Irony of Ironies.

Dan and I decided to cloth diaper Ana for many reasons. The first, to save the whales. The second, to save our bank account. We've done a good job on both. But, what I didn't realize is that there is a whole world of cloth diapers out there. One can use the cheap of the cheap diapers to the decadent. And, it seems, the more money you're willing to plunk the softer the diaper.

At first, we were set on using only using the cheap diapers: prefolds. They are great diapers and very economical. One of us, though, didn't want to learn how to fold them right. Which one of us could that be? So, we bought a dozen fitted diapers, which are softer and easier to put on the baby. More money though. But still, far and away cheaper than disposables.

As time goes on, I can't help but notice that there are some seriously swanky diapers out there. Most of the time, I have resisted the urge to upgrade Ana's bottom accessories successfully. After all, we have a system in place with our prefolds and terry cloth fitteds. But then, I saw these http://www.thegoodmama.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71_80&products_id=409. Oh, hurt me. Organic velour bamboo, organic hemp. Talk about soft on the behind. I'm dying here. No sacrilege intended, but these are the pope of cloth diapers. Other diapers could learn a thing or three from these.

Then I saw the price tag. $33 a poop. Sacre blue! What began as a money saving project could be turning into a bank account bleeding ordeal.

However, look at it this way (I'm good at this). Even if we bought a whole stash of 12 ($365 for enough diapers to last from birth to potty training), we'd still be saving money hand over fist ($2000 plus for disposibles). But the old prefolds (which are looking scratchier by the minute) are just as good, I keep telling myself. Again and again and again.

And again.

Sigh.