What's your view on cloth diapers?

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I know it can get a bit messy and yucky but what's your viewpoint? It would save A LOT of money and help the planet and stuff. Success stories? Horror stories? What brand?

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I have my full newborn stash ready to go for my little one . 
As a nanny I clothe diapered at work for one family and it was amazingly easy . 
If you're committed to cloth diapering you'll get the hang of it and love it .

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Love it, and pocket or old school flats and covers!

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We use one size cloth. They can be used until the child is potty trained. Normally they do not fit newborns though so we will be using disposables until our little lady fits into our one size cloth stash. We used these diapers for our daughter so we are not going to have any additional out of pocket cost this time around which is so awesome! I personally don't find them nasty at all but I am not grossed out easily. Especially by my own baby's poop. This time around, however, I did purchase a diaper sprayer to make cleaning them that much easier.

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If you are breastfeeding, you can throw them right in the washer. Older washers work great for cloth diapers. Everyone of my friends that have cloth diapered said it was worth it. And everyone of them said not to buy too big of a stash until after the baby is born so that you can see what you like/what works best for your baby. Oh and i did have some say to use disposables for the first week (one even said the first month).

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If you don't mind the work go for it. Make sure your washer has water level settings though. You need to always use the highest water setting for them to come really clean. We got a new h.e. set and the water level is based on weight and there's no overriding it so they don't come very clean in mine :(

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Pain in the butt time consuming you will be very busy I wouldn't use them

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LOVE  cloth diapers! We use trifolds and snappis; they are cheap and you can get a selection of cute (reusable) covers. My son is 14 months and we have seriously only ever had a single blowout... And that was only because his diaper wasn't put on correctly. He also rarely has diaper rash. I have an HE washer and I just do a pre-rinse, heavy wash and then an extra post rinse. Have never had a problem with them not getting clean.

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We are using a cloth diapering service and it's great! I find he's generally happier in his cloth diapers than disposable. We only use disposable when we know we're going to be out for a long time and even then we are using more environmentally conscious diapers versus huggies/pampers.

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They are A LOT of work. My only pros are they are cute and you won't have poop blowouts up baby's back. Other than that, they require a lot of upkeep and persistence.   
I wanted to try again with this baby, maybe do cloth on the weekends when I'm not busy, but hubby vetoed it with a quickness. He actually begged me not to and asked if I remember enjoying scraping poop and smelling pee when doing laundry every day. This is my 4th child and it just gonna add to my crazy lifestyle so I will go disposable this time.

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I'm planning on making my own. There's tons of how to videos online.

What's your view on cloth diapers?

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