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From: jacobson@fluke.UUCP (David Jacobson)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Cloth diapers
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Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 23:03:30 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  5 23:03:30 1985
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There have been a couple of people questioning the 90 diapers per week
that I mentioned was the basic order from our diaper service.  ("How can
you possibly use that many" type of thing.)  Well we really did.  In fact,
our order peaked at 120 per week for a few weeks when Teresa was about 6
months old.  (I can't remember the exact time.  That is a guess that my
wife agrees with.)  It may be relevant that she was exclusively breast fed
until nearly 6 months.  Breast fed babies have tan colored, runny, nearly
odorless poop vs. dark harder smelly poop for babies on solid food.  I'm
not sure that breast feeding affects diaper changing frequency, but I
mention it just in case someone else has had similar experience.

By the way, we just cancelled our diaper service 13 days ago.  (We had
been down at 40 for quite a while, and were actually using less than
that.)  We're into potty training now.  She desperately wants to use the
potty, but can't really make it work very well when she is wearing pants.
My wife decided to try something.  Teresa is at home virtually all the
time, so my wife just switched to long dresses with no underwear.  She can
pull the dress up herself and sit on her potty.  It has been working almost
perfectly, with only rare accidents.  (Lucky she is a girl!)  

Several people have been talking about convenience of disposables vs.
washing.  I'll mention again that nothing could be easier than diaper
service.  They give you a free large diaper pail with a plastic bag liner.
You just drop the diaper in.  (The do ask that if it has a large amount of
poop that you shake off the excess into the toilet first.)  --- Not even any
rinsing is required.  On pickup day you just put the bag out by the front
door.

  -- David Jacobson
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