No more clogs. I did flush 3-4 other liners so far. My problem was that I needed to swish it a bit more before flushing. Which is not what they insinuate on the instruction video on the website.
So far no leaks, although I haven't used them overnight yet.
So you may be asking me, "I thought you were giving CLOTH diapering a whirl, not all gdiapering. Why all the reports about the disposable inserts?" Excellent question, I am glad you asked. Being that I ordered my prefolds online, I did not get them yet. I bought a 12pack from Walmart yesterday because I just couldn't stand it and I wasn't sure when they were going to come in. HOWEVER, it's not as easy as just throwing them on the kid. FIRST, you have to prewash them like 5-6 times in hot water or else they won't be absorbent. They are currently on wash 4 as I type.
So-- overall impressions so far in no particular order:
- There is definitely a lot more cost and labor upfront.
- I may not be filling landfills with these bad boys, but I am using a lot of water and electricity.
- There is something that feels good inside about flushing an all-paper/no plastic diaper and its contents rather than throwing it away-- although there's something that feels bad about swishing a dirty plastic liner in the bowl with the old hands. (You may barf now.)
4 comments:
Wait...I thought you had a magical swish stick? What's up with the hands thing?
Oh, and a lesson I learned...crap washes off. Seriously.
There is a swish stick for the liner. However, poop gets on the liner too, not just the insert. You have to wash those off somewhere and it feels "wrong" to do it in a sink-- what with people dropping toothbrushes, etc...
Yes, of course poo washes off. There are a lot of things that will wash off that I don't want all over my bare hands-- at least not on purpose.
if you don't want to swish the snap-in, you could get a diaper sprayer. i've heard many good things about them from other gmoms. it attaches to the back of the toilet - supposedly really easily. :)
glad to hear it's working better now! we had a couple clogs at first, though none that flooded over the toilet. sometimes if it's just a pee one, i just toss the outside part and flush the inside part of the flushie. isn't it nice not to have all that stuff to throw out, though? and no diaper smell! :) yay!
Didn't mean to be flippant about the "crap washes off" remark.
If you decide to get a diaper sprayer, call me. I'm sure Jon would be happy to talk you through installing one...you don't have to buy a pricey "mini-shower" (that term is so icky, but that's what they're called on diapering sites)...Jon did one with a kitchen sprayer thing for about $8 at Ace Hardware...super easy. That'd probably be way easier than swishing.
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