Cloth Diaper Giveaway

 

My close friend Jenn is hosting a cloth diaper giveaway at her blog The Riese's Pieces.  As many of you know, we chose to cloth diaper when we were pregnant with Jonathan, and we have loved it!   Not only has it been a huge cost savings for us, it has also been really convenient because we never have to run to the store because we are low on diapers. 

I was afraid to cloth diaper at first.  I had visions of bad smells, diaper pins, and rubber pants.  I didn't get a lot of support for cloth diapering either - I think a lot of people thought we were a little crazy.  "Why give up the convenience of disposable diapers?" was something we heard a lot.  Disposable diapers can only be used one time, but cloth diapers can be used from child to child so the only investment is up front.  But not only are disposable diapers expensive, they are also environmentally unfriendly.  The thing that really bothered me is how long Trey could be in a diaper and not ever feel wet when he had a disposable diaper on.  What were the chemicals that were right up against his skin that he was exposed to for hours on end?   And I think that cloth feels so much better than paper, so it has to be more comfortable for Jonathan.   We will still use disposables occasionally when we are on a long trip, but I am so thankful that we made this choice.

 

A friend at work was cloth diapering her 4th baby, and when she had outgrown some of her diapers, she gave me a stash of about 20 newborn size diapers.  So I gave it a try without really having to invest in anything.  And once we started, we were hooked. I would love to someday be able to help another new mom get started with cloth diapering the way my friend helped me. 

But for now, I am hoping to win this giveaway so I can add one more diaper to our supply.  I love, love, love the cute designs.  And I love how cute Jonathan looks in his little cloth diapers.  I need to stop looking at the pictures of him as a newborn because it's giving me major baby fever - yikes!