Cloth Diaper Check-In! 8/17

[gahorseygal]

Hey ladies! How are your babes in cloth doing??

Any working mommas doing cloth at daycare?

What's your favorite brand of diaper?

Do you prefer prints or solids?

[gahorseygal]

2 in cloth at daycare is a bit crazy! I thought we had plenty of diapers but it always seems we are searching for them every night when we pack their wetbags! We have a hard time keeping up with how many they have left clean at DC each day. I need to figure out a better system for that.

I've figured out that all laundry has to be done on the weekends so the washer/dryer are free for cloth during the week. I wash every night. Thankfully DD is potty training herself so we are on the road to being done with diapers for her. Then I'll go back to my every other day washing schedule.

I think right now my favorite is Smart Bottoms! A close second is Thirsties - the natural AIO is awesome but it takes a bit longer to dry.

I go back and forth on loving solids and prints. Right now it's prints!

[twocents6708]

How are your babes in cloth doing?? We took a break from cloth when DD had her surgery and for the first few partial weeks at work to give me a break. We are back at it now.

Any working mommas doing cloth at daycare? We just sent him in cloth this week and so far, so good. Keeping up with laundry is going to be the hard part and I agree that I will probably do most of my other laundry on weekends.

What's your favorite brand of diaper? I love the fit of Kawaii Pure and Naturals and they are easy daycare diapers. I am exploring some other brands. I did get the new natural Thirsties. It is a bit bulkier on DS than I would like right now but it does a good job as far as absorbency.

Do you prefer prints or solids?[/quote] it depends but I lean more towards solids for a boy. I liked more prints with DD when she was in diapers.

[tincupchalice]

We were out of cloth for 10 days or so to deal with yeast, but back in now.

I'm loving kawaiis right now. Mostly for the price! It's getting close to time to pack up the P&Ns though. My RaRs are a little harder this time with a chunky baby, they are excellent for skinny ones like DS1 though! BumGenius is great all around.

I love my prints!

[starfishy]

We are doing well!
I haven't headed back to work yet. Daycare is merging with another daycare into a newly renovated building (with new director) so I have yet to ask if they'll do cloth.
We only have Bumgenius (pockets)but I really like them.

I have so many solids and BGs only has solids really. I'd like a few more fun colors.

[bexincanada]

We are just starting to use a cloth diaper service. It's reasonably priced and will save on laundry. I'll uupdate with how it goes. We're away this weekend so will likely bring the disposables to use them up. I'm waiting for wet bags to arrive from amazon. The service does pick up and drop off twice a week which is good... their diapet pail looks like it won't hold the smell very well thoigh so we'll have to come up with a system.

[mrssqueegy]

I finally broke out the OS diapers today. We'll see how they go. His prefolds are getting too small and his P&Ns are leaking at the leg all the time. So I'll try my bum genius ones. His legs are so skinny so it's a problem.

[nerdykitten]

Aug 19, 2016 16:12:47 GMT -5 mrssqueegy said:

I finally broke out the OS diapers today. We'll see how they go. His prefolds are getting too small and his P&Ns are leaking at the leg all the time. So I'll try my bum genius ones. His legs are so skinny so it's a problem.

This is happening with Laurel too! I feel like her skinny legs will be an issue with the 4.0s so I might look into purchasing something else to try.

[mrssqueegy]

Aug 19, 2016 16:28:42 GMT -5 nerdykitten said:

Aug 19, 2016 16:12:47 GMT -5 mrssqueegy said:

I finally broke out the OS diapers today. We'll see how they go. His prefolds are getting too small and his P&Ns are leaking at the leg all the time. So I'll try my bum genius ones. His legs are so skinny so it's a problem.

This is happening with Laurel too! I feel like her skinny legs will be an issue with the 4.0s so I might look into purchasing something else to try.

I can get a good tight leg in the 4.0s too so I'm hoping the better quality diaper might be less leaky?  I don't have as much gapping in the leg in the P&Ns as I did when he was first born but they are still leaking.

[ellesea]

nerdykitten & mrssqueegy my best bottoms worked really well on my skinny thighed ds1. They have a double leg gusset so nothing gets out through the legs. I hope ds2 doesn't get too chunky for them.

We took a break to go on vacation but we're back at it today. I missed it. I hate the amount of garbage with disposables.

Still loving my best bottoms. So much so I haven't tried anything else.

I like both prints and solids, solids are a bit easier to coordinate with if lo is just wearing a top.

[starfishy]

Those using BG I read a lot on fit, so make sure it's on like underwear. That was my mistake and I was getting some leaks. Much better now.
Also, I totally got that new BG Mozart diaper that came out. It's my new fav and it isn't even here yet.

[tincupchalice]

I just ordered it too! I just got a cover, but I use covers whenever we travel. And it can be a swim dipe too.

[helloerrbody]

It's going great! Right now we are just using BG pockets and AIOs. I like the pockets better because the AIOs' lining sometimes bunches up weird while he's wearing them.

We also have a lot of pocket CBs and FBs but I haven't used them yet since they don't snap down as small as the BGs.

I do laundry twice a week. We mainly have solids but do have some patterns. I like both!

[mrssqueegy]

Aug 21, 2016 13:46:14 GMT -5 starfishy said:

Those using BG I read a lot on fit, so make sure it's on like underwear. That was my mistake and I was getting some leaks. Much better now.
Also, I totally got that new BG Mozart diaper that came out. It's my new fav and it isn't even here yet.

What do you mean by "on like underwear"?

[twocents6708]

I was eyeballing Mozart too.

[PAruby525]

I want Mozart!!! but considering we are about a grand short on paychecks this month, not gonna happen 😭

we mostly use freetimes, that's going well. Her overnight dipes STINK motn, but I am guessing its because they get so wet?? They wash up clean and none of the others stink...

mrssqueegy "like underwear" meaning in the crease of the leg. We have to fold it in there to accomplish this... Hopefully that makes sense. If not I can try to post the youtube link when it isnt 230am!!

[gahorseygal]

Aug 22, 2016 3:41:28 GMT -5 PAruby525 said:

I want Mozart!!! but considering we are about a grand short on paychecks this month, not gonna happen 😭

we mostly use freetimes, that's going well. Her overnight dipes STINK motn, but I am guessing its because they get so wet?? They wash up clean and none of the others stink...

mrssqueegy "like underwear" meaning in the crease of the leg. We have to fold it in there to accomplish this... Hopefully that makes sense. If not I can try to post the youtube link when it isnt 230am!!

I hate the smell of MOTN! And it just gets worse with toddler pee. I will throw them in the wash first thing in the morning and do a rinse and spin just to help make sure the smell gets out. With DD after a few months a normal wash was not getting rid of the smell so I'm making sure to start early this time. 

[gahorseygal]

I really want Mozart!! I'm a big piano player. But money is so tight here right now. Hopefully it will be around for a bit.

[PAruby525]

Aug 22, 2016 8:30:55 GMT -5 gahorseygal said:

Aug 22, 2016 3:41:28 GMT -5 PAruby525 said:

I want Mozart!!! but considering we are about a grand short on paychecks this month, not gonna happen 😭

we mostly use freetimes, that's going well. Her overnight dipes STINK motn, but I am guessing its because they get so wet?? They wash up clean and none of the others stink...

mrssqueegy "like underwear" meaning in the crease of the leg. We have to fold it in there to accomplish this... Hopefully that makes sense. If not I can try to post the youtube link when it isnt 230am!!

I hate the smell of MOTN! And it just gets worse with toddler pee. I will throw them in the wash first thing in the morning and do a rinse and spin just to help make sure the smell gets out. With DD after a few months a normal wash was not getting rid of the smell so I'm making sure to start early this time. 

I am glad to hear this is a normal thing!

[starfishy]

On like underwear- I was putting it on and gussets (is that the right word) were sitting somewhere on her thighs. Then I found out it should be in the leg crease. I saw this picture to help-

[mrssqueegy]

Bumping this up to ask what you are using to stuff your pockets currently. I'm still having leaks. I think I need to switch to my more absorbent inserts (cotton prefolds) like I Did with ds1 but it was much later than at 3 months.

[ellesea]

Aug 29, 2016 18:38:19 GMT -5 mrssqueegy said:

Bumping this up to ask what you are using to stuff your pockets currently. I'm still having leaks. I think I need to switch to my more absorbent inserts (cotton prefolds) like I Did with ds1 but it was much later than at 3 months.

I'm using bamboo inserts. Love them. They are so soft, which is nbd with pockets but I'm using them against lo's skin. Hemp is really absorbent and pretty trim.

[mrssqueegy]

Aug 29, 2016 19:11:28 GMT -5 ellesea said:

Aug 29, 2016 18:38:19 GMT -5 mrssqueegy said:

Bumping this up to ask what you are using to stuff your pockets currently. I'm still having leaks. I think I need to switch to my more absorbent inserts (cotton prefolds) like I Did with ds1 but it was much later than at 3 months.

I'm using bamboo inserts. Love them. They are so soft, which is nbd with pockets but I'm using them against lo's skin. Hemp is really absorbent and pretty trim.

What kind of inserts?  Where did you buy them?

[ellesea]

They're the best bottoms bamboo inserts. I bought them locally but any retailer that sells best bottoms should have them!