tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465642626648012553.post4604319940407063971..comments2023-10-05T11:02:57.783-04:00Comments on Up Up, The Blog: Cloth Versus Disposable Or, Will My Baby Be Eating Lunchables?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03753553949885480109noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465642626648012553.post-50317453138116003362007-09-26T16:12:00.000-04:002007-09-26T16:12:00.000-04:00I, too, was not only a better citizen of the earth...I, too, was not only a better citizen of the earth but a better parent before I became a parent. The simple act of becoming a parent the first time -- not to mention the incredibly selfish three times I've taken it on -- has doomed the earth, I know. But I still try my best to make it up to the earth as best I can.Patoisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465642626648012553.post-71772731478019808302007-09-24T20:12:00.000-04:002007-09-24T20:12:00.000-04:00Oh, I've made lots of those decisions, then re...Oh, I've made lots of those decisions, then reversed them once the kids were actually here. I had entertained the idea of cloth diapers once, but disposables turned out to be the easier option, and so that's what we went with. <br><br>It's even worse with the second baby, because you keep telling yourself, "I'll do it differently this time..." but then when faced with lack of sleep and time, and another little person who is nothing like the first one, you find yourself wondering what happened to your grand plans.<br><br>There are still some things I won't compromise on. For example, this time around I'm dedicated to organic baby food or homemade baby food. And I've thrown out all my Avent bottles that had toxic chemicals in the plastic.Christinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465642626648012553.post-75619120675679235582007-09-24T13:30:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:30:00.000-04:00I was a much better parent before I had children. ...I was a much better parent before I had children. I knew exactly what I would and "should" do. But the reality of parenting makes you constantly confront what's best for your child and what's best for the world or society or the environment, etc.... It never ends.<br><br>We use cloth diapers occasionally. When one of the kiddos had a nasty diaper rash they were awfully handy. And they make great urp cloths!Lawyer Mamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465642626648012553.post-28925015838988945732007-09-22T17:12:00.000-04:002007-09-22T17:12:00.000-04:00This is another approach to a question that has be...This is another approach to a question that has been floating around lately about where our responsibility to do what's best for our children ends, and our responsibility to the world as a whole begins. To what extent is it justifiable to secure for your child privileges not available to others - especially when these privileges are in limited supply?<br><br>I think, we don't endanger our children on principle. We don't withhold things they need to fulfill their potential on principle. We don't make them really, unnecessarily miserable on principle. <br><br>Someone commented recently at my place, "Don't sacrifice your children for the greater good." I agree with that - but not everybody did.bubandpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465642626648012553.post-71103280878001865592007-09-22T14:40:00.000-04:002007-09-22T14:40:00.000-04:00That photo of the cloth dipe shoved down your baby...That photo of the cloth dipe shoved down your baby's bum is just too too much! So cute!!! I love a cloth-diapered baby. They just seem snugglier for some reason...but despite that, we used disposables. I wish I had the fortitude for cloth diapering.Stefanianoreply@blogger.com