Me: 31 | DH: 33
DD: 05/14/16
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Cloth Diaper Mamas
Charla1224
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I'm lazy and didn't dig up our old thread. I think it was specific to newborns anyway and we could use a general thread.
Just to get things started:
1. What type of diapers do you use?
2. Is this your first time using CD? How's it going? Experienced CD? Is there much of a difference CDing this child than your other child(ren)?
3. What's your favorite thing about CDing?
Just to get things started:
1. What type of diapers do you use?
2. Is this your first time using CD? How's it going? Experienced CD? Is there much of a difference CDing this child than your other child(ren)?
3. What's your favorite thing about CDing?
Baby #2 EDD: 12/23/19
Re: Cloth Diaper Mamas
We use a combination of pocket and AIO diapers. Most of our stash is pockets. DH loves BumGenius AIOs but we can't afford a full 30 diaper stash of those. So we have about 10 AIOs and then 30 Alva (Chinese brand but they work great) pocket diapers. These are only $5- $8/ diaper so I'm always ordering new designs.
2. Is this your first time using CD? How's it going? Experienced CD? Is there much of a difference CDing this child than your other child(ren)?
We're first timers and struggled in the beginning. Now that I have a stash I feel confident about it's so much easier than people make it seem. She wears them, we wash them. That's it. This is also why I had to give up on the flats and prefolds I attempted to use before. Too much diapering work for our family.
3. What's your favorite thing about CDing?
I'm slowly but surely becoming an addict. She has every color and lots of patterned diapers. I just started trying to match her diapers to her outfits and I can't wait until she has more t-shirts instead of onesies. Then I'll be able to dress her in a shirt and diaper Tommy Pickles style.
DD: 05/14/16
2. I used CD with my first. The biggest challenge comes later from use - stripping the diapers. Even with cloth safe cream there's some build up that can cause leaks. I will also have to switch to sposies for daycare, but will use CD on weekends and holiday times.
3. My favorite thing is not producing garbage. I mean I have a giant bag of diapers at the end of each day that goes into the wash...not the trash outside. It's also nice not being as bothered when he poops or pees in the middle of a change. A diaper is never "wasted" when this happens.
2.1st timer and it's going alright. He just started fitting in them this last week so we haven't gone very long yet.
3. Favorite thing is not having to buy so many disposables. It's way cheaper and I'm excited to continue with them.
2. It's going pretty well. Even the newborn size still seems huge on LO, though, especially the covers. We've had some leaks but are learning from our mistakes as we go!
3. Not having a ton of disgusting diaper garbage! Yuck!
1. What type of diapers do you use?
After lots of experimenting over the past 20 months we use Blueberry simplex AIO and Smart Bottoms 3.1 AIO on DS during the day, 2 large bamboo flats in a Blueberry cover (Capri or coverall) for DS at night, and blueberry newborn simplex for LO all the time right now. I have some workhorses and rumparooz Nb covers that I use when I get behind on wash--I love them but they take more time with a toddler so haven't gotten as much use this time. She will eventually use the one size AIOs at night, then during daytime and night, then end up with same set up as DS as her absorbency needs change.
2. Is this your first time using CD? How's it going? Experienced CD? Is there much of a difference CDing this child than your other child(ren)?
We started with DS in Oct 2014 when he was a week old. I had one phase of stink issues that resulted from using Charlie's Laundry detergent with our hard water, which ended up being a problem. We did a bleach soak, switched to Tide and never looked back. So far cloth diapering two is going great! I'm looking forward to when they are both in one size diapers though, so I'm not constantly separating out two different sizes.
3. What's your favorite thing about CDing?
Less garbage, cute prints, and using them through multiple kiddos!
2. First time! And going great:) Super easy (with the AIOs, at least) and dare I say enjoyable. There is a store in my town that sells cloth diapers and runs a class on how to do it, which we took, so that has prepared us well, I think.
3. The styles! The reusability (the sense that these are his permanent clothes that he won't be growing out of for years--he's grown out of most of his other clothes, but also the sense that these are for future children as well)! The cost (we got most of our diapers as shower gifts, and I love that we will never have to buy more, compared to the never ending diaper purchased when using disposables)!
DD: 05/14/16
2. Is this your first time using CD? How's it going? Experienced CD? Is there much of a difference CDing this child than your other child?
First time! And starting a little late as they seemed really big and bulky on him till this point, and I didn't want to bother with laundry till I was feeling confident about life with baby!
3. What's your favorite thing about CDing? The savings! Good for the environment too
Does everyone use a diaper sprayer? If not what do you do immediately after changing if anything?
DD: 05/14/16
From what I can tell (and my experience hasn't been the best), pocket diapers don't work as well because liquid hits the inside of the cover and wicks to the side and throughout the inside of the diaper as well as straight into the absorbent pads, which means that leaks happen a lot, and even when they don't, baby is uncomfortable.
And then, to top it off, they are harder to launder, because of the added step of stuffing the diapers before folding them to put them away.
And from what it seems to me, they are also harder to make! The Thirsties and BumGenius diapers I have seem absurdly simply constructed: make a diaper, sew on a flap or two.
So why are pocket diapers so much more popular than AIOs? What am I missing?
I change my baby after EVERY pee, people tell me wait for another, since I'm currently on disposable. But I can't leave my baby in a wet diaper
I got talked out of reusable diapers but now I'm thinking of them again My Lo is 5 weeks. I feel like I've got the hang of him pretty good and extra laundry doesn't scare me anymore
DD: 05/14/16
1. What type of diapers do you use?
Half Best Bottoms AI2s and half prefolds and covers. 1 pocket and one fitted for overnight.
2. Is this your first time using CD? How's it going? Experienced CD? Is there much of a difference CDing this child than your other child(ren)?
Its going pretty well, I think I like the Best Bottoms best. They're more expensive, but I think you get what you pay for. The only issue is night time.
I've tried the following:
1. Doublers for Best Bottoms
2. Double stuffed pocket diaper
3. A fitted diaper with two inserts and a cover.
For all 3, we put them on around 8pm. If we don't change him before 6am, he leaks. The fitted diaper also seems more uncomfortable to him when wet. The pocket diaper seems to feel best. This is ok for now, but knowing kids end up sleeping long hours at night, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep this up. Although maybe he'll pee less when he gives up nighttime feedings?
3. What's your favorite thing about CDing?
I love it all, but #1 is the money we've saved.
Runners Up: Less waste and not having to worry about chemicals in the diaper.
DD: 05/14/16
2. First time. But it seems like it's going well. Right now we're transitioning out of disposable diapers. But I like the cloth a lot better.
3. All the patterns! I'm addicted. DH says this is the only reason I actually want to cloth diaper.
Found this this morning when I googled "stripping diapers"--what do you all think?
I am excited to use regular detergent, but I don't think I will use the dryer just yet. Also, am pleased to know that hard water makes detergents work differently: we have insanely hard water and it didn't occur to me until now that that's why my husband's gym shirts smell no matter how often we wash them. Glad to be able to get ahead of that with the diapers! I bought water softener this morning, and I'm hoping that it helps make the diapers smell like new, because they were already smelling musty after only 5 weeks of using them!
in disposable for a couple weeks because the yeast kept going back & forth between him and the diapers. Never had an issue with absorbency or leaks, although I don't use a ton of microfiber which is what I hear tends to develop issues over time. I will say, if you dry AIO's it really will wear your elastic out faster, my sister in law's diapers were jacked when she gave them to me and I had to replace all the elastic. But that's a pretty easy process.
So we are going to use sposies until it clears and apply lotrimin every time we change until it's gone--maybe as long as 2 weeks--per our Dr's instructions, but I don't know what to do about the cloth diapers.
1. Our Dr. doesn't think it's a cleanliness issue, just a moisture issue, and so we shouldn't need to do anything special to clean the diapers. I mean, when I get a yeast infection I just wash my clothes like normal. But everything I've read online says that yeast stays in diapers, even through washing. So... Stripping? @Bellodomani How did you strip yours?
I think I am going to take all my cleaned diapers, soak them overnight in some Rocking Green or bleach, then leave them in the sun for a few days before washing them again like normal and putting them away. Thoughts?
2. We have not been using any diaper rash creams because we've been using cloth. I am thinking of trying coconut oil and/or angel baby bottom balm in addition to diaper liners, just to keep the diapers safe. Thoughts?
meh and sigh.
ETA- I added a probiotic into my son's diet as well. It can be challenging to do if he doesn't do regular bottles/ isn't on solids yet, but I hear you can make a paste and rub it on your nipples before nursing.