You are so sweet. Thank you for your lovely compliments.

I haven’t used Charlie’s again, so I don’t know if that smell was just my imagination or what — LOL, but I’m glad it works so well for you. I think the people that make and sell Charlie’s Soap are wonderful. They have created a simple and elegant business model (or at least they had one when I purchased my bottle of Charlie’s from them), and I love, love, love that the price they stated is the price they charged (no “shipping” charges on top of it). That business model is actually in part the kind used for the store here on breastfeedingsymbol.org. We don’t charge shipping because, well, because frankly, charging for a separate shipping charge on top of paying what the customer is paying is kind of insulting. Anyway, thought I’d mention that plug for Charlie’s ’cause, even though I don’t wash my diapers with Charlie’s Soap, I do like the way they do business.

Anyway, with regard to cloth diapers, I’m glad you’re so happy and proud to be a cloth diapering mama. You should be. In a country where most people don’t use cloth, it can be a bit intimidating to go out and be seen being “different.” Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re doing what’s right for you, and it just so happens that it makes life better for everyone else, too. Thanks, Codi.

(Hey, if you want to write again, please feel free to use the contact form here: http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/contact/. I make it a general policy to answer every email I get. :))

I’m glad you got so much out of the cloth diaper series. I wanted to let you know that, especially if your daughter is not eating solids yet, throwing the soiled diapers directly in the wash is the way to go. Once she starts eating solids, the care of cloth diapers involves one more step, but is still very easy. I installed a sprayer on the side of my toilet (it costs about $35 and is worth every penny), and spray the solid matter directly into the toilet. I don’t really have to touch anything but the sprayer and a clean corner of the diaper to do this. Then I just throw the rinsed diaper into the pail and I’m done. Once babies start solids, they usually don’t have bowel movements very often unless they’re sick. I have a friend who uses cloth normally, but when her baby got sick with diarrhea, she used disposables for 1-2 days. After her son got better, she got back on cloth no problem. I hope this information helps you further. Thanks for reading!

Here’s the sprayer I’m talking about, in case you’re curious about getting one: http://www.parentingbynature.com/05_minishower.htm. That site has a pretty good picture that shows you what it looks like fairly well, but the product itself can be found nearly everywhere. Here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sprayer+shower+diaper&btnG=Google+Search. Again, hope this helps!