This week's spotlight is all about diapering. As always tell us what you like, don't like, worked/didn't, what do you recommend and what to avoid.
Diapers: Cloth? Disposable? That new hybrid style!?
Wipes: What works for you and your family?
Diaper Rash treatment
Changing pad (at home, we will have travel necessities/diaper bags in upcoming spotlights)
Feel free to resurrect this thread as needed.
Product Spotlight Spreadsheet with links to past topics and list of upcoming spotlights
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
Re: Product Spotlight: Diapering
When you do a registry you often get "welcome gifts" this was a great way to sample diapers.(pampers reg & pure, huggies, up&up, honest co, seventh generation were all samples we received, and others I'm forgetting.) we were also gifted some open packs of newborn diapers from a friend that had a baby a few months before us (you do NOT need a lot of newborn diapers). In the end we stuck with pampers/pampers pure. they worked well for us and contain everything. we've had very few diaper rashes. The pure do seem a bit bigger and are almost an in between when moving up in diaper size.
Wipes. Also got a bunch of samples of these. We use the pampers pure or water wipes. My kiddo has sensitive skin and we use water wipes to wipe up hands/face after dinner.
I got a lot of opinions and feedback on this, more than i ever wanted or needed, and we were gifted so many different things. in the end Aquaphor works best for DS. His pediatrician also recommended it.
We have the skip hop wipe clean changing pad. no complaints and it is easy to clean. We didn't have a diaper pail initially, but ended up getting one about a year ago that randomly I won. It's an Ubbi. It doesn't require a proprietary bag, you can use a regular trash bag, and yes, it contains smells, when it's closed, but if you open it...I still don't think a diaper pail is a necessity, but I may be in the minority on that.
we have the OXO wipes dispenser for his room. it is not a warmer, a wipe warmer just seems like a breeding ground for bacteria and also a possible fire hazard.
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
I use the Flip system and have found it to be really simple to use and economical. My mom gifted the cover parts and I bought the inserts, and at that time (8 years ago) I did the math and realized the inserts paid for themselves in a month of use.
ETA and I have never soaked a diaper. I just give them an extra rinse cycle before washing. (I do that with my kids, and DH’s, muddy clothes now too)
As a FTM, I have so many questions on this topic!
Diapers: Cloth? Disposable? That new hybrid style!? We considered both, but ultimately decided on disposable diapering for convenience and to avoid having the laundry room smell like poopy soaking diapers. However, we want to choose as “natural” of a diaper brand without all those funky chemicals. Right now the top runner is Andy Pandy. Has anyone tried these before? Any opinions welcome!
Wipes: What works for you and your family? Right now in our registry is Waterwipes. I imagine we wouldn’t need anything fancier than that?
Diaper Rash treatment: On our registry is some Earth Mama bum balm. Would that work, or would we need something different to help with diaper rash?
Changing pad (at home, we will have travel necessities/diaper bags in upcoming spotlights): We decided on the Keekaroo Peanut changer pad because it’s a waterproof wipeable surface. We figured we could save some money here by not having to buy a waterproof sheet and changing pad cover to go over it— we can just wipe or rinse it down when it gets poopy. Anyone have experience using this pad?
Also: We’ve been going back and forth between the traditional Diaper Genie brand or the Dekor hands free. Any input is greatly appreciated!
We are also planning to use the elimination communication method for early potty training. Any mamas out there who have successfully tried this method? Thanks in advance for all your help, veteran Mamas!
Wipes: Water wipes!
Diaper Rash treatment: aquaphor for preventing but desitin for treatment. The best prevention is just changing the poor diapers the moment they poop. Neither of my kids really get diaper rash much though so I don’t use much stuff
Changing pad (at home, we will have travel necessities/diaper bags in upcoming spotlights) the keekeeroo! It’s wipable which is fantastic, long so it fits my long ass babies all the way to potty training at 2 and comfy
oh and the dekor pail is awesome!
Nothing special for wipes. We did have a wipe warmer for when he was a baby. It was nice, but as he got older and we weren’t using as many it just dried out the wipes. I did like getting the giant refillable wipe packs from Costco and refilling my own containers. You will have 1.2 million half open packages of wipes in every nook and cranny of your house and cars 😂.
Our last house was single story and easy to take him to his room for changing. So we didn’t use any sort of portable changing station. But our new house the nursery is upstairs. So we are going to make a little changing corner downstairs as well as in the nursery for convenience.
Cloth Diaper Soapbox if you’re interested:
For wipes, I use cloth wipes that I bought from Flip as well as cut-up pieces of a cheap flannel blanket I bought from Walmart. I fold them in accordion-style and store them in a wipes warmer, and soak them in water. That way they’re right there ready to go and can be pulled continuously through the warmer. I also used an organic baby wash spray for those tough cleans.
But different diaper brands will have different leg hole sizes, etc, so some of it is going to be dependent on your specific baby.
We used the bumbo changing pad, mostly because we had her in NYC and had really limited real estate on our dresser. I like it, it's really easy to clean.
Bloom wipes were my favorite, but they're hard to find now. I think water wipes are kind of annoying - they don't have enough grip, and you pull like 5 out when you just want one. I think amazon brand wipes are too thin, but they're great for travel/the car. I don't like huggies or pampers wipes very much. So I don't know, we were able to use Bloom all through DD3's diapering days, and now she just uses amazon brand for herself by her potties, but I'm going to be annoyed if I have to use those with new baby.
Triple Paste Medicated Ointment, 2 Ounce (Pack of 3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AI7LUU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_BWM3YMV5XRND5VKKVEJ6
This time, I'm considering Dyper because they pick up and compost-it sounds cool! But I dunno if that's something I can do here in VT. Also with DS6 we had a semi anti-cloth daycare and with DS3 we discovered we had no hot water coming to our washing machine-something we couldn't fix immediately because it involved running new pipes and that was pricey-so we couldn't do cloth successfully. All this to say, I'm always considering cloth. We'd have to do All in ones or H would be out, and that's expensive to start a stash. It's also our last kid, so we'd never use them again. But our daycare is supportive now, we have hot water. Maybe we could make it work.
I used Honest with both my girls. I noticed the change recently but never had rash or blow-out issues. I use the overnights at night and they work very well. I also love the prints, they make changing diapers a little better. I still like them and plan to use them for this LO. I am a sucker for the Halloween prints!
I don’t know if would recommend them because they are a bit pricier and not everyone cares for the print stuff…haha
BFP1 04/24/2015 EDD Dec 2015 MMC 10W5d;
BFP 2 09/25/2015 EDD June 2016 MMC 9wks;
BFP 3 03/22/2016 EDD Dec 6th 2016
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12 pack of Green Mountain Cloth-Eez Prefolds for newborn (can later be used as burp cloths)
2 Grovia All-in-ones
2 Grovia Hybrid + 4 cotton insert packs
5-pack of Bungies Pocket Cloth Diapers, comes with inserts and a wet bag
Check out the blog Cloth Diapers for Beginners - she has the most comprehensive and logical washing guide I've found. And I'm going with Seventh Gen detergent, one of her 4 recommended brands.
We used cloth with my younger two. I’m a big fan of the pocket style but also used covers and prefolds sometimes. My favorite brands were Rumparooz, Bumgenius (same brand as Flips), and Thirsties. When I started out I bought a big used cloth diaper lot from a mom on Craigslist that had a lot of different brands. That was great because I could try out a lot of different brands and a couple styles for much less than I would have if I’d ordered them new individually.