Buy It And Try It: The gDiaper

The gDiaper claims all you have to do is flush it when you're done,
so let's see if it works.

10-month old Nyasia fills up a lot of diapers in a day. Seven-time mom
Lanice Mixon has to change her and those stinky diapers end up in the
trash, which ends up in the landfill.

"At least seven diapers, seven days a week, that's 50 a week," says
Lanice. "That's just her. Think of the rest of the kids in the world."

The gDiaper claims to be earth friendly, plastic free flushable
diapers. Julia Roberts uses them. It comes with two cloth shorts, in
which you insert with the disposable material.

"It has more of a cloth type of feel," Lanice notes.

So she puts them on Nyasia.

"Looks comfortable."

When it comes time to change her, Lanice follows the directions: Tear
the disposable diaper, drop it in the toilet, and stir it with the
stick to break up the diaper. Then she flushes.

What does she think? "It went down," she says.

We leave the gDiapers with her, and check in two weeks later to see
how she likes them.

She says the gDiapers flushed each time, no problem, but she does say
using them is more time-consuming than disposables.

"I think they're very helpful, very useful," she says. "I'd recommend
them for infants, but newborns might be difficult, because you have to
change them a lot more."

What about Nyasia? Did she seem to like them? "Yes," Lanice says.

It costs $27 for the starter kit, which includes two cloth diapers and
10 refills, and then it costs about $15 for 32 refills. The company
also says you can compost or throw used liners in the garbage --
they're biodegradable. I bought it at gdiaper.com.