Comments on: Cloth Diapering: Getting Started

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:28:51 +0000

I use Bumkins for my baby. They are so easy that it just isn’t a big deal. It’s better for her as well.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:14:51 +0000

Good job switching to cloth and jumping in with both feet, using prefolds with covers. I wish I had bought prefolds and covers the first time around. I now have a mix of prefolds and bumgenius in my stash. Good luck, happy laundering!

By: Kristie

Kristie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:09:42 +0000

ML-

Thanks so much for the tips! It looks like the cloth diapers have convinced my middle daughter that the potty is a good thing. That’s a HUGE bonus, because I was beginning to think I was going to send her to college in diapers.

Acai-

I almost decided it was too late to bother. But then I looked around, and realized that the prefolds and covers I wanted were about the same price as 4 months of store brand disposables for the two kids. I know #3 will be in diapers for at least twice that long, and then IF we have another baby… It just finally seemed to make sense!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Kristie

By: Acai Berry Diet

Acai Berry Diet — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:19:38 +0000

Very good information. I have thought about using cloth diapering on my oldest but never did I’m pretty sure I’ll do it for my 2nd after reading this.

By: ML

ML — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:43:14 +0000

I am a cloth diapering mommy and have done so with both my kids. I LOVE me some cloth diaper bottom! Oh that big little tushie is so fun to pat pat pat. I was not as brave as you I did fitted diapers with covers in the newborn stage and then went to pockets and all in ones. I am a huge fan of Thirsties diaper covers and fitteds. For pockets and all in ones I love Fuzzi Bunz pockets and both the pockets and all in ones from Bum Genius. The best advice for a diaper pail that I would leave you with is to just get a ordinary trash can (tall kitchen with cover..you can find these at target for pretty cheap.) then invest (small investment) in the wet bag from wahmies (www.wildflowerdiapers.com) I have been so happy with the diaper pail method I just spelled out and it works well with laundry and doesnt draw attention to itself in baby’s room. Also here are some of my favorite diaper websites. http://www.wildflowerdiapers.com and http://www.abbyslane.com
My oldest…two and a half is now potty trained and I used happy heiny pocket trainers for initial night time training then went to blueberry (love these) all in one trainers and for day time I used imse vimse organic cotton (which now I use at night) also for day time I used the tradition gerber trainers (target). Cloth diaper babies often train sooner. Just thought I would share some cloth tidbits with you. Happy diapering. ML

By: Kristie

Kristie — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:12:11 +0000

I totally agree that the extra laundry is a pain. Especially until the rest of my covers get here. It’s nice not to worry about buying disposables though!

Thanks for your comments.

By: Golf Irons

Golf Irons — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:11:53 +0000

The extra laundry is a pain but the money saved is worth it.

By: Kira

Kira — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:38:03 +0000

I’m cloth diapering for the second time with baby #2. I have to be honest, I’m sick of the extra laundry but it’s so much less expensive than sposies. That’s my main motivation. I use fleece covers with prefolds. I want a diaper service but if I’m going to pay for that, I lose the $$ advantage of not using disposables, kwim. This summer, I will have 2 in diapers unless my 15-month-old suddenly starts using her potty again. We did elimination communication and she was using her potty consistently until she started walking. Now she has no interest in sitting on the potty! Ugh! What to do? What to do?