We'll see how long that lasts...

Why did you start a diaper service? We often get asked this question and point to our inspiration – our son, Matthew. But my desire to cloth diaper goes back years before. Almost a decade ago, my sister had her first baby. When I found out she was pregnant, I suggested she cloth diaper. She thought I was crazy. And to be fair to her, you had to be pretty hard-core to cloth diaper ten years ago. There weren’t a lot of options around back then. But even then, I thought to myself, “If I ever have a baby, I’m going to cloth diaper.”

Fast-forward seven years to my pregnancy. After the initial excitement of learning I had a bun in the oven, one of my first questions to my husband was, “Hey hon, how do you feel about cloth diapering?” To my relief, he replied that of course we were cloth diapering. Of course, I should have expected that! He’s always been green and conscious of the environment. Now when we told our friends and family, we got mixed reactions. A few said, “Right on. That’s so cool.” More suggested we were losing our minds. And the majority said, “We’ll see how long that lasts…”

Well, I confess, I love to say, “I told you so.” And boy howdy, can I say that now. Not only did we faithfully and successfully cloth diaper our son, but now we are helping countless other families cloth diaper their own tots. And it feels good.