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question Baby does not like CD's? (wickenching)
Posted: 8:58:06 am on 4/21/2009 Modified: 8:58:29 am on 4/21/2009
  
Hi All,
I have a friend who has a DD 3 months old.  She has purchased CD's (don't know what kind, but irrelevant here) but she claims her babe hates them and won't wear them.  Any thoughts or opinions?  I have never heard of a baby so young being aware enough to reject something like a cloth diaper.  She has tried them since a few weeks old, but says it did not work then either.  

Anyone?
Thanks!
  Re: Baby does not like CD's? (KarenC)
Posted: 12:11:56 pm on 4/21/2009 Modified: Never
  

I'd need to hear more details of what exactly the baby does (or doesn't do) but honestly I think it's either her imagination or an excuse to not use something she perceives as being more trouble (or maybe a combination of both). Maybe she's looking at the bulk, perceiving it as inevitably uncomfortable and every little cry her babe makes is interpreted as a complaint of discomfort? It's easy to see/hear what we want (or expect) to sometimes kwim? A self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.

Sorry, I just don't think that's possible. I suppose if bulk is the perceived problem then you could guide her towards the least bulky choices. Many pockets are often very trim, same with some prefolds if they're folded a certain way (not folded up front for starters). Or maybe a different fabric choice, bamboo or hemp are both more absorbant than cotton so often make for trimmer diapers.

Karen.
  Re: Baby does not like CD's? (Fanfreluche)
Posted: 2:42:56 pm on 4/21/2009 Modified: Never
  
I tend to agree with Karen that it's most likely the mother's perspective being projected on the child. I have neighbors who used CDs and said that their baby cried as soon as he was wet so they had to change him very often. If your friend says something like that, it may be as easy to fix as changing the baby more often or using fleece (or stay-dry) liners.
  Re: Baby does not like CD's? (wickenching)
Posted: 2:50:08 pm on 4/21/2009 Modified: 3:22:06 pm on 4/21/2009
  
Thanks ladies.  I suspect it is a combination of many of these reasons!  I was just so excited that I "convinced" her to use cloth but now she feels unable to.  I will have to ask her some specific questions about the situation.  I just don't want to come across the wrong way...I can have the best of intentions but often seem to say something the wrong way!  More like accusatory or preachy.  When I feel so strongly about something (ie cloth or breastfeeding!)  I can become a little *too* passionate!
  Re: Baby does not like CD's? (Fanfreluche)
Posted: 3:12:17 pm on 4/21/2009 Modified: Never
  
I know what you mean! I can come across too hard, too, and I have to be careful how I talk about it.

When I was pregnant, one of my neighbors said to me: "I don't know if you ever considered using cloth diapers, but if you are interested, I can give you the name of the company I bought my diapers from (Mother-Ease). They are amazing. And if you want any information or have any questions, just ask me."

I had absolutely no intention, back then, to use cloth diapers, but I was still curious so I asked her a few questions, looked online, read the forum, found out how easy people said it was and ended up using exclusively ME diapers. If my neighbor had been more pushy, I may have been put off, but she did exactly the right thing and I can't thank her enough for it because I LOVE my CDs! So now I try to remember her example when I talk about my diapers, but it's hard!
  Re: Baby does not like CD's? (KarenC)
Posted: 3:28:47 pm on 4/21/2009 Modified: Never
  

I know what you mean, especially about being excited about a prospective 'convert'.

I had a friend who was skeptical about cloth but seemed at least a little interested. I asked if she'd be interested in giving them a shot if I could lend her some that fit her baby. I didn't have any that small (I only had lg Sandy's at the time and her baby was a newborn) so I borrowed some from my sister-in-law. It was a pain to get the diapers from my sister-in-laws to this friend's house but I thought it was worth it if she liked them enough to buy her own. Well, she didn't even TRY them!! She put one on her baby, looked at it for a minute and then decided she 'just couldn't do it'. I was pretty disappointed (not to mention a little ticked that I went to all that trouble just to have her not even try!) but what could I do? When I mentioned that she'd likely deal with *less* poop and certainly less laundry by using cloth (I knew she'd had quite a few blow-outs with sposies), she just laughed it off saying that when that happened she just handed the baby to her husband. I'm certain she just didn't believe me but what could I do? I just let the subject drop. Since then she and her husband have made a few 'you're a saint for using cloth' type comments. I try to tell them that cloth is honestly not a lot of hassle and even easier than sposies in some ways but they just don't believe me.

It's frustrating to say the least but what can I do? It's like the old saying, you can lead a house to water but you can't make them drink'.

Karen.
 
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