Small Sacrifies

As you may have read in my review of cloth diapers (http://infantstoddlers.suite101.com/article.cfm/cloth_diapers), I have recently begun using this method to cover my baby's bottom. I decided that this was one small way in which I could contribute to the family budget. While I do not necessarily regret the choice to switch from disposables, I do wish I had known a few things before I got started:

1. Cloth diapers have to be changed a lot more often than disposables.
2. Using diaper pins can be scary!
3. Folding a diaper for the first time (or second or third) is extremely difficult.
4. A poopy cloth diaper is the stuff nightmares are made of.
5. Cloth diapers are bulkier than disposables and alter the way a baby's clothes fit.
6. Most babysitters have no clue how to change a cloth diaper.
7. Most daddies have no clue how to change a cloth diaper, either.
8. Cloth diapering does get easier over time.

In spite of these lessons that had to be learned, my son and I are adjusting to this new system of diapering. Truth be told, he doesn't care what's on his bottom as long as it's soft and dry.