A Surprising Change How Double Diaper Duty Led to Greener Choices for a Mother of Twins |by Julia Clark
Cloth Diaper Geek
Going the natural route when it comes to parenting is a no-brainer for some families, but a more natural method of diapering your children...that decision is not always made so easily. This was definitely the case for my family. In 2006, we welcomed identical twin sons into our lives. Feeling blessed would have been an understatement. Not only were our new babes happy and healthy, they breastfed like champs and quickly adapted to the same routine as each other. They were just an absolute marvel, I couldn't take my eyes off of them. With double trouble comes double sympathy and generosity from others. We were gifted so many disposable diapers that they were stacked from floor to ceiling inside one of our closets. Because of this, shopping for diapers and having to deal with the various choices wasn't even on my radar until our diaper supply began to run out.
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I remember pointing out to my husband that we were down to about a package or two of diapers. The boys were almost 4 months old at that point. The realization began to set in: what would have probably provided a year’s worth of diapers to one child, we had just torn through in about four months. It was eye-opening to say the least. Surprisingly, my husband’s reaction was to say "What about cloth diapers?" This absolutely blew me away. I had recently come across the existence of modern cloth diapers online, but never bothered to mention them to him because I assumed he would never go for it. What once would have never crossed my mind as an option was now looking like a viable way of diapering my babies. I researched cloth diapers and ended up beginning our "cloth diaper stash" with a handful of gently-used, one-size pocket diapers and inserts. (For more infor-