Yes, you!
You there, piling up in my diaper pail!
Yeah, I'm talking to you!
I love hate you, cloth diapers.
I love you because you save me money. I love having you around because you are made new with just one wash cycle. You are very versatile... I can use you as a diaper or a burp cloth or snot rag or a my-son-just-peed-on-the-floor-and-I-need-something-to-clean-it-up-with cloth. You are soft and fluffy. You look adorable on my baby and with all the colors you come in I can coordinate you quite nicely with outfits (not that my son cares).
But, dear cloth diaper, you cause me such grief.
Honestly, you make me want to scream sometimes.
Not because you are more work... it's really no problem to throw you in the washing machine. Not because the Daddy of the house is less excited about changing you... I'm faster anyway (no offence to Steven, I just have more experience since I'm home with John) and I don't mind that much. Not because you stain sometimes... nothing a little sun, oxyclean or bleach can't handle. Not because you wear out with use... really nothing last forever and I've definitely already earn my money's worth out of you.
Why you ask? Why?
But because I can NOT, for the life of me, figure out your yeasty ways.
I can't figure out if you are the problem or if I'm the problem or if my son is the problem. I've tried everything... from bleaching the living day lights out of you to using gentle soaps and grapefruit seed extract. John eats yogurt and probably has the healthiest diet of the house (at least the least amount of sugar for sure). I'm sure I'm washing you correctly because we never have stink problems or absorbancy issues. If it's not him or me it has to be you!
When John wears you he inflames with yeast after only three or four days. If he wears your arch enemy, Mr. Disposable, then his yeast clears up (even without creams). But if I even think about switching back to you, yeast flares us again. Why is that?
I can't bring myself to throw you out because of the start up cost if I decided to start again. However, I have literally committed you the Lord about once a month since John was five months old and I'm just so mad at you!
I don't understand.
I am frustrated.
And you will sit in the corner for the next month
... or until I figure out how to deal with you.
You there, piling up in my diaper pail!
Yeah, I'm talking to you!
I love hate you, cloth diapers.
I love you because you save me money. I love having you around because you are made new with just one wash cycle. You are very versatile... I can use you as a diaper or a burp cloth or snot rag or a my-son-just-peed-on-the-floor-and-I-need-something-to-clean-it-up-with cloth. You are soft and fluffy. You look adorable on my baby and with all the colors you come in I can coordinate you quite nicely with outfits (not that my son cares).
But, dear cloth diaper, you cause me such grief.
Honestly, you make me want to scream sometimes.
Not because you are more work... it's really no problem to throw you in the washing machine. Not because the Daddy of the house is less excited about changing you... I'm faster anyway (no offence to Steven, I just have more experience since I'm home with John) and I don't mind that much. Not because you stain sometimes... nothing a little sun, oxyclean or bleach can't handle. Not because you wear out with use... really nothing last forever and I've definitely already earn my money's worth out of you.
Why you ask? Why?
But because I can NOT, for the life of me, figure out your yeasty ways.
I can't figure out if you are the problem or if I'm the problem or if my son is the problem. I've tried everything... from bleaching the living day lights out of you to using gentle soaps and grapefruit seed extract. John eats yogurt and probably has the healthiest diet of the house (at least the least amount of sugar for sure). I'm sure I'm washing you correctly because we never have stink problems or absorbancy issues. If it's not him or me it has to be you!
When John wears you he inflames with yeast after only three or four days. If he wears your arch enemy, Mr. Disposable, then his yeast clears up (even without creams). But if I even think about switching back to you, yeast flares us again. Why is that?
I can't bring myself to throw you out because of the start up cost if I decided to start again. However, I have literally committed you the Lord about once a month since John was five months old and I'm just so mad at you!
I don't understand.
I am frustrated.
And you will sit in the corner for the next month
... or until I figure out how to deal with you.
Someone told me that the synthetics in the microfiber of bumgenius can really irritate some babies' skin. She uses organic indian cotton or something...You probably know this already :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's the Bungenius because it happens no matte which system of cloth diapers I use.
ReplyDeleteI have no solutions so I'll just say - that stinks!
ReplyDeleteOh, I wanted to add that maybe it is not the diapers themselves but something else about the cloth routine - wipes, diaper liner bag, etc?
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