A couple of weeks ago (so now we are all learning that I am not always very punctual with my blog) I put our little man into his pajamas with a cloth diaper on (it was a Haute Pocket). I had every intention of changing him before he went to bed, however, he fell asleep and I forgot. In the morning my husband (who tends to play with him before he goes to work and lets me sleep), came into our room to ask me if I meant to leave him in the cloth. I said, "OH NO!" He told me that 1. it hadn't leaked and 2. it was full but Jakoby was fine with it. Wow!! Way to go least favorite cloth diaper :) So, that particular diaper is moving it's way up my ranking of great cloth diapers.
My current favorites in order:
1. Happy Heinys
2. Bum Genius
3a. Rumparooz (a little big but LOVE the double gusset) tied with....
3b. Haute Pockets (way to go!!)
5. Fuzzi Buns-- may be an unfair ranking due to not really being in use yet...they're still a bit big
6. WAHM made Pocket.... if this one was slightly larger it would be my number 3...however, Jakoby is almost out of it....sadness because it's super cute
7. WAHM made AIO-- By far my least favorite, due to not really liking how long it takes to dry an AIO and the bulky nature
I have 2 weeks and a couple days until I go back to work. Right now I do a load of cloth diapers every 3 to 4 days. It'll be interesting to see how that changes when I am working full time.
Showing posts with label AIO's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AIO's. Show all posts
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
New to Blogging and Cloth Diapers
This blog will outline the many different aspects of utilizing cloth diapers and having a newborn. I have been asked many times about using cloth and I am hoping that this blog will also serve as an outlet for all of those who are confused about cloth, why we're using cloth and what will happen when Grandpa has to change the diaper!
Thus, it starts...we're counting down to baby and have six weeks left! That's only if the baby decides to come on time, rather than early. We're also on the count up for cloth diapers, we have four so far. Yes, that's right four. From what I am told, four will last for a couple of hours when it comes to a newborn and it equals many hours of washing and drying diapers. Obviously, we are planning on adding to our collection, we just haven't quite figured out which brands we like the best and which brands are the best for the baby. So far we have BumGenius 3.0's and Happy Heiney's size small.
There are many aspects of this that I have not quite figured out. My questions include: how do you bleach the stains out of the microfiber layer that is attached to the rest of the diaper? Do you just use liners? (doesn't sound very green) How often do I have to/want to do the laundry? Why is the Boston area lacking a diaper service? What happens when we go on vacation or go camping? How frequently do I want to use disposables? Should we invest in the diaper sprayer for the toilet? How many cloth diapers does one child need?
My husband and I deliberated on several different cloth options, we discussed AIO's (All In Ones) and OS's (One Size). I made it quite clear that I was not interested in the cloth diapers of my youth (prefold) with pins and separate plastic pants. If we were going to do this, it was going to be as easy, cost-effective and clean as possible.
AIO's basically mean that the diaper, liner and plastic are all part of one neat little package. You can buy a variety of sizes, shapes and colors. My only concern with these was determining how many of each size to buy.
OS's grow with the baby. Typically they have snaps that will allow the child to wear the diaper from 8lbs to 30lbs or more. From what I have read it depends on the babies girth! I liked the idea of a one shot, buy a bunch of diapers and be done.
Thus, it starts...we're counting down to baby and have six weeks left! That's only if the baby decides to come on time, rather than early. We're also on the count up for cloth diapers, we have four so far. Yes, that's right four. From what I am told, four will last for a couple of hours when it comes to a newborn and it equals many hours of washing and drying diapers. Obviously, we are planning on adding to our collection, we just haven't quite figured out which brands we like the best and which brands are the best for the baby. So far we have BumGenius 3.0's and Happy Heiney's size small.
There are many aspects of this that I have not quite figured out. My questions include: how do you bleach the stains out of the microfiber layer that is attached to the rest of the diaper? Do you just use liners? (doesn't sound very green) How often do I have to/want to do the laundry? Why is the Boston area lacking a diaper service? What happens when we go on vacation or go camping? How frequently do I want to use disposables? Should we invest in the diaper sprayer for the toilet? How many cloth diapers does one child need?
My husband and I deliberated on several different cloth options, we discussed AIO's (All In Ones) and OS's (One Size). I made it quite clear that I was not interested in the cloth diapers of my youth (prefold) with pins and separate plastic pants. If we were going to do this, it was going to be as easy, cost-effective and clean as possible.
AIO's basically mean that the diaper, liner and plastic are all part of one neat little package. You can buy a variety of sizes, shapes and colors. My only concern with these was determining how many of each size to buy.
OS's grow with the baby. Typically they have snaps that will allow the child to wear the diaper from 8lbs to 30lbs or more. From what I have read it depends on the babies girth! I liked the idea of a one shot, buy a bunch of diapers and be done.
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