Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide [Paperback]

Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2003

Every new parent should know the facts about modern, convenient cloth diapers. With a small up-front investment and a few extra hours a week, families can save hundreds of dollars.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An interesting, unique book that makes the many choices involved in diapering easier, especially for new parents." (Dr. William and Martha Sears, Authors of THE BABY BOOK) "You can spend hours upon hours upon hours researching and comparing the merits of the different diapering methods, or you can read this book. DIAPER CHANGES is friendly, humorous, honest, easy-going, and thorough beyond compare. What holds it all together? Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi's obvious love and respect for the precious children whose diapers we're all changing. A valuable resource that's enjoyable from the first chapter to the last." (Carolyn Dash Mailler, Editor, PARENTING FROM THE HEART Magazine) "Diaper Changes provides tips on the act of diapering not found in other books on parenting. An excellent resource for parents, childbirth educators, and health care providers." (Janet Primomo, PhD, R.N. from the Foreword) -- Janet Primomo, PhD, R.N. from the Foreword --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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From the Introduction: What kind of diaper to use? Isn't cloth messy? How much money do I need to spend? What about the environment?Wouldn't you like to have someone learn all about it, make all the mistakes for you, saving you time, energy and money? That's what DIAPER CHANGES is all about. Here, in one handy, informative book, is all the information you need about diapering. There has never been a book like this before in America. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: M.Evans & Company; 3rd Edition edition (October 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590770226
• ISBN-13: 978-1590770221
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,357,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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54 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but not Excellent, May 15, 2001

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Kelly "kelly" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide (Revised 2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I found this book to be somewhat useful but not nearly as wonderful as I had hoped. The author is definitely biased [against disposable diapers, which I expected; but she also seems to think that everyone should use a diaper service, or if not, wool diapers/covers. She doesn't seem to give fair judgement to some of the other great products out there].

This author also made home washing of diapers sound MUCH more difficult than it really is [maybe this is because of the bias towards using diaper services?]. If I didn't already know a lot about cloth diapers, I'd be frightened off by her description of laundering. In reality, washing cloth diapers isn't much more difficult than washing the rest of baby's stuff. It certainly doesn't have to be the ordeal described in this book.

The whole book seems very opinionated more than factual, and sometimes the author's tone got on my nerves. That having been said, I found the Product and Resource listing in the last part of the book extremely useful. The only problem is that it is somewhat dated now [I think the book came out in 1997]. Several of the numbers I tried to call that were listed were disconnected at this point.

I'd say this book is worth having for someone who is considering using cloth diapers, but overall it could be much better.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overly enthusiastic, no substantial analysis or criticism, February 18, 2000

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A. Ferguson (Delaware) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide (Revised 2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I had high expectation, partly due to other positive customer reviews, that this book would help me sort through the confusing overload of diapers, diapering systems, covers, products, etc., on the market. However, I was very disappointed: the book is so unrestrained in its enthusiasm that it lack the critical analysis I was hoping for. I also found the book to be repetitive with similar or even verbatim descriptions reappearing in different parts of the book. In short, too many exclamation points, too many rave reviews, not enough substantive comparison of brands.

In the end, I do not feel that I am in a better position to make better choices than I was before I read the book. The detailed information in the various diapering catalogs/brochures I have received gave me essentially the same understanding of my choices.

That said, the book has a comprehensive listing of various vendors and the products they carry which I did find useful (but, once again, little criticism or analysis of who has better customer service, shipping, etc....just rave reviews of just about everybody and every product).

In summary, an O.K. resource, but not fantastic.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Diaper Changes great for first-timers to cloth, February 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide (Revised 2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Diapering Changes has much information on what's available to parents today. In the past there were only a few options for parents, mostly pin-on diapers that required a lot of folding. Diapering Changes helps the new parent choose what type of diaper is best for them, and offers an extensive listing of companies that sell cloth diaper supplies, very important since high-quality diapers are usually not available in stores. One note is that the author's descriptions of home washing are much more difficult to follow than the method most mothers use. Additionally, the author recommends cleaning methods for the non-circumcised boy which conflict with the official position paper of the American Academy of Pediatricians.