GL thing you thought you'd never do that you now do?

7river7wed7

What's something you thought was too far out there for you to ever do that you now do?

I have several -- probably the biggest is no poo.

ArcticFox

I had a roomate who used reusable pads (mama cloths?) and I was grossed out.. but I could see myself using the Diva cup now that it is popular, perhaps with a reusable pad as a backup.  (I am nursing my second baby, so I haven't had AF much in the past 4 years!)

7river7wed7

I know what you mean... I've been wanting to try the diva cup, but haven't had AF since 07. Guess I should be happy not to have it rather than disappointed not to have been able to try the dc, right? lol

uncannycanuck

The Diva Cup took some convincing, but I was a relatively early adopter (I've had mine at least 6 years!).

Biking in traffic scared the bejeebus out of me. I'm a country kid. The idea of biking in traffic still seems kind of unnatural. I'm more confident now, though, and I haven't had any serious incidents yet.

MaryWithoutSound

No-poo.  And OCM for my acne. 

Albireo

You don't poo? Oh right, that means shampoo...

The Divacup and cloth pads are a big one for me. I used cloth pads when I was a teenager living at home, but gave up on them when I went to university and didn't have my own washing machine. 

Eventually I discovered the cup and found out that it worked perfectly with cloth pads -- the pads would catch the infrequent leaks without being completely soaked. 

Actually, I think biking 12K to work and back daily is the biggest thing. Five years ago I wouldn't have been able to imagine it. 

Summerly2

The diva cup/cloth pads is an easy answer, but it's definitely a big one for me. I switched a year and a half ago and *love* it.

Honestly, eating more locally/organically is probably a big one for me. For a long time, I made excuses about why I didn't want to dive right into that one (we're "green" in so many other areas and way more than anyone I know IRL). But it was really just being lazy/uneducated and I'm so glad we've made all the changes we have. We've come a long way and I feel really good about that.

jpeazybreezy

I'm jumping on the bandwagon. The first time I ever heard of a menstrual cup I was disgusted. I literally thought the idea was disgusting! LOL. I've had mine for going on 5 or 6 cycles now, and I will never go back.

I also think that having cloth napkins, and making my own detergent are two other things that while not that far out, I wouldn't have pictured being a fixture in my life.

Thanks for the great question!

daisygirl17

Definitely the Diva Cup --- when I first heard about it, I was so grossed out...now I've been using it for almost a year and wish I would have started sooner!

CarrieB.

For me its buying organic produce, meats, and dairy. I thought we would never be able to afford it in the long term, but we've been at it for 7 months now and its great. We just cut back on going out to dinner and buying alchohol and stuff at Target and I think its evened out.

suzymarie

Strangly, cloth pads never grossed me out!

I am about to start doing cloth napkins.  I never have wanted to before, but now suddenly I want to.  I am odd like that.

Family cloth would be the big one.  We only do it while we are cloth diapering (I am not going to wash special loads of poop cloth, and I am not going to let it sit and accumulate for a week either- ew).

Albireo

Cloth napkins for the table are great. I grew up using paper, but when I moved in with FH he had cloth napkins. His family had just always done it that way.

Emily227

Put a bucket in the shower to collect water while it is warming up. Then I use it to water my plants. I transfer the bucket into a large rubbermaid for storage. I made fun of this idea not that long ago---and then I realized that it wasn't that big of a deal to do.

pixieprincss

Composting, cloth AF liners, growing veggies, soaking and cooking beans.

daisyterp

Probably the fact that nearly everything we have in our house is 2nd hand.  I have come to prefer to buy used stuff over new.  I have identified vintage furniture that I want, more than anything I find in a catalog or store. 

 

brideofaussie

Diva cup. 

ETA- oh, and no commercial cleaners in our house.  The only thing we have left is Finish for the dishwasher.  And I just read in the Consumer Reports that the Method brand auto. dishwashing detergent did the best in their tests so as soon as the Finish runs out, that's what we're getting. 

MadameFancyPants

Definitely cloth diapers.  We started when DS was almost 3 months old.  We were both reluctant at first, but now we keep asking ourselves why we didn't start sooner!

SuperGreen

Going vegetarian for 9 months and even after eating meat again because of my health, resolving to only eat local meats.  DH tried to go veg twice before, and I completely balked at the idea of it.  To try and make DH happy we ate a lot of cheese pizza and pasta both those times, and DH gained a bunch of weight that he's still trying to lose.  I decided to go veg in July 2009 for environmental reasons, and DH joined me for his third try.  After 9 months we both didn't feel well and decided to put meat back in our diets, but we're sticking with local, organic meat from the Farmer's Market.  We love cooking together and it's really brought us closer.

papie

diva cup and cloth pantyliners.  I would have died at the idea 10 years ago.  

mcgee

Cloth diapers. I swore up and down I wouldn't use them. I wish now that I'd used them with our daughter too.