A question for cloth diapering Redditors...

newdadd · 6 months

I'm using the prefolds from http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/ with a generic diaper cover and they work great. Right now I've been cleaning them with homemade detergent and washing them off first in the toilet.

clothespin · 6 months

We have been using Grovia for over 2 years, and we love them! I am honestly not a huge fan of pocket diapers. With grovias you have a shell and an insert with waterproof backing, so pee doesn't get onto the shell itself. You can also put a prefold/flat instead of the inserts when you run out.

I have 4 Grovia all-in-ones, I like them too. A great thing about them is that they dry quite quickly.

When looking for diapers, make sure you don't get the ones with lots of layers stitched together - those will take at least 1.5 hrs to dry in the dryer. For example, with Grovia all-in-one you have the waterproof outside layer with a few layers of cotton stitched to it, then an extra insert-shaped pad stitched to the back of the diaper only (so it kind of flaps around). You can also snap in an additional insert, same thickness as the previous. So instead of making a thick super absorbent diaper that would take ages to dry, they separated those layers and still ended up with a super absorbent diaper that doesn't take forever to dry.

quicklookleft · 6 months

I used the old school ones that were like a rubix cube to fold. I kept a bucket in the bathroom with water and a little bleach. No one my age did cloth and I didn't know where to start. But upon reading this I suddenly feel old.....

annjellicle · 6 months

Green Mountain prefolds with Thirsties covers. (I also have and use a set of Bummis prefolds/covers).

For all the info you could ever need, check out the greenmountaindiapers.com website.

jonincalgary · 6 months

We are using a diaper service and we quite like it. Using grovia shells at the moment for the water proof liners.

I know they are local to my region, but if you find one similar to where you live, they seem to be worthy and you don't have to manage your own shells, liners and washing.

Happy Nappy

yllwbrd · 6 months

One really helpful blog I found when I started researching cding was Baby Rabies. Go to the "Greenish" section to get to her info on cloth diapering. It's nice to get info from a mom who has been there. She even had a vlog discussing all the types of diapers. It seems that the general consensus is that bumgenius fit really well on wider babies, and Fuzzibuns are really good for skinnier babies, though both fit well and are of good quality. Another option is prefolds secured with a snappi and used with a waterproof cover. One option that might be good for you is a newborn rental package because you won't use them for long, and they'll fit a tiny baby better.

For cleaning, a lot of families install a sprayer next to the toilet to help get off the poop, but Jill goes into this on the Baby Rabies blog too.

Oh, I'm in no way affiliated with her, just got a lot of good advice from her experiences.

sprgtime · 6 months

Pocket diapers were my least favorite - I wasn't a fan of having to unstuff to put them in the diaper pail and then restuff again once I did laundry. Plus I always had to double up on the inserts as well.

My favorite was prefolds trifolded into a velcro cover. They didn't have brands like Grovia out when I bought my stash, though, and those look good to me, too.

When my son was younger and pooping a lot, I used a snappi to secure the prefold. However, certainly before he was 15 months old, I just trifolded the prefold and set it in the cover and velcro'd it right on him - it was super fast. Or you can get a cover with snaps instead of velcro, I preferred velcro for speedy changes - I'd even change him standing up.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thekirks/3830829620/in/photostream/ Something like this looks nice, too http://www.booroi.com.au/how_to_use

As for washing: Dump poop into toilet, diaper into pail. Once pail is full - dump into washing machine. Run rinse cycle, then hot wash with a very small amount of diaper-friendly soap. Then hang to dry or put in dryer.

lillypie82 · 6 months

I didn't like pocket diapers or all in ones as much as I thought I would... I hated the fit of the bumgenius for some reason. I did kind of like the Thirsties Duo pocket diaper, but I got tired of stuffing the pocket (and then my daughter grew out of it, and I never felt like buying more)

we did prefolds with covers and they are awesome (cheap too).

tah4349 · 6 months

Prior to the kiddo being born, I was all into using pocket diapers. I got a selection of Happy Heinies, Bum Genius, and Fuzzibunz to try out. 20 months on and we're a prefolds and thirsties cover family. I thought the prefolds seemed too hard, but once you get the hang of them, they're super easy. Plus WAY cheaper than a full stock of pocket diapers.

We do a soak then a wash in cold water in our machine with Charlie's Soap. We use the little paper inserts to catch the poop, so we don't usually have to pre-rinse. The inserts are handy. If they only get peed on, pop them in the laundry with the rest of the diaper and use them again, no problem. I usually only put them in when I'm anticipating a poop, but that's a lot easier now that she's older. When she was little, they went in every diaper.

I would suggest whatever you get, get snaps, not velcro. Once my daughter figured out how to undo the velcro, we couldn't keep the diapers on her. She's figured out how to do snaps, too, but they take a little more work.

gruntlings · 6 months

With pockets and a 15mo you either need to change every 2 hours or double stuff (triple for nighttime). I single stuff with Kawaii and Alva diapers and change frequently (I dislike stewing my kid in pee)

Prefolds and covrers are also a nice option and slightly easier to care for in some ways, but you'll need to change them every 2-3 hours as well depending on the type & absorbency of the prefolds.

It's worth it in reduced expense & better for baby.

august_first · 6 months

FLIPS! I love them, my husband loves them, and even my mom and MIL can use them with ease. They are super absorbant, simple to use, and the stay-dry inserts (as opposed to the organic cotton, which are also great) keep my son's bum dry.

We use sbish organic bamboo fitteds with an extra insert and a fleece liner at night. We also use bububebe fitteds, but the sbish are much mire absorbant. The bububebe dipes are mostly for the cute factor, haha.

I have had zero issues since we started cloth (at about 2 months).

I'm kind of obsessed, and I've tried many different diapers, so feel free to PM me with questions. :)

Edit: to wash, I do a cold rinse, hot wash with two tbsp of Tide ORIGINAL powder (now discontinued!), then another cold rinse. I line-dry my covers and throw my fitteds and inserts into the drier. Charlie's Soap also works great.

ADVentive · 6 months

I thought I was going to like pockets, but after using them I got sick of stuffing them pretty quickly. I switched to all-in-ones (AIOs). But the standard AIOs take forEVER to dry. I ended up going to "quick-dry AIOs" which are great. The soaker is only attached at one end, so they flip up in the dryer. The ones I use are called SposoEasy. I also have some Muttaqin Baby just for fun, but they are more expensive and a little more "fancy" and cute.

I wash 2-3x per week. I have a diaper sprayer for poop, and then everything goes in the dry pail until wash time. I actually have a pail upstairs, a pail downstairs, and a bag for daycare. I dump them all in the washer on wash day by just inverting the bag into the washer. I use Country Save detergent, which is diaper-safe and not crazy expensive. I have an HE front-loader. I press pre-rinse, hot/cold, extra water, extra rinse - which is about a 100 minute cycle. I dry them in the dryer for 1 hour on med-high.

I'm happy to answer any other questions that I missed.

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