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From: jmc@riccb.UUCP (Jeff McQuinn )
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Re: cloth diapers
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 08:56:44 EDT
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> 
> I found cloth diapers to be:
> 
>   1.  More absorbant.

        Not any more.  My two year old and my seven month old are well able
        to go a whole night on one diaper, very rarely are the diapers "soaked"
        in the morning.
  
>   2.  Stayed on better.

	Not anymore, my oldest (now 7) used cloth diapers exclusively and on
        occasion crawled out of them, but not often.  My two youngest who have
        been using disposables exclusively have never crawled out of one.  Of
        course they are all refastenable now.
  
>   3.  Cheaper.  Of course.

        This is where cloth has it all out over disposable.  Two dozen cloth
        diapers cost about $20 to $30 and last until the kid outgrows the need.
        (Quantity depends on how often you want to wash them)  A case of 
        disposables cost $35 and only lasts a month or two.
  
>   4.  Better for baby.  Neither of my children had a diaper rash

        Here I totally disagree.  Cloth diapers accumulate soap after repeated
        washing unless they are occasionally washed with vinager.  The soap
        causes rashes.  Cloth diapers do nothing to keep moisture away from
        the skin, they merely keep it from falling on the floor.  No matter how
        good you are at diapering you will eventually stab your kid with a pin.
        Disposables "breathe", plastic pants don't.

>   5.  Make the best rags when your little ones learn to use the bathroom.
>       There is nothing better for cleaning windows than old diapers.
>       I have treasured mine--and am down to my last 3.  Sigh.
 
        I'll agree with all of this except that there is something better
        for cleaning glass.  Newspaper!  (you have to try it to believe it)
        A professional window washer put me on to newspaper, it doesn't leave
        "lint" on the glass, it's hard to streak with it, and you get to get
        rid of old newspaper between paint jobs! 


                                     Jeff McQuinn just VAXing around