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11 Responses to “ The perfect solution ”

1. kate says:

   March 17, 2009 at 10:58 am

   WOW.
   I love that actress. Can never remember her name, but she’s so great!
   I also have to mention again that British study that said cloth diapers were actually ultimately WORSE for the environment (energy and resources to clean them, I think). Heh.
2. Karen Joy says:

   March 17, 2009 at 1:19 pm

   I saw that when it aired! It was all I could do to not gag.
3. Karen Joy says:

   March 17, 2009 at 1:20 pm

   p.s. And thank you, Kate, for making me feel better about my failed attempt at cloth diapering.
4. Dr. G says:

   March 17, 2009 at 7:36 pm

   I’m surprised a person who daily struggles with nausea would find this entertaining!
5. Erin says:

   March 19, 2009 at 11:42 pm

   Kate– It’s sort of a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. pick your poison (literally!): energy use and pollution from putting all those diapers in the dryer, or adding all that toxic poo-related bacteria and plastic permanently to the landfill. It’s hard to say if one is better or worse. The true enviros solve it by line drying their diapers. I’m going to go with cloth, for reasons only partially environmental. My dryer will probably get a lot of use.

   Dr. G and Karen– I only watched enough of it to get the funny premise, so I missed the gag-worthy parts.
6. Tara says:

   March 20, 2009 at 4:20 am

   That was hilarious, especially the stew.

   Welcome to the “I cloth diaper so you probably think I’m crazy” club. I like the slogan of the company that makes AC’s diapers: “Buy diapers once.” Sold!
7. Tara says:

   March 21, 2009 at 6:00 pm

   The corn chowder sounds intriguing. It’s funny, I never even considered cloth diapers. I move further and further away from my crunchy, granola-y college roots.
8. Julie says:

   March 21, 2009 at 6:01 pm

   That last comment was me. SOMEONE changed all my settings on my computer
9. Bea says:

   March 22, 2009 at 6:42 pm

   That was a cute ad,but very thankfull that I did’nt have to wait for a full diaper to eat:+)
10. kate says:

    March 25, 2009 at 11:28 am

    Erin — let me be the first to say, I will NOT judge you if you change your mind at some point on the diapers!!! (whether for convenience, effectiveness, or any other reason.)
    I’m just sayin’.
11. Nate says:

    April 20, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Um, Kate, first, I am not neutral or unbiased– my wife owns a business that sells cloth diapers. But cloth diapers are overwhelmingly more efficient (eco- and cost-) than disposables if they are re-used for more than one baby.

    There’s a summary of the debate at Wikipedia, although I must say I’m disappointed with the quality of that particular article– usually controversial subjects get better treatment at Wikipedia.

    I also think there are reasonable times to use disposables– kind of like paper towels and napkins and plastic forks.

    Cheers,
    nate