Maggie

The excerpts I've heard of this are all awesome. Why don't I have these yet? - Sam Harmon

Sam, I think you need a baby before you can have these. - Gabe

It looks like Gabe's sister might be getting married in California this May or June. Our baby is due in April. We're contemplating whether to leave her with my parents or take her on a the plane with us. - Maggie

Depends on you guys. I'm sure Baby April would sleep through the flight. If anything, the first 3 months just might be the best age range to travel. ;) - April Buchheit

I would take my son if I went somewhere that early, but April has more experience than me. If you are planning to nurse, it seems like the separation could throw your milk production out of wack (both uncomfortable while there and lower when you get back... - Clare Dibble

Thanks! I hadn't thought of either of those things. It looks like baby's first trip on an airplane will be this spring. - Maggie

Depends: how many hours has the baby logged to get his or her pilot's license? - Jeff Eddings

Jeff, I said "flying with a baby", not "with a baby flying"! :) - Gabe

Milan is 15 months and has been to Europe three times with no problems yet. I would say two months is perfect to fly. - Robert Scoble

California has such stupid laws! - Gabe

I wonder if you could run it on horse fat (in CA). Take that, Robert Redford! - Clare Dibble

lol wut? - Gabe

Crunk FTW - AJ Batac

Thanks Clare! - Robert Felty

Happy birthday! - Gabe

I say disposable and Rob says cloth, but we will get back to you when we have some experience with an actual baby. - Clare Dibble

I've heard that you get more leaks with cloth - but babies with cloth diapers are more likely to be potty trained earlier. - Maggie

I think parents just get sick of dealing with cloth diapers, so they make their kids learn to use a toilet. - Clare Dibble

Gabe is pushing cloth - his argument is that he doesn't want to have to carry out a trash bag of stinky disposable diapers once a week. My thought on that is: don't we still have to take a bag of diapers out for the diaper service once a week? What's the difference? - Maggie

Cloth has gotten a lot better in the last 30 years. But commiting to a service is very all or nothing. Is your kid going to be in daycare at all? Because if she is, many do not accept cloth diapers. - Clare Dibble

You can contain the disposable diaper smell with a Diaper Genie: http://www.playtexbaby.com/Pro... . - Gary Burd

Trash has to be carried 50 feet down a steep hill for the garbage man to pick up. I'm assuming that since the diaper man will have to bring fresh diapers, he will deliver them to my front porch, then take the dirty diapers with him -- much like the UPS man. - Gabe

@Gary - Clare and I prefer the Diaper Champ - it takes regular garbage bags, instead of super expensive inserts, and it features one-handed operation. We'll probably get one for either disposable or cloth. My plan with cloth is to wash them myself though, since we have a nice, super-efficient, steam-cleaning washer (and I'm cheap) http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Tre... - Robert Felty

If we were to go with cloth - I would rather buy the ones by 'Bum Genius' than use the diaper service ones that are the exact same type my parents used for me. Gone is the need for plastic pants. http://www.amazon.com/bumGeniu... - Maggie

It looks like the advantage of the Diaper Genie is that the bag has special odor-absorbant properties. - Gabe

I have a Diaper Champ and have used it for a little while with Camilla and never with Thomas. I, too, saw the advantage of the Diaper Champ needing only garbage bags versus the Diaper Genie which requires special Diaper Genie bags, but after a little while, the Diaper Champ got very stinky and required frequent cleaning. What I do now is just toss the diapers in a brown paper bag in the garage and take it out with the trash at the end of the week. As for our Diaper Champ, it's sitting in the garage unused. - April Buchheit

As for my two cents on cloth vs. disposable. Personally, I'm intimidated by cloth especially in having to deal with fecal matter. I figured with the resources being used up in either hand-washing (using lots of water and detergent) or a diaper service where someone is using fossil fuels to drive a vehicle to pick up dirty diapers and deliver clean ones is comparable to using disposable. - April Buchheit

I feel less guilty using seemingly Earth-friendly disposables such Seventh Generation. - April Buchheit

Diaper Genie inserts last for weeks. Odors are contained well. - Bruce Lewis

April: The disposable diapers have to be delivered to you (possibly by the UPS truck or your minivan) and taken away (by the garbage man). The diaper service picks up and drops off at the same time, so it shouldn't be using more fossil fuels. - Gabe

Gabe, the garbage man and minivan were coming to our house anyway, so the addition of some diapers is negligible. Disposables are definitely the way to go, especially if you ever plan to leave the house. (do you really want to take dirty diapers home with you?) - Paul Buchheit

cloth diapers last longer, they are re-usable - even after you don't need them as diapers. you can wash & driy them yourself using enviro-friendly means. they cost less than disposables. they feel better, are less likely to cause rashes when properly changed. - MikeAmundsen

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t... no need to feel guilty about disposables according to this study... - Trish Haley

Paul, I think this is a trivial argument. It's not like diaper service truck is going to make a special trip just for you any more than a UPS truck would if you ordered disposables online. And I would expect that any time the baby goes outside the house, she would be in disposable diapers. - Gabe

So you really could name her April... - Clare Dibble

Hmmm, Hazel April Schaffer does have a ring to it... - Maggie

April's an awesome name, I must say. - April Buchheit

I prefer Hazel Nut Schaffer. - Gabe

What happened to Ruby? - Robert Felty