It started with breastfeeding. Then I started making my own babyfood. Now I just ordered my first stock of cloth diapers. Making my own babyfood is going well so far. I just boil/bake the food and then put it in the blender with water. I try to buy organic and make enough for 2-3 days at a time. I have a feeling cloth diapering will be a bit more difficult. I can hardly keep up on my laundry as it is. But there are a lot of compelling reasons for trying it out. 1)It's sooo much better for the environment. I hate diapers! Hate them! I can just picture them filling up the landfills. We go through so many, even with Mac being potty trained. Uck! 2) It seems more economical. I pay $15-$20 for a one-two week supply of diapers. They usually last me about 1 1/2 weeks. Even though cloth diapers are expensive to start up (I just paid $78 for 9 diapers and 4 covers ~2 day supply), you don't have to buy them very often at all. These 9 diapers could last me for months. 3) Oliver will likely be in diapers until we teach him to self-catheterize. When I spoke to the doctor last time we took him to clinic, they said that could be anywhere from 5-7 years old. So I'd rather have him in cloth, which is closer to underpants, when he is old enough to realize what is going on. I figure I might as well start now.
I've even stopped doing my nails and dying my hair. We'll see how long that lasts. I'm not holding out much hope for going that green.
