Comments on: Enter the Cloth Diaper Bravery Contest to Win a Bumkins Dirty Duds Bag!

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:56:49 +0000

Virginia, thanks for your story. Unfortunately, the Dirty Duds bag contest is over, but don’t despair! We are actually giving away another wet bag tomorrow. Come back and post a comment on that post for your chance to win. We aren’t even requiring an elaborate story for that one!

By: Virginia

Virginia — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:38:37 +0000

I am the mother of three beautiful children. Ages 5,3, and 1. Each and every one has been cloth diapered. I couldn’t afford the newer velcro/snap cloth diapers when I started, so I used the “old school” version of pre-folds and diaper pins with the classic vinyl diaper cover. I have always done cloth diapers while out and about, although some diaper changes were more adventuresome than others…

We decided to go to an evening parade with the kids, chairs, snacks, and “old school” cloth diapers in tow. We enjoyed most of the parade and had a great time seeing all the lights and floats and hearing all the music. It was just about time to head home, the classic ending of the parade, the firetrucks and police cars were on their way. That was when I discovered the poopy diaper my then 2 1/2 year old had. Hmmmm… options… Leave him in the diaper? Nope. It was way to gross. Change him on the concrete? Nope. Also way to gross. Luckily my stroller lays down flat, so in he goes. What do I have in my survival kit (my diaper bag)? A pre-fold diaper and wipes. Well this poopy diaper was bad enough to need to change that classic vinyl cover to a new one. I dig through the diaper bag… no luck. How is this going to work?? I hunt for something to put the old diaper into. I usually carry a bundle of old grocery baggies to put stinkies into. Well, I am lacking that also. I empty the snack bag to use the baggie for the old diaper and use wet wipes to clean the diaper cover. Whew. Another victory for the cloth diapering mom! How nice it would have been to have Bumkins Dirty Duds Bag!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:45:29 +0000

The first time I went camping with my children, my youngest was 8 months old and solely in cloth diapers. I figured out it took a bit more space to bring the cloth diapers, and we brought a couple of pails with good lids to put the dirty diapers in, but it wasn’t much of a hassle, and we saved the money we would have spent on disposables. It was only for a weekend, so we just did a load when we got home so it was no hardship at all. We decided that camping was great fun, and we’ve been camping many times since!

By: Aimee

Aimee — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:48:04 +0000

I’m almost seven months pregnant and ever since we found out, I’ve been slowly collecting cloth diapers and wraps. I’m not sure if I’m going to do the traditional prefold and cover, or all in one, but I feel so grateful that my husband is also very enthusiastic about CDing (he was a cloth diaper baby himself.) Since we both have jobs that will allow us to care for our baby full time at home, we thought it made sense to use cloth because we have the time and resources to do it. We’re excited about this choice and all the disposable diapers we will save from the landfill!

By: Jen Farley

Jen Farley — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:43:33 +0000

I recently started cloth diapering. I thought what a waste if I was recycling so much and then throwing those disposable diapers in the garbage. So here we are, in the throws of CDing. Building out stash has been interesting and trying out new diapers has been great too. even my husband has gotten into it, but has left all the messy diapers for me to clean up

I don’t have any great stories about a messy experience. I guess we’ve been lucky so far. I’m waiting for a “big blowout.”

By: Heidi Ahrens

Heidi Ahrens — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:23:04 +0000

Hello,

My daughter is two and potty trained but she was CD’ed for two years. I brougth CDers on a camping trip when she was two weeks old. I did not have a great system like that bag so it became quite stinky in the tent. Now , I now better so when number two comes along I can CD all the way through our outdoor adventures.

I am the main blogger on http://www.outdoorbaby.net and I will soon be posting a blog on how to CD in the outdoors.

I also will be having some give aways and product reviews. So anyone out there with great CD products send them my way.

Heidi

By: Beth-Ann

Beth-Ann — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:04:58 +0000

I have been CD’ing since the birth of my son 4 months ago. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. They look so cute both on his bum and the clothesline! We will be traveling by airplane to Florida this Fall and I am torn about whether continuing with the CDs or using disposables. With airline restrictions on baggage these days, it has become increasingly difficult for parents traveling with small children. I am really inspired by those parents who travel while CD’ing. I just love reading your posts with your tips, tricks and outrageous stories.
As you all know or can imagine, having Dirty Duds Bags are indispensable when you are out and about. Just a tip: wet bags like the Bumkins are also great for swimming with your little one. Just place your wet items in the bag and you don’t have to worry about soaking your diaper bag. (Just another way to save from having to use plastic bags!)
Keep spreading the CD word and wish me luck on my upcoming journey.

By: carrie

carrie — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:54:44 +0000

These stories are great. I don’t have a baby, yet, but I have been bouncing the idea of cloth diapers off my friends that do have children. About 25% say yes to cloth diapers, and I know when the time comes I too will using the soft cloth versus the disposables! Dorothy’s story is great!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:22:55 +0000

My 4 1/2 month old son proudly sports his pre-folds and soft covers everywhere we go. I knew before I even became preganant that I would cloth diaper my children because of the financial and environmental benefits. It was a no-brainer. I researched it, stocked our nursery with all the necessary goods, and have only been thrilled with the ease of cloth diapering.
When Liam was 2 months, we went on a 4-day weekend up to the family farm in Iowa. It’s a 9 hour drive each way, and I didn’t want to mess with cloth diapering for that trip. So, I caved and bought Nature Baby disposables from our healthfood store. When I put one on him as we were about to leave, Liam wriggled all around in reaction to that papery thing I was wrapping around his bottom. These were definitely NOT his normal soft and comfy diapers. He had a blowout diaper on our rest stop in Target. One clean diaper, an entirely new outfit, plus a disgusted daddy later we were back on the road.
While on the farm, a thunderstorm rolled in, and we huddled in the basement while Parkersburg, the next town over, was nearly leveled by a gigantic tornado. Scary. Down in the basement, I was holding Liam and felt something dripping on me. No, it was not rain seeping into the basement, nor was it me lactating from the stress. It was that silly disposable diaper dripping like a leaky faucet!
Needless to say, we were not overly impressed with the disposables. I have never had such leaky or blowout problems with our cloth diapers.
So now I am in California visiting my family, and we filled a third of our suit case with cloth diapers. It’s been ridiculously easy, and so much fun to show off his cute diapers to all of our friends and family who think I’m a loon for doing things the old-fashioned way. Maybe seeing Liam in his adorable duds will change their opinion…

By: Pip

Pip — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:13:58 +0000

As the only mother in my mothers group using cloth diapers, I always felt under intense scrutiny whenever I had to change Thomas’ diapers around the others. Of course, he would save his best effort for when we were with non cloth users and those expolsive breast fed poos would give my homemade diapers a run for their money! Although the other mothers would screw up their noses and belittle my efforts at reducing diaper waste while caring for my sons health and the environment they were always impressed by my wetbag that totally contained any smells. Its not hard to cloth diaper when you put your child and the environment first.