a burden.

Loved learning about gdiapers! Sadly, our plumbing...

2010-02-23T14:27:33.804-05:00

Loved learning about gdiapers! Sadly, our plumbing is definitely tree-root infested and flushing anything other than TP is forbidden... and I mean ANYTHING.

Wish we lived in a new house with undisturbed plumbing lines so I could use these!

Thanks for answering my questions! It's so hel...

2010-02-04T16:26:34.349-05:00

Thanks for answering my questions! It's so helpful to hear from someone who is actually doing it- rather than watching video's trying to see how it is! We haven't decided what to use yet. But we've been researching and trying to figure out which cloth diaper sets would be best (as far as easy to use but doesn't create increased insanity). This one sounds like the most manageable though to be honest. Not even the grandparents would seem too intimidated by it!

Hey there...hope this helps: - The only time I ha...

2010-02-03T09:30:45.931-05:00

Hey there...hope this helps:

- The only time I have ever had trouble with leaking was when Little G was inbetween the small and medium sizes. We went through some trial and error periods, but it only lasted about a week and was mostly at night. In the end, we 'doubled him up' over night in the larger size diaper. Which we actually still do to this day since he pees so much over night. Basically, we put the medium/large insert in the medium gPant and then put a folded up small liner in the front of the gPant ontop of the other liner. This has solved our overnight leaking issues. He HAS leaked on other occasions, but mostly because I have missed changing him. I should also say that Little G is not moving right now...he doesn't roll over from back to front, but he does squirm around quite a bit and I have never been concerned about leaks. Not sure if that will change once he is bigger and crawling/walking, but I have yet to find any information online that it would be a problem.

- The nylon inner snaps into the cloth outer. THEN the disposable liner/pad slides into the snapped in inner. It was confusing to me at first before I owned them because people interchange the word liner for the inner nylon part and the disposable pad part. What you need to know is that there are three parts to the diaper. 1) the cloth outer layer 2) the nylon inner layer that snaps into the cloth outer layer and 3) the disposable liner/pad that slides into the liner.

If the diaper is only a wet diaper, you just take out the liner/pad from the inner and replace it with a new liner/pad. I usually have at least 5 already set up for me at the changing table so I can just switch out the diaper and toss the used liner/pad in a container until we take them out to the compost pile.

- The nylon inner protects the cloth outer from stool VERY well. Our baby was never a prolific pooper...instead of pooping every diaper change, he would go once a day...which meant it was BIG. The only time it would ever get on the cloth outer was when I would take the diaper off and not pay attention to what I was doing and dip the outer into the poo. What can I say - there are a lot of flailing toes and feet going on during a diaper change and it took a while to get it all down so I wasn't getting poo everywhere :) An important thing to know about poopy diapers is that it WILL get on the nylon inner which it is designed to do. I usually change the diaper, put it down where Little G won't kick his feet into it, clean him up, put him somewhere where he can play on his own safely (the floor or his crib) and then take care of the poopy diaper. I have a couple of extra nylon inners so that if the poopy ones are in the wash, I can still be using the outers.

- The snap-in inner layer has NEVER, I repeat, NEVER irratated my son's skin. It is quite soft...so soft that I took notice of it one day. The elastic along the edge is coated in something that makes it super smooth. It fits right up into the leg creases to form the same seal a disposable diaper forms.

Ok...hope that helped. I remember being soooo intimidated by the whole thing before getting started and then starting the process and realizing that it wasn't even 'something to get used to doing' it was just plain easy!

Good luck on your adventure and let me know how it goes and if you have any other questions.

The best way to clean cloth diapers is to pre-rins...

2010-02-03T09:18:36.824-05:00

The best way to clean cloth diapers is to pre-rinse them off in the toilet using a Hand Bathroom Bidet Sprayer. So convenient and if you are trying to help the environment (and your pocket book) you can give it a double whammy by virtually eliminating toilet paper use at the same time as you benefit from using it on the diapers, by using it on yourself. I'm not sure how many people know this but that is what they were originally created for. I think Dr. Oz on Oprah said it best: "if you had pee or poop on your hand, you wouldn't wipe it off with paper, would you? You'd wash it off" Available at http://www.bathroomsprayers.com they come in an inexpensive kit and can be installed without a plumber. Now we're talking green and helping the environment without any pain.

I have been curious about cloth diapers- but my hu...

2010-02-02T23:07:13.906-05:00

I have been curious about cloth diapers- but my husband is skeptical because he doesn't want the added work of rinsing, scraping, using a pale etc.

This looks like a great alternative however! Thank you for sharing.

I have a couple of questions- since you are using the product:
*Have you had trouble with it leaking despite changing the diaper within a reasonable amount of time?
*If you use the disposable gRefill, you don't snap anything in right? It remains secure within the slits?
*When you unsnap the liner to clean it- how does the outer cloth diaper part do with baby stool? Does the liner protect it pretty well?
*The inner liner that secures the gRefill- it hasn't caused any kind of rubbing or irritation to your baby's skin has it?

I watched the video's on the gDiaper website- but I was still a little curious about the details. So Thank you in advance for answering my questions! =o)