Somewhere along the way, cloth diapering became an identity. 

You picture the kind of parent who uses cloth diapers and maybe you also picture homemade baby food, a zero-waste kitchen, an impressive vegetable garden and someone who definitely remembers to bring the reusable grocery bags into the store.

And if that's not you? 

Cloth diapers can feel like something you've already opted out of.

But here's the thing: 

You don't have to be a "cloth diaper person."

You can just... use cloth diapers.

Cloth diapering doesn't have to be all or nothing

One of the biggest misconceptions about reusable diapers is that if you're going to use them, you have to commit.

Twenty-four hours a day. Seven days a week. No disposables allowed.

You don't.

You can use cloth diapers at home and disposables when you're out.

You can use cloth during the day and a different option overnight.

You can send cloth to daycare, or not.

You can use cloth five days a week. 

You can use five cloth diapers a week. 

There isn't a rulebook.

Every time you wash and reuse a diaper instead of throwing one away, you've used one less disposable. You don't lose those savings just because you used a disposable later that day.

You also don't need 30 diapers to get started

If you're curious about cloth but aren't ready to invest in an entire diaper stash, don't. 

Start small. 

Try a couple diapers. Learn how they fit your baby. Wash them. Use them again. See what you think. 

One of the nice things about cloth diapers is that you don't have to make a huge lifestyle decision before you've even tried one. 

And once you've actually used a good cloth diaper, you may find the whole thing is much less complicated than you expected. 

Put diaper on baby. Baby uses diaper. Put diaper in laundry. Wash diaper. Use it again. That's really the premise. 

You don't have to change the rest of your life

Using reusable diapers doesn't mean you need to suddenly become a zero-waste household. 

You don't have to make your own laundry detergent (in fact, please don't. Cloth diapers are very dirty laundry. Use good detergent.)

You don't have to give up paper towels.

You don't have to buy exclusively organic food.

And you certainly don't need cloth diapering to become your newest personality trait. 

For some families, the environmental benefit is the reason they choose cloth.

For others, it's the money they can save by reusing the same diapers.

Some prefer having natural, absorbent fabrics against their baby's skin.

Some are tired of disposable diaper blowouts. 

And some just really like not having to buy another giant box of diapers. 

All perfectly acceptable reasons.

Modern cloth diapers are just... diapers.

Cloth diapering still carries a little baggage from the days of pins, plastic pants, and buckets of soaking diapers.

Modern reusable diapers can look very different. 

At Mother-ease, we've spent 35 years designing cloth diapers around a pretty simple idea: they need to work. 

They need to absorb. 

They need to contain messes. 

They need to be washable. 

And they need to be practical enough that normal, busy families can actually use them. 

That's why we offer everything from simple one-piece diapers to two-piece systems, fitted diapers for heavy wetters and options that can be pre-snapped and sent to daycare ready to use.

You don't need to build your life around your diapers. 

Your diapers should fit into your life. 

Maybe you cloth diaper. Maybe you just use some cloth diapers.

There's a subtle difference, but we think it's an important one. 

You don't have to decide "we're going to be a cloth diapering family."

You can decide: 

"We're going to try a cloth diaper."

Then maybe you try another. 

Maybe eventually you're using cloth most of the time. 

Maybe you aren't. 

Either way, cloth doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing commitment. 

It doesn't have to be a lifestyle. 

And it definitely doesn't have to become your personality. 

It can just be a really good diaper that you wash instead of throwing away. 

That's it.