Ever since I saw this post on Blogging Baby about cloth diapering I have been hooked. I like the idea of saving money. That’s a big big positive. So we went and got some prefolds and a couple of diaper covers to give cloth diapering a try.

So ummmm…how does one tell when a cloth diaper is wet? I know with a disposable because of that jelly feeling. But how do you tell with a cloth diaper? We tried it twice on Isabelle and she was crying so we thought she peed. We took off the diaper and looking at it we couldn’t tell. And the outside wasn’t wet…which is good because it didn’t leak through. So Alan told me to feel the inside. I’m like nooo you feel it! He’s like NOOOO!!! So I ended up touching it and yep it was wet. Then I’m running around saying I touched her pee!! I have pee on my hands!!

And we also noticed those two times that her poor little legs had red marks on them after we took the cloth diapers off. I think the diaper cover was rubbing on her or it’s too tight.

Oh..and another thing. It’s so bulky! What are we doing wrong? Her butt is humongous with cloth diapers on. Big booty baby!

And what else…Oh and did you know you have to wash prefolds a gazillion times the first time you use them?! O.k. maybe not a gazillion. It was more like 5 times but damn that seemed like a lot when I was itching to start using them right away. Oh yeah and mustn’t forget the whole drying between the washing too.

O.k sounds all negative here doesn’t it? Well some positives then: they had cute little covers. And oh the saving money part…yeah that’s good. Oh and Helen said cloth diapered babies supposedly potty train quicker.

I think we’ll buy some more and give it an honest try. Maybe some different diaper covers too that won’t mark her poor little legs up. Oh and maybe I’ll do some reading up on the internet. Yeah that sounds like a good idea. But in the meantime…back to disposables it is.