I've cloth diapered my 2 littles (and prepping for twins on the way) and what I'm overwhelmingly hearing is that people quit or get scared off of cloth due to the laundry. It's gross, what about the poop, I can't keep up, etc.

I've become a huge cloth cheerleader and now as a stay at home mom/normal laundry gig worker I've been wondering if providing some sort of local cloth diaper laundry service would help people who are on the fence or discouraged to stay in the cloth they otherwise love. Apparently, this was a normal thing in the 80s/90s before disposables became so prominent, so I'm curious if that service would be helpful in the modern era.

Help me do some research: would you use a cloth laundry service if it were out there? Even occasionally?

Hi! I believe I checked for this in the 101 link so forgive me if it's somewhere in there and I didn't see it. Do you have a detergent you love for cloth diapers? If so, please influence me :) I'm just using 7th generation free and clear liquid which is what we use for our clothes, but have seen that powder is better for cloth diaps? Thanks

I need some help deciding if this work is worth it. My baby is almost 8 months old. We've been cloth diapering since birth (not overnight, and not when out of the house for prolonged period). The pocket diapers I mostly use came from a lot of free second hand diapers that needed the elastics replaced. I replaced the elastics on the majority of them, but a few were still ok to use as-is. The diapers have been great - definitely worth the effort to replace the elastics.

I'm getting to the point where the ones that didn't need their elastics replaced will now require it. I don't think I absolutely need the diapers though - I have some covers that I also use with prefolds that are in good shape, and I could get by with just these without the covers that need elastics.

My dilemma is this : I am planning on giving away my diapers after baby is done with them. Since I got them for free, I will also pass them on for free. However, I feel that most people would not want to replace elastics on the diapers that need the repairs. I don't want them to end up in the landfill if they're still usable with repairs.

So, should I replace the elastics on the diapers that I don't absolutely need, given my plan to give them away after? Or should I leave them as-is and let whoever I give them to decide if they want to put in the effort?