New to CD - disposable liners?

jmcgra06 · January 2013

Hi girls!

I know disposable liners partially defeat the purpose of cloth diapering but it's the only way DH will consider going down this road Any suggestions on disposable liners that work well with most diapers? G-diapers don't seem to get great reviews so I'm a little hesitant to buy them, especially since I hope to only have the use the liners as "training wheels" for DH for a few months...

Any suggestions of liners and/or all-in-one diapers would be appreciated!!

MrsPteranodon · January 2013

Honestly I would NOT suggest spending the money on gDiapers. I have 12 of them I got from a friend for 50$ and they work nice, I think they are adorable and all that jazz. I just do not like them as much as I should. I would go with pocket diapers and they sell rolls of disposable liners to lay over to catch poo. But in the NB phase the poo just is everywhere anyway so the liners probably won't do much for you at first.

cecilyandgautam · January 2013

You can get flush-able bamboo liners to work with just about anything - we got the GroVia liners and have used them on pockets & prefolds. It should have a similar environmental impact as you using the toilet & using flush-able TP - certainly better than throwing a diaper in the dust bin!

Aurora_Borealis · January 2013

Flushable liners are available through many manufacturers and work with pretty much any cloth diaper. Once your LO has solid-ish poo, that is.

Flushable liners are useless with runny newborn poo. First, the liners are too big to fit well in teeny nb diapers. You can cut them to fit, but poo is going to get everywhere in the diaper and the liner is going to make more work, be more gross and involve significantly more poo-touching. EBF poo is water soluble, so without a liner the whole diaper just goes in the wet bag and then into the washing machine on laundry day. If you have a liner you will have to fish it out of the poo-mess to flush it.

giraffe54 · January 2013

Newborn poop, whether formula or breastfed, is so easy. You put it straight in the dryer. Liners are useless because the poo is too runny anyhow.

Skip the Gdiapers and get prefolds and covers. It's honestly easier. Less steps, less leaks, easier to wash. Prefolds are magic for newborns. If you have enough well fitting covers, you don't even need to snappi! Just fold into thirds and stick in the cover. You take the diapers off, put them in the wetbag, then dump the whole bag in the washer. No stuffing, no trips to garbage, nothing. Super duper easy.

I tried using liners just as LO started solids but she went straight to ploppable poos, no nasty in-between stage, so I don't think they are useful at all.

Your husband may be hesitant but as soon as you explain to him that good cds keep poo contained, instead of sposies that let it explode all over everything, he'll be more game.

zeldadoggo121 · January 2013

I use flushable liners with my toddler. I don't feel as bad about it as I would with disposables because I know it won't take forever to degrade. Sometimes with looser stools it just goes right through but it is the only way DH will let me CD. I bought a roll of Bummis Bioliners in November and I still have several. I rinse and reuse liners that are just peed on once, sometimes twice.

numberonemama · January 2013

I use the bummis liners but only use them for DDs redness. For some reason they work for us and they do help with staining. Her poop is still runny so it's super messy to use them at this stage and I'm hoping she grows out of the redness issue.

lageorgiapaperie · January 2013

Flushable liners are great after baby has started solids, they really don't work before that since the poo is so liquidy.

I like both the GroVia and Bummis brands.

tjkdlhb · January 2013

Do you mean liners or inserts?!? They are two different things. Liners would stop the poop from getting on the diaper, but inserts absorb pee.

This is the ONLY time I will ever say this. The Walmart/Target/etc Kushies disposable liners are the best ones I've tried.

jesstellina · January 2013

tjkdlhb:
Do you mean liners or inserts?!? They are two different things. Liners would stop the poop from getting on the diaper, but inserts absorb pee.
This is the ONLY time I will ever say this. The Walmart/Target/etc Kushies disposable liners are the best ones I've tried.

I was gonna say this too - I think we were talking aout 2 different things.

I haven't used any disposable nserts but would consider them for travel.

jenn1981 · January 2013

I'm guessing you're talking about an actual disposable insert, which yes you're right, kind of defeats the purpose of cloth diapering. I use Grovia hybrids, which are basically a shell/cover, and then your choice of a cloth or disposable insert. I use cloth but do have some disposable inserts on hand for vacations and whatnot. If you're thinking about something like this, I definitely recommend this brand. DOn't buy Gdiapers- the reviews are right, they don't work.

https://www.gro-via.com/hybrid-cloth-diapers.html

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