Leakage

I have given cloth diapers a chance in the name of reducing our carbon footprint. I have given it a good effort, but it is not working out so well. I signed up for a month's service with My Green Diapers. The service is wonderful. They bring you a week worth of diapers and a start up kit (trashcan with liners air fresheners). Each week on your given day you set out your dirty diapers and they take the dirty and replenish your supply with  clean. You don't have to rinse the dirty diaper, nothing, just toss it in their trash bin. The price figures out to where you even save some money. What a great deal, and I really was proud to say we were doing this to help our planet. 

There are two problems with them. One, leakage. Every one that I have used has leaked. I had Penny, who uses this service as well, show me if I was doing something wrong. I am doing it right, it is just a fact that cloths leak sometimes. What a pain.  Two, the bulkage! They are so bulky and it makes his pants fit weird. 

So, I guess that I am throwing in the towel, calling it a good game, and cancelling the service. I gave saving the landfill 2 years worth of diapers a good shot. But I cannot deal with these two issues. What a great concept though.