Hello, my names is Sarah and I'm officially a cloth-diaper junkie. "A what?!" you may ask. "Booze, I understand, it can have it's highs, but diapers?? Diapers stink. They hold pooh. They are yuc -ky!"
I bet you never even thought that one could LIKE diapers, did ya? Well one can. And I'm not the only one. There's an entire underground world here of families that use and LOVE cloth diapers, and I mean LOVE them (well, come to think of it, we may be teetering on the edge of an addiction)
Yesterday, while Arabella was taking a nap, I "stumbled" upon the Goodmama diaper site http://www.thegoodmama.com/ whose owner just "happened" to be stocking her supply. I was in good company. At one point, just before this work-at-home mom posted her fluffy goodness, there were over 700 people "stalking" her site - 700 other cloth-diapering moms, hoping to score one of the most coveted diapers on the market. These are the Holy Grail of diapers. They sell out the second they are stocked. Women wait all day long hoping to score a beautifully decorated, extra absorbent, all natural, super squishy gem. After pressing "Refresh" like mad while the site is down, the games begin. It almost feels like that show, "Supermarket Sweep", but a virtual version. You just try to find any diaper that you fancy, and then starting hitting the "Check Out" button as fast as you can.
I bet you never even thought that one could LIKE diapers, did ya? Well one can. And I'm not the only one. There's an entire underground world here of families that use and LOVE cloth diapers, and I mean LOVE them (well, come to think of it, we may be teetering on the edge of an addiction)
Yesterday, while Arabella was taking a nap, I "stumbled" upon the Goodmama diaper site http://www.thegoodmama.com/ whose owner just "happened" to be stocking her supply. I was in good company. At one point, just before this work-at-home mom posted her fluffy goodness, there were over 700 people "stalking" her site - 700 other cloth-diapering moms, hoping to score one of the most coveted diapers on the market. These are the Holy Grail of diapers. They sell out the second they are stocked. Women wait all day long hoping to score a beautifully decorated, extra absorbent, all natural, super squishy gem. After pressing "Refresh" like mad while the site is down, the games begin. It almost feels like that show, "Supermarket Sweep", but a virtual version. You just try to find any diaper that you fancy, and then starting hitting the "Check Out" button as fast as you can.Once the chaos subsided, and I could, once again, feel my fingertips, I found myself with an empty cart. I didn't get the diaper I wanted (above), or any other diaper, for that matter, because the website crashed about a million times, and when I eventually got to the final stage of checking out, the "OUT OF STOCK" button appeared. GRRRR. Luckily, at that very moment, the Muttaqin site, http://www.muttaqinbaby.com/, home of Goodmama’s rival, and the other most desired diaper, stocked, and I was able to score three!
I know how crazy this sounds. Six months ago, I would have thought that these women are out of their minds. Well, maybe we are, but we’re sure having fun!
If you're interested in cloth diapering, check out the site: www.twoweekwait.com/preg/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=55
5 comments:
Thanks for the links! I was going to email you to ask about them, now I will have to email you with other annoying questions-HA!
Love that you are doing cloth diapers, I so want to, but I am scared!! Gavin poops ALOT!
My goodness, who knew diapers could be so cute??? I have a friend who raves about that particular brand of diaper... Have you ever used disposables? how do you think they compare? I am considering switching to cloth, but worried that I won't be able to handle it. But, I hate thinking about how much I am contributing to landfills with disposables.
I have used disposables - at the hospital and on the few trips we've been on. I don't think cloth is much more inconvenient, except for the extra laundry. You have to do a load every other day.
Sarah, Marty and I were just dying laughing at this post of yours. You are an incredibly funny writer and I love your stories. I kind of would've guessed you'd be the type to go ga-ga over cloth diapers! I can't wait to see them! --Jenny
You crack me up!!! I love it! Who would have known. Has her poo changed to brown... cause that will be the real fun of soaking and soaking and cleaning and soaking to get the stains out :) . I still love my disposables but looks like we are eventually making the switch to big boy undies :) yippeee, luke is figuring out the POTTY!
miss you.
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