Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Back to cloth diapers!


A couple months ago we decided to go back to cloth diapering almost full-time. We cloth diapered Avery about 5 months in Los Angeles, but then stopped because we didn't have our own washer/dryer and paying to do diaper laundry was no fun! When we moved to Charlotte, Avery's eczema flared up a lot worse than in LA, and we never went back to it, because she really tried to scratch a lot during diaper changes. So, disposables were the fastest way to do the diaper change.
Well, partially a way to save money, and partially to see if cloth would be better for her skin we dove back into the cloth diapering world. There are so many awesome cloth diapers out there now! Above and below are pictures of my attempts at pinning a bamboo velour prefold on Avery. This material is soooooo soft, and more absorbant than cotton! But I have to admit, that pinning isn't the easiest way to cloth diaper for me, even though prefolds are a very trim fit!
Fitted cloth diapers velcro or snap together just like a disposable fits and then you put a cover on top of it and off you go! I love fitted diapers because you can still find very soft, gentle and natural fabrics. These diapers are the nicest to our daughter's eczema. My favorite brands are Goodmamas, Baby Beehinds, Dream-eze, and Muttaqin Baby. All-in-one diapers and pocket diapers have the cover already sewn onto the diaper so it acts just like a disposable with no additional cover. Just snap on or velcro on and go! These diapers are definately the fastest and easiest! My favorites of these are Knickernappies and Dream-eze. Dream-eze all-in-one diaper is by far the trimmest cloth diaper I have found and it doesn't give my daughter a big butt!


Here is Avery in a Googie Baby bamboo velour prefold, it's pinned in the back. (the only way i can pin it and it stays on her without sliding down!)
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