Recently my almost 2 year old decided she wanted to start using the potty. Well, after the potty books and videos I provided, she decided she wanted to use the potty.
We went to the store and bought the potty, actually two. One was the Baby Bjorn potty seat. It is PVC and BPA free plastic and the design is great. The other was the actual potty seat that is a part of the big toilet seat in her bathroom. It has the magnet that pulls her little seat into the lid for big people to use the bathroom.
She had made an effort a few months back to potty train but had changed her mind. I heard that this is very common and to just back off and they will eventually do it.
Well now came the time when she had an interest again. Hurray! Let's go.
At first I would just keep her naked throughout the day. That was a piece of advise that for sure worked well. But at some point my child has to have clothing on to be able to leave the house!
We went to the store in a very grandiose way. It was the biggest thing ever, let's go pick out big girl underpants! Her eyes were beaming and she was so proud. After they were washed she sat there and looked at them all trying to pick out which would be her first pair to wear.
There is something very powerful about the big girl underpants. They are too important not to do it right. She has been dry in them and very proud to be so. She knows that accidents will happen and that we always leave the house with an extra pair, so far so good though.
I have used cloth diapers on her since the beginning. I read articles on the environmental impact, 6000 diapers in a landfill that do not fully compose, and knew I didn't want that. Really didn't seem like my convenience was worth that. Also the array of chemicals that are in disposable diapers that are just not safe for your baby. To this day my daughter has not had a diaper rash! I was also told that it was much easier to potty train a child in cloth diapers since they feel the wet. There is no wicking away the moisture from their skin. From what I have experienced it seems to be true.
So now I wanted to see what the saving would be on the cost of my cloth diapers vs the disposables.
I was told by someone that they spent an average of $70 a month on the disposables. It would have cost me $1680 for the last 24 months for disposables at that price. I have 14 Bum Genius adjustable diapers. I only got 14 because the idea of letting more than that sit grossed me out. They were $36 for 2 on the website I bought them on, so my investment was $252. I have also purchased 2 packs of my eco-friendly disposable diapers, Natures Babycare, in the last 24 months. (Nobody wants you washing diapers at there house when you travel!) The cost was $39 for 108 diapers each time. So the total for my diapers for the last 24 months is $330.
So I have saved $1350 on diapers in the last 24 months!
Hurray!
I have saved money, been kind to the environment, and kept the chemicals away from my child that I did not want touching her and possibly harming her. It's a win, win.
I have had alot of people ask me if it was gross to use cloth diapers. Really, no. You have to change them and deal with it anyway. I do recommend getting the Bum Genius sprayer for the toilet. That will help tremendously!
Till next blog....
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