Ya. There's an elephant in the room. And his name is Poo.
But there is a purpose in my bringing up the big 'ol #2. And if you're a cloth diaper using Mama, then you'll be happy I did.
Have you ever seen these bad boys?
They're diaper liners and while they closely resemble a dryer sheet, they serve a far different purpose.
We've been using cloth diapers since G-love could fit into the smallest size, which was about at four weeks or so. And while I've explained our cloth diapering system before here, I didn't include these diaper liners in that post because at the time, we didn't
When the real food eating began, we started to use these wonderful liners, which are a true blessing in the cloth diapering world. Allow me to demonstrate, if you will. For sake of my demonstration, I have replaced the poo with hunks of dark chocolate. Somehow, that just seemed more appropriate.
Step One. Get the baby to poo in the diaper. Check.
Step Two. Lift up the liner, being careful not to touch any poo gone wild.
Step Three. Flush the liner and move on.
Step Four. Throw the used diaper in your diaper pail without having to shake the poo off into the toilet and/or rinse the diaper.
It's that wonderful? There is no dunking the diaper in the toilet or spraying with a hose. You just lift, flush, and wash the diaper.
If you're not a cloth-diapering Mama, I realize that the idea of having to wash each diaper and the mess of a diaper pail may seem overwhelming and horrific. But we've found cloth diapering to be a very easy and natural addition to our day to day function. Only having to throw a load of diapers in every two days is a relatively easy task - and saving all that money plus being able to use organic cotton diapers has been a huge blessing to us.
As these diapers liners have been. Blessing to the max, baby.
Though I have a confession. Sometimes I forget to put them in. And then my husband has to change a poo-filled diaper without the ease of a liner. And then he gets angry. And then he throws the diaper at the wall, screams horrible things, and walks out.
Bah ha. I kid.
Though sometimes he still has to pull his shirt up over his nose while he changes them, which makes me laugh hysterically. "It's just human fecal matter..." I say, reassuringly.
Though somehow, these words aren't very comforting to him.
Maybe I should just remember to put the liners in...
When my kiddo's were small and I used cloth diapers I used those too. They were so nice!! I learned from another lady that you can wash the ones that just get wet from pee and reuse them!! =)
ReplyDeleteI discovered diaper liners in the sixties! I had to order them from Sears Roebuck catalog, through the mail! They made the difference in my babies having diaper rash or not, back in those unairconditioned days in the hot South. I used the long diapers and folded them to fit; it was an art I still recall, even though my youngest child is forty. There was a different way to fold for a boy or a girl. I had four dozen diapers and took pride in how white they were on the clothesline. One winter, it was rainy and we had a dryer but no connections for it in our rented house, but we had an unused room with no furniture for it, so my husband put up clotheslines in there and a space heater, and I hung my diapers and other laundry inside! (No basements in Texas.)
ReplyDeleteUugghhh! I wish I could use these but they are not great in septic tanks! If you ever stumble across any that claim to be used in a spetic system...please do post!!! Until then...I'll keep doing it the hard way:(
ReplyDeleteI have septic so I use cut up fleece for liners. That way I just wash them with diapers (pee and those hard poos that don't make a mess) and I throw the really gross ones out. I have tons of fleece blankets to reuse and you can always find cheap fleece at the fabric stores.
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