CD Question
In preparation for our little one coming soon, I decided to go ahead and wash all my dipes and inserts. Then we proceeded to stuff them. Does stuffing them get any easier? I was about ready to cry because I couldn't get the inserts in without getting totally bunched up. I will admit that I am a complete perfectionist, so maybe I was going about it the wrong way. But the insert would somehow fold itself in half long ways right in the crotch area every time. Does it matter if the insert is bunched when you when the dipe on DC?
Also, a Whammies specific question. Is there some trick to the hooks? They are really hard to get in and out, and it seems like it will be a nightmare trying to do the hooks with the baby in the dipe. Does the fabric loosen a bit over time and make it easier?
Re: CD Question
Don't worry stuffing gets a lot easier! I always try to have the inserts flat, not bunched. I little bunching is probably ok as long as there isn't part of the diaper that doesn't have insert in it, because then it might leak.
I'm no help on the Whammies, we tried one and never could get the hooks to be easier. I gave up after several months. I do think there is a trick to it, I just could never get it down...
The stuffing does get easier. Over time you'll just develop your own way of getting them in there flat. I never would have thought of diaper stuffing as a skill before I started doing it....
It's the same thing with the Wahmies, but the fabric does also loosen a bit, not a whole lot. When I was setting yours up I was reminded how tight the fabric is in the beginning- I grabbed one of our older ones and compared them. Made exactly the same, but the fabric was easer to hook in the loops that we use. The unused loops were still pretty tough.
If you angle the hook a little when you slide it in and out it won't catch on the fabric (I tried to find a picture of this online, but couldn't. I'll try to get one up on the site this week though.) I had some trouble with it at first too, but by the time DD was trying to run away during diaper changes I had it down well enough it no longer took any more time than a snap diaper.
I just hold thee end that is going in to the diaper and take my whole hand in to the 'back' of it. I flatten it as I pull my hand out. That's been working for me with bumgenius diapers.
no help on Whammies.
I always leave our OS diapers snapped on the rise setting then stuff them. In fact I wash them at the rise setting too, so I never unsnap the rise snaps. I've never tried it the other way though.
This is what I do, too.
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