We are 100% Paper/Disposable Free!!

[AmyKidsCo]

Woo hoo, congrats! Doesn't it feel good?!

I have 1 family using CDs; I'd love to have them all use them, but not enough to provide/launder the CDs for them. I figured I did my part CDing our 6 children and granddaughter, plus we use lots of other reusable items in the daycare and our family life. Every little bit helps.

[crazydaycarelady]

I realize you are putting less trash out but don't you end up using a lot more hot water, bleach, etc? Also do you use the same clothes for diaper changes as faces, washed of course?

[MotherNature]

The water usage goes up a bit, but not much, & has nowhere near the effect on the planet's resources as piles of disposables. Great job! We use cloth here too, but just on my own son. It's in my handbook though that I encourage it if future families are interested. I rinse & send home in a wetbag. How neat though, that you just use prefolds on everyone! Very cool.

[Leanna]

I was a little scared when I was first asked about cloth diapers, but I was willing to try. I am so glad I did because since then I've had many families who use them and I truly do not find them any more difficult than paper diapers.
The cloth diapers now are all in one piece so putting it on the baby takes no more time than putting on a disposable.
Changing the baby takes no more time either. Doing up Velcro or snaps is no easier or harder than doing up the tape on a paper diaper. Tossing the diaper in the wetbag takes no longer than tossing one in the garbage. The only added time is when a baby poops and you dump it into the potty which takes maybe 30 seconds.
"Managing" the diapers takes maybe one minute daily. I accept the bag from the parents and place it into the child's designated drawer in the diaper table. At the end of the day I put the wetbag in the diaper bag. Getting a diaper out during a change is the same for cloth and paper - reach into the child's drawer and pull out a diaper.
You still have to dress the baby and wash hands for either style so there is no added time there.
Either way you are talking to the baby and interacting with him/her while you change them so that isn't any different.
Blowouts can happen with any diaper and I personally find it has more to do with the fit of the diaper than the type. Cleaning is cleaning. We do it as part of our jobs. Cots, pack and plays and cribs are all washable.
In NY we are not allowed to wash soiled clothing "in house" so I could never provide cloth diapering as a service but I am happy to accommodate those who do. Sometimes accommodating a family's lifestyle choice is more important tallying up how much time and money every little care giving task costs. The children are in our care for X amount of hours per day...I don't know any provider who charges by individual task: read to Johnny $2.00, changed a poopy diaper $3.00, ate lunch which is normally $3.00 but Johnny spilled his milk today so it is $4.00?????? While we work we are with the children...so what does it matter if one task takes a minute or two longer?

[LoraJenkins]

My second DC baby who starts this week is cloth diapered too! Wooohooo! I was not looking forward to the smell of disposables. So we will still be paper free!!!!happyfacehappyfacehappyface