My wife and I had a discussion before our daughter was born about cloth diapering versus disposable diapering. They both had their pros and cons. For example, cloth diapering is ultimately cheaper, more environmentally friendly, and dermatologically safe. On the other hand, disposable doesn't require you to be elbow-deep in double-bubble super cute baby shit. We chose cloth (to the great disappointment of my gag reflex).
Now we have a new baby coming coming along and I'm revisiting the diapering issue. Cloth has worked well, but I'm ready for a change. I think for baby #2 that we should go free-range a.k.a. bare-ass naked.
#1: It's cheaper. Disposable are $20/100. Cloth are reusable at $12/diaper. Crapping on the floor is free. Even adding in carpet cleaner, I'd come out way ahead.
#2: It's "green" (both environmentally and literally, depending on diet). Do you know what baby crap is called in the wild? Fertilizer. I can pick it off the kitchen floor with a trowel and recycle it in an empty peanut butter jar! I can spread it in my garden and watch those tomatoes grow! I can feed it to my enemies and laugh as they die of E. coli!
#3: Good for the skin. No urine, no poop, no rash. A little bacon grease and I don't even need to worry about carpet burns. Weathering and exposure would be an issue...but I've solved that problem too.
#4: Crib-training. My brother has a pair of terriers that he cage-trained. They only use the bathroom in their cages and never elsewhere in the house. Now why couldn't I do that for my baby? Is she dumber than a dog? How is this significantly different from potty-training? When we're ready for her to start using the toilet, we can even just import the pad to the bathroom!
So that's the plan. Cloth diapering has been good to us, kept down costs, but there's a better method out there. If you're feeling daring enough, join me in my new crusade. Be a fecal freedom fighter.
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