CD mamas!

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So, I know there are some fellow cloth diapering mamas out there. I'd like to hear from you, if you'll play?

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time?

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites?

What do you do/plan to do when travelling?

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows?

[osumegs]

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time? Full time. She goes into sposies for weight checks only

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites? I have freetimes, some rumparooz, sbish obf, lalabye, applecheeks. Applecheeks are by far my favorite, followed by rar. We use sbish with a thirsties duo cover at bedtime (will do wool when she's out of merlin suit).I hate freetimes. I do like lalabye but I think they're making her rashy.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling? Short trips to family we will cd. Long trips probably use sposies if it will be hard to do.

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows? Everyone loves. My mom is scares to put one on her though

[michelle142]

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time?
Part-time, sort of. Daycare won't do cloth (which is stupid IMO), so she wears disposables Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Cloth the rest of the time.

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites?
We have mostly pockets, some AIO's. Favorite brand for fit is Tots Bots - I especially love the V2's with the thick PUL. We also like BG 4.0's and have a few Kawaii and SunBaby pockets.
I really dislike Fuzzi Buns. They're so awkward fitting.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling?
Depends how long we're traveling and what we're doing. If it's 3 days or less, I pack up the diapers and wet bags and continue cloth as usual. If more than 3 days, we use disposable.

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows?
They're indifferent about it. My Mom babysits on Mondays and Fridays and has no issues with cloth.

[kartish]

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time?
We CD mostly fulltime. Laundry usually hass one or more disposables because our susah is still small

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites?
we use flats and prefolds with covers and some AIOs. I have flip, imagine, econobum and blueberry covers; tots bots, blueberry and Thirsties.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling? It would depend on the laundry facilities, I think. I don't think it would be bad to bring both along either.

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows?
Well, the ILs don't usually put hon bank in a CD, but I am hoping to change there minds. DH wasn't too thrilled with the idea, but I think he is coming around.

[allonsy221b]

I used to CD with my daughter and I'm thinking of going back to save money, I still have her whole stash and some GN ones I could put B in.

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time? Right now none but used to do FT

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites? I use pockets but heard prefolds are actually super easy so I might try that

What do you do/plan to do when travelling? I used sposies because there was never a washer available

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows? DH HATED it which is the main reason I stopped, he would buy sposies and it made the money saving aspect moot. I converted a few friends though.

[mamabutt2]

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time?
--Part time. I put him in sposies at night because I have yet to discover a way to keep him from leaking everywhere after one pee.

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites?
--I have prefolds, flip covers, pockets and one AIO. But the AIO is too tight now and cuts into his legs.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling?
--Sposies. Dh isn't fond of a bag of dirty diapers chilling in the car lol

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows?
--MIL thought I was crazy. My mom was scared I'd stab DS with safety pins. DH said it was nasty.
So I had a fight on my hands in the beginning, but they've all come around after seeing how easy it is.

[angeldcf]

Jun 18, 2015 4:06:03 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time?  FT for us (home, going out, etc).  Mom watches kiddos & she refuses to CD.

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites?  Right now, prefolds + thirsties cover + snappies.  Once DD is chunkier, entire drawer of BG waiting for her.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling?  Depends.  Went to BFE Texas for DH family thing & did sposies.  Past trips have been CD.

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows?   MIL loves/supports it.  My dad likes it.  My mom refuses.  Friends watched us/cost savings & now CD. 

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allonsy221b How come your DH hates it so much?

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Forgot to answer my own questions.

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time? We do full time. I always bring a sposie or two in the diaper bag in case of emergencies, but so far I've never had to use them. I think they may be too small now.

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites?
I use mainly pockets, but I also have some flats, some AIOs and some BG flips with inserts. DH isn't a fan of the flats because he always forgets how to fold the properly. I like the flip insert, but I think they would be useless for regular NB poop. Luckily, my kid only goes once every 7-10 days.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling?
So far we have managed to CD every time. The one longer trip we've taken was to my parents, and they have a washer so that was no problem.
We are going to Italy this summer and plan to CD, but we'll see how it goes.

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows?
Both MIL and my mom were a little sceptical, but they came around. My sister thinks it's gross to throw poop in the washer, but she has no kids of her own so she doesn't know what it's like. Some friends have been interested but so far none are converted.

[allonsy221b]

He thinks it's gross to put the diapers in the washer and refuses to deal with solid poop correctly.

[chickenhawke]

How much do you CD? Full time EXCEPT when we travel.

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites? Bum Genius Freetime and one overnight that I ordered on Etsy.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling? We use Honest Co when we travel. My husband got a 40% off code and I ordered some in every size, so far we haven't had to buy any extra!

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows? Most people are shocked that we are doing it until we explain or show them how easy it is now. They always ask about the poop! My parents and the in-laws are totally on board now. It helps that we are using AIOs because they are user-friendly. They are building tiny stashes (5 Freetimes) so we don't have to use disposables when we visit them.

[hollydfromtn]

Ok after reading about all of you ladies rocking it out with CDs I think we're gonna give it a try. We go through soooo many disposables it's ridiculous. How many diapers do you have and how often do you wash them? I SAH for now so I could wash more frequently and have a smaller stash but I may be going back to work soon so I need to get an idea of how many to get.

[osumegs]

Jun 19, 2015 18:32:55 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Ok after reading about all of you ladies rocking it out with CDs I think we're gonna give it a try. We go through soooo many disposables it's ridiculous. How many diapers do you have and how often do you wash them? I SAH for now so I could wash more frequently and have a smaller stash but I may be going back to work soon so I need to get an idea of how many to get.

The answer as to how many I have is way too many. If you did every other day washing, 24 wouldn't be an unreasonable number. Some people even say up to 36 to give you a cushion, but that's probably unnecessary. I have 3 overnight dipes because the ones I use are awesome, but expensive. I use sloomb obf with a thirsties size 1 duo cover. The other ladies may have suggestions for overnight solutions as well.

Facebook group that is good: fluff love & cd science. They also have a website that explains a lot of cloth diapering things. Fluffloveuniversity.Com

Nickis Diapers is a place I order a lot of mine. They have a 15 day wash and return program. I've never used it, but it may be good if just trying to see if you like. www.nickisdiapers.com/15-day-wash.html

Also try to find a local cloth diapering group on fb. You can score used diapers at a discount there.

[hollydfromtn]

Jun 19, 2015 19:18:35 GMT -5 osumegs said:

Jun 19, 2015 18:32:55 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Ok after reading about all of you ladies rocking it out with CDs I think we're gonna give it a try. We go through soooo many disposables it's ridiculous. How many diapers do you have and how often do you wash them? I SAH for now so I could wash more frequently and have a smaller stash but I may be going back to work soon so I need to get an idea of how many to get.

The answer as to how many I have is way too many. If you did every other day washing, 24 wouldn't be an unreasonable number. Some people even say up to 36 to give you a cushion, but that's probably unnecessary. I have 3 overnight dipes because the ones I use are awesome, but expensive. I use sloomb obf with a thirsties size 1 duo cover. The other ladies may have suggestions for overnight solutions as well.

Facebook group that is good: fluff love & cd science. They also have a website that explains a lot of cloth diapering things. Fluffloveuniversity.Com

Nickis Diapers is a place I order a lot of mine. They have a 15 day wash and return program. I've never used it, but it may be good if just trying to see if you like. www.nickisdiapers.com/15-day-wash.html

Also try to find a local cloth diapering group on fb. You can score used diapers at a discount there.

Thanks. I will definitely look into nickisdiapers and a local group.

[crispywheats]

I live in the Bay Area and totally read this title as "cross-dressing mamas."

[chickenhawke]

Jun 19, 2015 23:38:19 GMT -5 crispywheats said:

I live in the Bay Area and totally read this title as "cross-dressing mamas."

Ha! Cross dressing Moms are welcome here!

[michelle142]

Jun 19, 2015 18:32:55 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Ok after reading about all of you ladies rocking it out with CDs I think we're gonna give it a try. We go through soooo many disposables it's ridiculous. How many diapers do you have and how often do you wash them? I SAH for now so I could wash more frequently and have a smaller stash but I may be going back to work soon so I need to get an idea of how many to get.

We have 28 diapers and I was every 3 days.

[kartish]

Jun 19, 2015 18:32:55 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Ok after reading about all of you ladies rocking it out with CDs I think we're gonna give it a try. We go through soooo many disposables it's ridiculous. How many diapers do you have and how often do you wash them? I SAH for now so I could wash more frequently and have a smaller stash but I may be going back to work soon so I need to get an idea of how many to get.

I have a smallish stash, around 30 changes and I wash every three days, but sometimes end up having to use disposables if I am not very quick on the laundry. So far though we are still using the disposables that were gifted to us and have not needed to buy any, which is so nice.

The not just cloth diapering board on here has a ton of good info and the ladies have always been super helpful to me.

[pitdigger]

How much do you CD? Full-time? Part time?

We really only do disposables ar night for the convenience there. While he'll usually sleep through with cloth, sometimes he won't and DH and I like our sleep.

What style(s) are you using? Any favorites/least favorites? Mostly prefolds and covers. I have a couple pockets and AIOs, but we really like the prefolds (and I can buy any cover I want). We mostly use Bummis with both diaper and cover, but I have some covers in other brands for the patterns.

What do you do/plan to do when travelling?So far we've maintained our usual routine. For our Rome trip we'll probably do the flights in dispoables and then switch back since we'll be staying somewhere with a washer.

How has your families and friends reacted to CDing? Any negativity or just all happy smiling rainbows?
They've all reacted just fine for the most part.

[kartish]

Jun 20, 2015 7:02:05 GMT -5 chickenhawke said:

Jun 19, 2015 23:38:19 GMT -5 crispywheats said:

I live in the Bay Area and totally read this title as "cross-dressing mamas."

Ha! Cross dressing Moms are welcome here!

I do steal DH's hoodies sometimes.. and his pajama bottoms... and sometimes his shorts

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Jun 19, 2015 18:32:55 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Ok after reading about all of you ladies rocking it out with CDs I think we're gonna give it a try. We go through soooo many disposables it's ridiculous. How many diapers do you have and how often do you wash them? I SAH for now so I could wash more frequently and have a smaller stash but I may be going back to work soon so I need to get an idea of how many to get.

We have around 35 I think. We had 22 and I was doing EOD washes, so we bought some more in order to be able to stretch it out. We've managed to go almost 4 days on that stash without washing (not recommended because the diapers get gross, but handy in an emergency).
For night I just double stuff my pockets or AIOs and that gets us through about 10 hours. I have a stash of extra inserts.