Help your baby go green from day one!: Cloth diapers have come a long way baby!

My wife is due to give birth to our second child on the 25th of August. We are looking forward to it with great anticipation! Our first is now four years old and we brought her up on cloth diapers. Now don't think of the ones you or your brother or sister used to wear. Cloth diapers like Apple Computers have come a long way since the 80's. There are a number of brands available on the Internet but my sister helped us by having her child first and experimenting with several not so improved cloth diaper incarnations. We did try a few of them ourselves but for us Fuzzibunz was the best solution! These babies behave and preform as well as almost any disposable out there only they are reusable and baby's bottom will thank you as well because they cut down considerably on incidences of baby rash. They are of the family of cloth diapers called "pocket" diapers. The diaper is waterproof on the outside and warm fuzzy and absorbent on the inside thanks to a microfiber fleece that keeps babys' bottom warm and dry. The fleece acts as a wick and draws any wetness into the inserts. The inserts are the second part of the groovey technology you "stuff" 1-3 absorbent inserts into the pocket of the diaper and these help keep baby dry. We usally use 1 or 2 during the day and 3 at night. We have recommended them to many of our friends and some have taken us up on it! One friend even decided to use fuzzibunz on her third daughter after using disposables for their first two. With the money they saved on disposable diapers they bought themselves a new dinning room set. Really switching to these diapers can save you alot. The initial investment can be 2 to 3 hundred dollars but in the long run you save thousands. Worried about washing them? Don't worry just have a diaper pail with a little water and a teaspoon of your favorite detergent in it and run the diapers to the washing machine every evening after baby goes to bed. Really like any other suggestions I have made on my blog it is just a small new habit you have to start. Also these cloth diapers don't only save baby's bottom they help your bottom line!!!