Hi all! It may seem early to start making particular plans about how to deal with baby diapering, but we have a lot of baby topics to cover in the next 7ish months and we want to give each topic its space so... DIAPERING!
Those of you who went the disposable path, do you have any favorite brands? Those of you who went the cloth diapering path, do you have any favorite brands, methods, techniques? Tips on diaper washing if using cloth?
What are people's favorite wipes? How do you store wipes, and do you use a wipe-warmer? What do you stock in case of diaper rash?
How do you dispose of dirty diapers: do you have a favorite diaper pail? A service that comes to pick up cloth diapers?
And how about your diapering set-up at home: do you have cute diaper caddies you want to recommend or are you comfortable throwing a towel on any surface? Diapering set-up on the road: what do you stash in your diaper bag specifically for diapering purposes?
Or does all of this give you a headache and you prefer to go back to our roots and let your children run naked in the woods and practice free elimination?
Please share!
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BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
Disposable-
I like hello bello. I love that they come right to my door, I like the fun patterns, I've had great experience as far as blow outs, etc.
Cloth-
Of my three I've use cloth at least part of the time with all of them. DD1 almost exclusively, DD2 and DS at home, but not on the go or traveling. I am a huge fan of all in one diapers, especially bum genius all in one elementals. I find them just as easy to use as disposable other than the washing. You do have to stay on top of the washing. I plan to cloth this babe the majority of the time.
Pails-
For both disposable and cloth I like a basic trash can with a plastic liner for disposable and a washable liner for cloth. It seems counterintuitive, but just leaving them in a regular pail really isn't that stinky. Lid up on cloth and down on disposable. If you breastfeed and if you hold off on solids until 6 months it isn't even real stinky poop. After that I just rinse the poops right then and keep another small pail in the bathroom. With my first I had a real diaper sprayer, but the others I just dunked and didn't worry too much about it.
Washing-
You absolutely positively do have to use a residue free detergent, as much water as your washer will use and a rinse cycle before. I have a lot of diapers so I can stretch the washing a few days.
Wipes-
I like the hello bello wipes + some cloth wipes. I've never used a warmer.
Setup-
I like a specific changing area so the poo is largely contained to one area! I've always just had a pad on a dresser although the specific dresser has changed. I use the top drawer for diapers another for clothes, and the bottom for blankets, etc. DS (and this babe) never had a nursery, just a simple corner in my room.
Creams etc.-
You want to largely avoid creams if you use cloth. The only thing I really use is a calendula olive oil cream that works better than anything else I've ever used.
On the go-
I keep it super simple. A wet bag for dirty diapers. A receiving blanket to lay baby on. A diaper or two and a package of wipes. That's basically it. I carry a large purse or tote and don't really use a traditional diaper bag much.
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
I won't go too deep on this, but if anyone is interested in cloth, feel free to ask questions!
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
On the go- I started using a regular backpack with DS2 with a couple diapers, a wet bag, a wipe wallet and a change of clothes. Eventually knocking that down to diaper stuff just left in the car and bringing one diaper small wet bag and wipes in my tote if we were running errands. I’d only bring the full kit in if we would be somewhere several hours and expected multiple changes.
I don't have a lot of cool advice for FTMs but I use Kirkland brand diapers. I have only had like 2-3 blowouts her whole life, but she has always been very petite which maybe helps and she also has been on thickened liquids which made her poops more like adult poops so less chance of blowing out, I guess. We got some pampers at our baby shower and I think they fit her petite frame the best but I agree with @kmw611 about the scent to them. We also tried Huggies and they didn't fit her very well, but they seemed like they would fit chunkier babies better. Someone gave us some target brand diapers I think the Up& brand or something like that and I hated them, they seemed super rough and stiff and not very absorbant.
Wipes are also Kirkland brand, they're cheaper and seem to work fine. When my daughter was very tiny we used water wipes because that's what the used in the NICU, but they're more expensive and after she got bigger we stopped worrying about her skin sensitivity as much.
For diaper cream we use Desitin Extra Strength because that's what the NICU recommended so we never tried anything else.
Writing this all out makes me realize we didn't try very hard to explore our options. haha.
Eta: we never had backup disposables - once we got into our system we never needed anything else. We did collect some non-preferred diapers or extra prefolds that we could use if something came up and we couldn't wash soon enough.
@kmw611 We love Blueberrys too! We didn't buy a lot because they were a little too expensive and Thirsties worked well for us, but I did love the ones we had. I was sad to see them go out of business too 😭
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
I really like Amazon brand Mama Bear diapers. Nothing beat Huggies at the newborn stage, though. I always try to find the brands that have the scrunch in the back. It helped my kids not blowout as often.
This is sort of diaper related and advice I always try to pass on to new moms. Slather baby's bottom with coconut oil at the end of every diaper change until the meconium is out of their system, the oil being on there makes the poop wipe off so much easier. That stuff will stick like tar! 😆 Someone told me that before my third was born and it was a game changer.
when they went to daycare they did cloth there and all the teachers were able to change them without issues. I would bring a wet bag to their daycare and take home everyday. We do all in one. I started with Alva baby while new and unsure for the expense but there were tons of other brands i loved!
Their cloth diapers worked great as swim diapers as well and i loved all the fun patterns. It’s definitely come such a long way since cloth diapering when our grandparents were doing it. I feel like that’s how most people look to it when they think of it.
when friends saw how easy their changes were they were like ok wow that’s not at all what i had thought, when you told me you were CDing. 🤣
disposables are easy, but expensive and gave one of my twins chemical rash burns. EVERY. Diaper. I used.
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
———
Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
———
BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
rule of thumb was like 10-12 diapers per day as a new born and so i wanted to have a good stash to avoid having to wash so frequently so i didn’t get burnt out.
some people are against using these bc what’s the point in doing cloth, but i don’t feel either way. I never used them, but i could see how they’d be helpful if traveling and not having something available to wash properly, if you didn’t get disposables for the trip.
Before i started i watched a ton of YouTube videos and there’s a lot of super creative people that made their spaces, tiny and huge, work and be a perfect CDing environment! 😊
@hedgepig i received such negative comments when i told people i was cloth diapering. 🙄 i registered for some on my baby registry as well to help some of the initial costs and did get quite a bit, along with comments like — i would never do that but i mean if you want to try it…
or i think you’re gonna give up really quickly. Etc.
then again, once they saw the cute patterns and how all you had to do was snap it on, they changed their song pretty quickly. And were so shocked with how far cloth diapering has come.
it was a fun “job” for me, while home. I really enjoyed it.
For wipes I have a little spray bottle with water, witch hazel, a but of soap, a bit of oil a day a few drops of lavender essential oil. I'd spray the wipe or the butt, and found it worked great. I used to keep disposable wipes around too, but never used them.
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
———
Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
———
BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20