About a week ago, on an emergency shopping trip specifically to purchase diapers (something that never happened with my first kid, but happens all the time with Caroline), I saw Natural Choice diapers* next to the name brand I usually buy.
My earlier quandary and inquiries about whether or not to switch to cloth diapers was quashed in the subsequent sell-our-belongings-move-to-the-country decision, so when I saw these "green" diapers on the shelf, I was intrigued. My grocery store breaks down unit pricing on their shelf label, so glanced to see how much more expensive these were when compared to my usuals. Guess what? They're cheaper.
So I bought a package thinking it couldn't hurt. If they sucked, I'd just go back to my standard diapers.
But here's what's great: They don't suck! In fact, aside from being less fabric-like, they actually function very, very well. I believe they're actually better at concealing poop smell, too - which could be seen as a negative, though in my book, is a nice plus. They work overnight, and we haven't had a single leakage issue.
I don't know exactly how much better these are for the environment, but any step in the right direction is a good thing. So I do believe I'll be buying these from here on out.
*I couldn't find a link directly to the company, so I thought this would be the next-best.
