So....since starting cloth diapering, I've become a bit of an addict. I check at least three of the cloth diaper online stores every day to see if they have anything on sale or any great deals or new prints that I just can't pass up or, if I'm to be completely honest, pretend to add things to the virtual shopping cart but not checkout and actually spend the money but still get the pleasure of having purused everything and picked out my wants. It's bad...really bad.
We now have our stash of 24 BumGenius 4.0 snap one-size pockets, 1 Flip cover, 1 Bummis Super Whisper Wrap cover, 4 GDiapers (in medium though so we really will have to upgrade those sooner rather than later) 2 Swaddlebee's econosnaps, 2 prefolds, and 12 birdseye flat diapers. You may have noticed that I've left out the 6 CuteyBaby diapers but that's because they're my least favorite of my lovely stash and will only be used in emergencies I think (the velcro keeps poking baby no matter how we try and secure it- he's too squirmy.)
In addition I've also built up a nice supply of accessories- two wet bags, two pail liners, two sticks of GroVia, 3 dozen cloth wipes, and 3 regular snappis and 1 toddler snappi. This kid wants for nothing beacuse I just want it all!!! More specifically, I want to try/collect them all!! That's where I feel a little awkward...has cloth diapering become my hobby?
I also would like to note that hubby has been completely supportive but weary of how much money we're actually saving (not unjustifiably admittedly.) Although I'm using the savings toward buying more (and so not really saving a whole lot) I am trying to compensate for using more water/running another load of laundry by line drying all the diapers so that we're still conserving some energy if not water.
I did read taht the more of a stash that you have, the larger the likelyhood of it lasting through another child because you're rotating between so many diapers they don't get worn out as quickly. That helps ease my conscious a little...
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