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Re:Netflix for baby clothes by kemiller on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:07PM (#2777669)
Holy cow. We're expecting our first, and this just looks like an amazing idea.

You should totally cross-market with the diaper services.

Re:Netflix for baby clothes by jturn on Monday July 18, 2011 @04:47PM (#2778157)
I would love to see this for (unused disposable) diapers. I bought wayyy too many 1s and have a bunch left over that I will never use. I wish I could send them into a service and get some 3s that I could actually use now.
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by dolinsky on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:14PM (#2777713)
I don't know about you but I prefer to buy fresh diapers for my toddler :) In all seriousness though, my wife often finds buying in bulk at kids r us to be as cost effective as diapers.com is (YRMV obviously).
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by bmj on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:30PM (#2777790)
I'm guessing the parent is referring to a cloth diaper service.
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by dolinsky on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:54PM (#2777926)
Yeah, I assumed the same, just throwing in a lil' parenting humor :) My wife 'n I looked at cloth diapers as opposed to single use diapers, and any potential cost savings were completely offset for us by the additional time/work investment needed by choosing a cloth diaper solution as well as the smell factor...there's ALWAYS a smell factor, regardless of how 'odorless' you're led to believe their bins are.
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by bmj on Monday July 18, 2011 @09:04PM (#2779150)
We used a service for our first kid, and yeah, keeping a pail of soiled diapers around for a week isn't ideal. For our second kid, we just purchased our own diapers and did the laundry every two days.
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by dreww on Monday July 18, 2011 @07:06PM (#2778768)
Thanks for choosing comfort and convenience. I'll let what's left of the icecaps know that you won't be having them over for dinner any time soon.
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by ars on Monday July 18, 2011 @05:24PM (#2778333)
Cloth diaper services give you new diapers for each kid, then keep using them. So they are used in some sense, but they are new for each kid.

When the kid outgrows the diapers they are tossed/recycled, but not given to another kid.

Re:Netflix for baby clothes by civilian on Monday July 18, 2011 @06:16PM (#2778554)
Old diapers make great rags. A lot of my cleaning chores at my parent's house involved my old diapers. :-/
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by dreww on Monday July 18, 2011 @07:07PM (#2778773)
That's not how our diaper service works, as far as I can tell. They seem pooled to me.
Re:Netflix for baby clothes by pwenzel on Monday July 18, 2011 @10:21PM (#2779325)
We use Do Good Diapers in Minneapolis, and their service is fabulous.