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From: peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: [Diaper service vs. disposals.  Which is better?]
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 13:24:39 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 24 13:24:39 1986
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Reply-To: peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
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Summary: 


	As a single, working mother of two, I must object to the statement
here that disposables are less trouble than a diaper service.  Disposables
require that I lug large boxes to and from store and sitter, as well as extra
bags to the dump.  (I'll also restate the concern about adding to the poop at
the dump.) With the service, diapers are delivered to and picked up from my
porch.  The only added work is carrying the dirties FROM the sitter's each
day, but since the bag of dirties fits into the dialy backpack, it's still
less trouble than finding an extra hand (as well as room in my small car with
two kids) for those huge boxes.  The extra 20 seconds that pinning takes over
taping can be well spent singing to the kid.
Two extra bonuses of cloth not mentioned yet:
1. the child can't take them off alone - or at least mine never learned how.
But at one year, both could strip from the disposables (which I do use when
traveling, etc.)  That turns to a disadvantage when it comes time to training,
but I handled that by getting terry-lined plastic pants (from Sears) to use
instead of diapers when they were "training".
2.  Being able to put three, or even four, diapers on at night promotes sleep
comfort and aviods rashes.  Having the option of leaving the plastic off is
also handy.  That's what I have to do for several nights after I have to use
dispoables for some reason, since my kids both "rash"ed after a few days of
disposable use.