Mom friends called me crazy when I said I wanted to do this

I had so many illusions as a first-time parent that were immediately dismantled once my piglet was born.

But there was one thing I talked to a lot of friends about in the lead-up to baby. And nearly every single one of them told me that I was bat shit crazy and would not last a week.

Of course, the one thing that sounded the craziest to most people was the habit we stuck with, and ended up being one of my favorite decisions we’ve made...

CLOTH DIAPERING!

My daughter is 2 years 4 months old and we just potty trained this weekend. So it’s officially the end of our cloth diaper journey. We were not militant about it – once she started peeing more, we put her in disposable diapers overnight and we used them when we traveled and on some weekend days when we knew we’d be out of the house for a long spell.

I’d say we had a healthy 80/20 split. And now we’ll transition into just using pull-ups during naptime and at night.

In the first two years of a baby's life, the average kid goes through around 4,000 to 6,000 diapers. So even with our imperfect use, I can confidently say we saved over 3000 diapers from landfill.

I’m not sharing this to be preachy – trust that I have zero judgement about whatever choices you’ve made for your family. I am very much the outlier here. I can count on one hand the number of friends I have who have gone the cloth route.

That said, I wanted to share my experience simply because it was SO MUCH easier than I expected – and given my conversations with my mom friends in the lead-up, so much easier than most people think.

The paid subscriber-only video above will give you a little cloth diapering 101 tutorial, which includes a peak at my kids’ very messy room. So come along.

I’m also sharing my three biggest pieces of advice around cloth diapering, which are…