Making The Change

As you can imagine, making the switch from disposables to cloth on a whim had its downsides. For one, I was storing all of my wet pads in a plastic trash bag hanging on B's changing table (holy smell!) and I only had 6 so I was struggling to keep them laundered fast enough. On top of all of this, leaving the house was proving to be a huge challenge. A quart sized ziploc bag for dry inserts, a gallon sized ziploc bag for dirty diapers... not to mention how big B is FREAKING out at me at this point. Not in a mean way - but definitely making fun of me and taking shots about my diapers to his friends and on Facebook whenever possible. I get it. I was there not so long ago! But I was determined to make it work this time. Other people did this every day - it couldn't be THAT challenging for me.
I went on to trusty ol' Diapers.com and even though I was still not committed to spending much money on this venture, I got some huge help. They are a great source for gDiapers. I think they might be the #1 stocked retailer for the g's, so they have bundles, special edition individual covers, deals on bulk flushable liners, etc.
Two days later, I was equipped with two Kushies 12"x14" (large) wetbags for about $10. They were drawstring, big enough for probably 5-6 diapers each, and they did a good job keeping wetness in. What I didn't love, was the drawstring function, as if it tipped over in my diaper bag and a wet insert landed near the hole, it would wick out. Plus they are a bit big for a day out in my opinion. I was using one for wet stuff, one for clean diapers, and I couldn't find anything else in my bag.

My favorite purchase from this day was my $13.95 Safety 1st Simple Step Diaper Pail. It holds 3 days worth of any kind of diapers easily (that's about the max amount of days you want to go between washing), has the foot pedal so you never have to touch anything, which still functions with a thick PUL pail liner inserted, and it has a vented pop-out chamber built into the lid that holds the little Arm&Hammer Baking Soda Nursery Discs perfectly, so all odor is naturally contained. YAY! I recommend this to any mommy who uses cloth.

Of course I invested in another 6pack of gCloth so I had about 2 days worth of inserts, now. I was feeling pretty good about this cloth diapering business!!