Monday, November 8, 2010

Cloth Diapering

We have done it-we switched 100% to cloth diapers!!!!
The question that comes to mind is most likely why- we are on kiddo # 2 and he is 16 months old, so why now???
Well, the answer really has nothing to do with being more green, saving money or reducing trash, but rather with the convenience of cloth diapering. Huh-convenient?? Yes, I find cloth diapering very convenient, along with the fact that I do feel good about putting something less harsh agains my little ones tush.
We have been using cloth for about 3 weeks now; 2 of those were more part time while we were using up disposables that we could not return, as well as while we were building our stash of fluff.
I gathered our fluff (cloth diapers and supplies) from various sources-Simple Cloth-a local shop here in town, Kelly's Closet.com -a wonderful online retailer of all things cloth and Ebay.
I even bought a diaper sprayer for easy clean up. I wash my diapers every night most of the time, but have enough to wash every other night, and I do not find it to be a hassle at all.
I felt the satisfaction of our decision this past weekend while passing up a $6 off coupon for diapers, realizing I never have to buy diapers again or pay attention to "how many are left, is it time to buy more?"  :)  We will never run the risk of running out again.

So here are the diapers we are currently using with a couple of comments on which we like for what and how they perform:
Flip Hybrid diaper system-we have two of the outer shells, 6 stay dry inserts and we just recently bought some disposable inserts to try out. This system works great for being out and about as it is less bulky than some of the other types. The inserts hold a lot without feeling wet and this diaper adjusts as baby grows.
FuzziBunz perfect size- this is a pocket diaper and we started with a medium sized one, loved it so much and bought a whole bunch more. This diaper has a fleece liner sewn onto the shell with a pocket for the insert. We love using this diaper at night with an additional hemp insert- so that our pee-master stays dry until morning :)
SunBaby- I bought this one diaper on Ebay for about $4-cheap I know. This is a one-size diaper with snaps, though it does run a bit small. The cover is not bad, yet the insert that came with it feels a bit flimsy compared to the FuzziBunz or Flip inserts. We typically only use this diaper at home during the day. Not horrible, but not a diaper I will buy more of.
We just received a bumGenius 4.0 and Kawaii pocket diaper to try- these two have hook-loop closures, which I wanted to try as all others have snaps. We have not tried them yet, but will as soon as they are washed and prepped. I do like how the bumGenius insert has snaps to adjust it for the different sizes.

So far all diapers have fit Ethan great and we have not had a single leaking issue other than due to user error :)  Ethan loves the diapers and they are super cute on top of it all. Zander loves picking out the color for the next diaper.
We are glad we made the switch and do wonder why we did not give this a try sooner.
I will put together a You Tube video to show some of the diapers in more detail-so watch out for that :)

1 comment:

Jill said...

Hi CLaudia! Thanks for sharing your blog onFB. Great to see. Will check out now and then. My oldest is going with cloth also. They will use different ones also, Kissaluvs incl. Their son is due Dec 20!
Maybe I'll see you next time I'm in Oly!