diapering like a tree-hugger…

So my friend Jen asked about our diapering system in the my thursdays post and to save the worlds longest comment I decided just to post about it.
I use a modified version of the gDiapers system. Their system involves the otter pant (little g pants), a breathable nylon snap in liner and a flushable insert. Although this entire system appeals to the greener part of me it isn’t cost effective on its own. So to win both battles I did a bit of research and found a company Cottonwood Baby who makes organic cotton inserts specifically for gDiapers. I also use a biodegradable diaper liner by Kushies so that when #2 occurs I can just flush it.
So when we are out and about close to home I’ll use the flushable inserts and when we are home I use the cotton inserts. The reason I typically use disposables when we aren’t home is that other than errands we typically are gone for 6-12 hour stretches of time because we live so far away from church and most of our friends. I am not opposed to carrying around a soiled diaper, but we chose to have a high maintenance diapering system and don’t feel like we should have to impose that on your average rotating nursery worker. So we end up buying a box of disposables about once every three months. That and our favorite babysitter Grandma tends to struggle even using a disposable on Bella so its not worth the hassle to try and make her use gDiapers.

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