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| hey all. i just got my new bamboo and stay dry dipes. if a friend of yours bought u all of these dipes and u happened to really like the bamboo ones for their trimness and softness, would u risk hurting your friend's feelings by selling the 12 plain cottone ones and the 7 stay dry bamboo and use the money to get all second hand bamboos? or would u just keep the other fabrics and use them. the second that i touched the bamboo ones, i absolutely fell in love. |
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The bamboo diapers ARE really nice, but keep in mind that they will get a lot less soft with time and use. People say they are still softer than cotton, but they definitely change with time. So if you were to buy second-hand bamboo, they wouldn't be like the ones you have - although they would still be trimmer and softer than cotton.
If I remember correctly, it's the same friend who bought you the new diapers, isn't it? So you would still keep something she bought you... If you really want to sell them, you could ask your friend if she would mind.
Another thing to consider: I haven't looked at the buy/sell forum, but since the bamboo diapers are relatively new, I wonder how hard it is to find used ones, as many of those purchased would still be in use. Just something to consider before you sell your cotton ones...
Have you washed your stay-dry bamboo yet? If you haven't, you can still return them to ME for exchange against plain bamboo if you want... If you're not sure, you could wash only one and try it before washing them all. |
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| yes she is the same friend who bought me the cotton ones. sorry let me clarify. she bought me 6 bamboos and 6 cotton stay dry's. i received a free stay dry as well. so now i have a total of 25 dipes that my friend has bought me. unfortunately i have already washed the whole set. sigh... oh well... ok so i would not be able to get any second hand bamboos? i did not know that they would get less soft overtime. but in comparison, the regular cotton ones feel like sandpaper. but that is ok. because still my ds likes the cottones better than flimsy paper and plastic disposables. i guess i will just keep swapping out the fabrics so that my ds will have some variety in which dipes he wears. and when they say stay dry, they mean stay dry. when they came out of the washer, the fabric on them was dry. no trace of water on it whatsoever. my dh looked at the packing slip and was posatively shocked that my friend spent so much money on those diapers for me. |
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| the bamboo just came out of the dryer. they were totally dry. i held my ds up toward both kinds of diapers and asked him which one he wanted to try first and he put his hand on the bamboo. so i put it on him and he was smiling and blowing rasberries the whole time. i noticed that the bamboo are not as stiff as the cotton ones either. my ds definitely likes the bamboo. they are easier for me to put on him since they are not as heavy as the cotton. they are alot trimmer as well. almost as trim as a disposable! lol my dh will like that. my son just came up to me in his walker and blew another rasberry at me and he is cooing as well. he really loves these things! |
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Wow! That's positive review!
I'm not saying you won't be able to find bamboo second-hand... I'm just saying it MIGHT be harder, since they came out only about 2 years ago. But those who bought them in the beginning should be getting to the stage where their little ones will potty train, so you may be able to find some. I would just expect it to be more difficult as there must be less in circulation.
Another thing to keep in mind is that some people wonder if the bamboo will be as durable as the cotton ones. Although Mother Ease guarantees their diapers for one child from birth to potty-training, the cotton diapers have been found to last much longer than that. The bamboo ones are not proven yet as they came out only 2 years ago. What's more, the first batch sold had a defect in them. Mother Ease exchanged all defective diapers (mine were exchanged after a year of use, no questions asked, which is awesome service). But some people started having issues of a different kind with the bamboo diapers from the second batch.
There has been much discussion of that on the forum, and so far it remains a minority of people that have had issues with their bamboo diapers. Mother-Ease is keeping an eye on the problem and trying to determine if bamboo is just not resistant enough or if the people with issues could have caused the problem involuntarily by using the wrong combination of soap/additive/water type etc. A lot of people have been using their bamboo diapers for a while with no problem either. Mine are still going strong after a year, although I have 36 for a toddler, so they don't get as much use as they could.
All that to say that I don't want to discourage you from buying second-hand bamboo, but make sure to find out exactly what shape they are in and how they were cared for. I would be very weary of buying bamboo diapers that have been bleached, for instance. The defects mentioned were bald spots/holes in the second batch of diapers, and fraying binding on the first batch. I assume you wouldn't be able to get Mother-Ease to exchange defective diapers if they were bought used, so just be weary! |
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Personally, I'd stick with the brand-new diapers of whatever types, because although ME diapers are tough, the newer, the better, in my book. You can get secondhand diapers that have been lovingly cared for and are in terrific condition (I'd like to think mine are in this category :-)), but you will be buying them sight unseen (or felt!).
I have one bamboo and find that although it certainly is softer than the cotton, it takes much longer to dry. This is okay, as I line-dry and I just leave it out there longer, but it still kind of bugs me, and if you use the dryer, you will be using more energy to get them dry.
If you have a mix of fabrics they can all be treated the same, but maybe you like the stay-dry for at night, the bamboo for pants that benefit from that smidge trimmer fit, and cotton as the tried-and-true. And if you line-dry, the cotton will be dry faster so you can use them--and then the bamboo will be ready to go.
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