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   KA7DRE said, 7 months ago

   The start of tough love I presume.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 7 months ago

   We learn from our mistakes—sometimes.
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   pouncingtiger said, 7 months ago

   The punchline works for the canned baby food, but not the disposable diapers. Aren’t disposable diaper more expensive than cloth diapers?
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   bluskies said, 7 months ago

   @pouncingtiger

   Certainly, unless you figure in the mental health factor. The contents are biodegradeable, so if the diapers are too, why not? It’s probably not much more expensive than a diaper service, with fewer harsh chemicals involved. Unless you put the used ones in plastic trash bags.
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   MadCow said, 7 months ago

   
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago

   It takes a tremendous amount of energy to take care of a child and the second one is making it much harder.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago

   Lynn’s Notes:
   I used cloth diapers for my first child and was proud of myself for doing so. I breast fed, made my own baby food, and sterilized everything. I followed guidelines and kept a diary of how much Aaron ate, when he slept, and for how long. I was going to be the perfect mom! Then when Katie was born, I relaxed — I did what felt right and was safe and made sense. I learned that there’s no such thing as the perfect mom, or the perfect kid — you just have to do what works for both of you.
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   lightenup said, 7 months ago

   I tried to do almost the same for my second as the first. Now, if I had had a third, I don’t think I could have done it.
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   lightenup said, 7 months ago

   @MadCow

   LOL!! My best friend has a boy, and since her husband is Richard Jr, they named him Richard III. Whenever I ask about the boy, I never know what to call him, since Little Richard reminds me of what you posted. XD
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    Tubbycat said, 7 months ago

    Nowadays disposable diapers are almost as cheap as cloth, and they are entirely biodegradable (at least the ones we get here are). And I doubt cloth diapers are more environmentally friendly if you yourself have to do two washes a day to keep up… no diaper services where I live!
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    masnadies said, 7 months ago

    This made perfect sense to me (mine are 7, 5 and 3), but in my circle, it’s backwards, because it was only around the time of my 3rd that cloth diapers came back “in” in non-urban areas, along with the homemade food (which was always around), feeding and comforting on demand all day and night, child-carrying, but only in the right carriers, and longer times rear-facing and in 5-point harnesses. We’re all nuts.
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    sleeepy2 said, 7 months ago

    An Ellie smile in a third panel! It’s as rare as a unicorn!
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    sjsczurek said, 7 months ago

    A – wom – bom – ba – loobom…………
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    Gokie5 said, 7 months ago

    Wait’ll #4! (As in my grandkids.) Thank goodness for older sisters.
    My mom was in a family with nine kids. When she was four, she had to babysit a sister while everyone else was out in the field. She said it took her all afternoon to change a diaper.
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    GreggW said, 7 months ago

    So is Richard worse off?
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