I like to consider myself fairly "green." I turn off lights, wash in cold water, recycle and walk or transit when I can. When I became pregnant with my second child I decided I wanted to be more earth friendly and hopefully save a few dollars on diapers. I made the enormous purchase of 23 Fuzzi Bunz diapers at a hefty tag of over $600 and all the accessories. So when baby came along I was eager to get started on my cloth diaper adventure and it's been a nightmare ever since. I researched all about proper washing and care of diapers, I've used all the designated soaps and never use bum rash cream. Nothing works on these! Washing is fairly simple but nothing gets the smell out, they don't absorb as well as disposable and I'm changing way more frequently I will continue to use these because they were so expensive but I won't recommend them.