Double Time: Cloth diapering two!

 I have so many people ask my "Why on Earth would you choose to cloth diaper when you have two babies! That just seems like too much work!"

I thank you all for your concerns; however, because I have two in cloth it makes it an even more practical choice. So here are the top ten reason that cloth diapering is a better choice for me. A cloth diapering momma of two!

1. Saves tons of money! Because I have two in cloth I am able to double my savings. I paid for my cloth diapers once and will be able to use them twice!
2. No size confusion! If I used disposable diapers I would be fiddling around my diaper bag trying to be sure I grabbed the size 1 diaper instead of the size 3 diaper which look incredibly alike aside from one being a bit larger. With my cloth I use a one size diaper. So doesn't matter which cover I grab. IT FITS!
3. No smelly garbage! I don't have the guilt of having an entire garbage can full of ONLY diapers each day. A typical child will use about 11,000 diapers. That means I would be disposing of approx. 22,000 diapers in just a short three year span of time. That really would have stunk!
4. No dreaded up the back poos! It was horrible when my oldest was a baby. The dreaded up the back poo could strike without notice! Then you would be stuck washing not only clothes and bedding. You would be rushing to the bath tub to rinse the poo out of your child's hair (because inevitably it would get there when you ever so gently tried to pull the onsie over her head). Then of course the self sanitation that follows. What if this phenomena struck both of my children simultaneously! I can't imagine the horror.
5. No diaper rash! No slathering diaper rash ointments on two baby bums to no avail. Disposables contain numerous chemicals and dyes that are irritating to the skin. I know what is on my babies' bottoms. And no there is nothing in them that I can't pronounce. 
6. Extreme Cuteness! Because I have two in cloth, all those cute gender neutral patterns that I find will get to be used OVER AND OVER again. No silly cartoon prints on their bottoms. 
7. I get to indulge in some guilty pleasure! Because I have saved so much money using cloth diapers and because I have two in diapers I can justify spending a little extra money on that ONE SUPER CUTE diaper that I just can't live without seeing it on my child's bum. Not to mention the occasional splurge on myself. (It's ok honey! Remember all that money I saved since I started using cloth)
8. I touch less poo! Yes, believe it or not, I touch far less poo! With disposable diapers I had many more blow outs that would get everywhere! I don't have this issue with cloth.
9. Super Easy to use! They are no more difficult to use than disposables and I don't have the guilt of knowing I am creating 2 tons of landfill waste OR the guilt of putting chemicals against my little babies bottoms.
10. Environmental impact! I already touched on the fact that just my two children would create 4 tons of disposable diaper waste, but that is not even the half of it! Disposable diapers consume many non renewable resources such as wood pulp and petroleum. For example, 3.5 billion gallons of oil are used to produce 18 million disposable diapers each year. That is just a small scratch on the service. This doesn't include the energy and water consumption used to produce the 2 tons of diapers per child or the packaging of the diapers!

So as you can see, I am very happy with my choice to cloth diaper and NO it is not hard!