Thursday, February 12, 2009

Going Green...kind of!

Okay so I havent blogged in awhile, I am bad at this. So I have been recycling more and more the past couple months and it really makes me feel good to do something good for the environment. So then we recieved very high gas and electric bills so I turned the heater down and have been unplugging things we are not using. Well here is my next change, CLOTH DIAPERS!!! I just can't get over the fact that it take 500 years for a diaper to decompose, not to mention the amount of money we are spending on diapers a month is astronomical!! So any of you out there that have any tips for me on cloth diapers please let me know what you know. I have tried this before with the boys when they were little. So Gianna is already wearing them and I am waiting for Anthonys to come in the mail.

Some of my questions are where should I put them in between them wearing them and washing them? I think I should soak them but where and how so the kids won't get into them?

At night should I use disposables or will they hold til the morning? (Right now I am using disposables until I get the liners for the diapers.)

My next adventure is making my own wipes which should not be hard, I just have to see which is more expensive: the supplies to make the wipes or the already made wipes!!

Anyway thats whats new with us!!

2 comments:

Jill said...

I have an awesome wipes recipe that is cheap!! baby oil, water, and the container. I think you used them when you use to tend for us. Let me know and I will get you the recipe. I used cloth diapers for 2 weeks, and it was a diaper service. I just had to put the diapers in a bag on the porch and they picked them up and left clean ones for me. The week in between was tough, from monday to monday. Good Luck!!

Grimm Family blog said...

once you get this figured out let me know. I have always been interested in doing cloth diapers.
Good Luck! Thanks Cyrena

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