Cloth Diapers for the 21st Century

Like every wanna-be-green parent, I thought cloth diapers would be the way to keep horrible stuff out of landfills, be green, be kind, etc.

Let's face it, there's nothing like tossing a poo-filled diaper in the trash. It's done. But for cloth diapers, it's not so easy. Cleaning cloth diapers involves a "rinse-before-wash" scenario that can be...messy. Having said that, the new cloth diapers of today are very easy to use and clean.

We bought a little sprayer that goes by our toilet that makes the diaper rinsing a breeze. It's very similar to the ones in kitchen sinks. Also, we have found the perfect brand of diaper (for us).

The Bum Genius All in One diaper is, as they claim, the easiest to use cloth diaper available. It has essentially the same design as sposies, except they're reusable and my baby likes them much more than a disposable.

We end up doing about a 50/50 split between cloth and disposable and that's just life. But the new generation of clot diapers make it so much easier than the days of giant safety pins.