{"id":41,"date":"2008-03-30T11:58:31","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/?p=41"},"modified":"2008-03-30T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T18:07:37","slug":"making-the-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/2008\/03\/30\/making-the-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some may say I am a little late in the game but I am 90% sure that I am switching to cloth diapers.  I have been doing a lot of  online research and talking to parents who use cloth. Right now it just seems like the way to go.  I was doing some reading on potty training (not that I think Ava is ready, just planning ahead) and I have discovered that most children are not FULLY potty trained until they are 2 1\/2 &#8211; 3 years old.  By fully, I mean that I can not have a single diaper in the entire house and still feel confident about going on outings.  I have also learned that when people say  &quot;Sarah was potty trained when she was only 2!&quot;  &quot;Only 2&quot; actually means 1 week away from turning 3.  I really don&#8217;t want to invest anymore money into disposable diapers, when I never really liked them anyway.  Here are the Pros and Cons of cloth diapers.<\/p>\n<p><b>PROS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Better and more comfortable for Ava&#8217;s tush<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Seems to be a more natural transition to underwear<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Saves Money (even at 13 months we&#8217;ll save close to $1000)<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Less trash in the landfill<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Cloth diapers and a t-shirt are so cute on a baby!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CONS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Not as convenient<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Baby clothes are not made to fit over cloth diapers<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Can you say &quot;baby got back!&quot;<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">More laundry<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The other 10% of my mind will be made up once I actually use cloth diapers for an entire day + overnight.  I have a starter kit on the way so I will let you know how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some may say I am a little late in the game but I am 90% sure that I am switching to cloth diapers. I have been doing a lot of online research and talking to parents who use cloth. Right now it just seems like the way to go. I was doing some reading on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jenn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottandjenn.com\/wordpress_sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}