The decision has been made.......right?

For those of you that don't know, Lindsey and I are expecting a baby who is due around December 29th 2010. This is a very exciting time for us with so many questions still unanswered about the baby and what we are going to do, register for, buy, etc, etc, etc. I could have an entire blog about how insane it is when you are shopping for anything "baby", but I'm not going to do that to you. Instead, I want to blog about the adventures in cloth diapering from a man's point of view....so if you're interested, please read on!


There is one thing that Lindsey and I have agreed upon for our future bundle of joy...we're going to use cloth diapers! What makes this even crazier is that I am the one who initially suggested it, she was not on board at first but has come around to seeing the benefits of doing this.

Cloth diapers are nothing like what you remember as a child....they don't use pins, some have elastic, velcro and/or snaps and are shaped like disposables. OK, I was wrong about the pins - thanks Ami.

My initial interest in using cloth diapers was strictly for financial reasons. We have several friends that have told us how much they spend on disposables and I just don' think we can afford that...and it is like we are literally throwing our money away. I also know that there are environmental benefits to cloth diapering which is a bonus. But ultimately, we feel that by going with cloth diapers we are going to be saving a substantial amount of money, especially if we have more than one child, which is our plan!

Like anything for a baby, cloth diapers have options......so many options......way too many options! But at this momend, unless anyone can convince me otherwise, we thinking about using POCKET cloth diapers that we are going to be laundering at home (a delivery service is not in our budget right now). We have a neighbor, Ami, who sat down with us to explain cloth diapers to us and she told me about Fuzzi Bunz, Bum Genius and several other brands.

I started doing some research and found that I like what Fuzzi Bunz has to offer in terms of product features and selection. They have perfect size diapers in several sizes and One Size diapers that claim they can be used from infancy to toddler just by adjusting them. I also had a phone conversation with a representative from Fuzzi Bunz about their diapers, which was very informative. So far I have not done that much research on other brands, but will be using this blog as a way to let you know what I find.

The hard part at this point is that I don't have a child, so I have talked to some friends who said they will let Lindsey and I "try out" the diapers on their children. I'll let you know how that goes as well.

So I'm going to start researching other cloth diaper manufactueres to see what else is out there and report back to you everything that I find in this blog - FROM A MALE POINT OF VIEW.

Please contact me with any questions, comments or concers.

Have a great day!