u/gwendolin10

I’m 7 months pregnant and looking for science-based books recommendations on parenting, especially oriented toward newborns and first few years! Any suggestions?

Editing to add some topics I’m specifically interested in learning more about from a science-based/developmental psychology perspective (and I may add to this list if I think of more):
- “Gentle parenting,”
- Montessori methods,
- screen time/social media exposure,
- sleep training,
- letting them believe in Santa,
- age appropriate concepts of consent/sexual safety
- development around gender norms/identity
- microplastics/chemicals exposures

I’m also interested in the the best all-around, general science-based parenting advice for a healthy, happy babe! 🙂

Expecting my first in Sept and planning to cloth diaper. How do you all store your diaps before wash day? I’ve seen some suggestions for the Dekor diaper pail with a cloth pail liner/laundry bag in it, and others say use an airy hamper (one with holes) with a cloth liner in it. I was leaning toward the hamper, but was curious what everyone is using that fits the cloth liners? My friend who cloth diapers recommended the Ume hamper from Nordstrom and says it fits the cloth bags perfectly, but it’s $100 and that seems crazy for a hamper!

Hello, I’m pregnant with my first and have built up my cloth diaper stash, ready for baby to arrive! Most of the diapers I bought were pre-owned, marketed as lightly used / GUC. Do they need to be stripped? (If so, how do I strip them?) or does just a normal wash cycle suffice?

Thank you!

I’m pregnant and trying to learn about CD. I see a lot of posts about hardness of the water and how that may affect washing routines, but I don’t really understand it. I put my zip code in a website and it said my water was classified as “Hard” (152 PPM and 9 GPG… whatever those numbers mean??)

What does this mean in terms of how I should be planning to launder my cloth diapers? Thank you!!

Pregnant with my first, looking to cloth diaper but completely new to this. I’ve ordered some lightly used Grovia hybrids liners, but having a harder time finding the shells that snap in. Are there any other brands that are compatible and snap in to the Grovia hybrid shells?

Also what are doublers?? Do I need to get shells and also doublers? Do those also snap in (do I just double the shells?)