My Cloth Diaper Journey

Why did I decide to start cloth diapering?

After having my first baby in disposable diapers, I knew that I wanted to go back to what I knew growing up; I wanted to cloth diaper. When we finally got pregnant with our second babe, we weren't in any condition to use cloth diapers as we were living in a hotel with communal laundry that didn't even clean our clothes properly. So, disappointed, I sucked it up and put our daughter in disposable diapers. I made myself a promise that I would at least attempt to use cloth diapers with our next baby.

When I found out I was pregnant with our 3rd child, my husband was stationed overseas with the Army and I was alone with my other 2 children with the nearest family member an hour away. Not only that, I knew that when my husband came back, we would be moving to another state where we had no family and it was a real possibility he would deploy within 6 months. Despite all that, I made up my mind that I would still cloth diaper our newest baby no matter what and no matter how hard it got.

I started shopping for e-bay cheapies to start a stash that I wouldn't miss if it got too hard if my husband deployed. They quickly became addictive and I couldn't wait for baby to be born so I could use them. Since then, I've developed a pretty decent stash of OS and pockets, with a couple covers and prefolds/fitteds thrown in. I, to this day, have celebrated the choice I made to cloth diaper my baby and won't look back. Just a reminder to show that no matter how hard it may seem, it's a possibility. Our baby is almost 9 months old and still going in his CDs :).

Why did you start cloth diapering and are you still happy you decided to?