It's Friday! Flaunt that fluff!

[dogmama22]

If you have pictures of LO in their fluff, let's see it!

Also GTKY just for fun:
If you had an unlimited budget what brand/ style diaper would you want as the bulk of your stash?

[dogmama22]

Z tried on his first OS diaper yesterday and it fit! He is 8lbs 11oz and I was told they fit better around 10 pounds, but we gave it a try and it worked. I'm super excited because those are an easier system and super soft.
Here's Z in his Lil' Helpers

These would probably be the bulk of my stash, but I'm really liking the BG AIOs more than I thought too.

[missjenniebean]

So cute dogmama22,!

I am not really sure...I am like Grovia right now though!

[dogmama22]

Jul 3, 2015 19:42:32 GMT -5 missjenniebean said:

So cute dogmama22,!

I am not really sure...I am like Grovia right now though!

That's interesting because I do not like the two GroVia that we have now. They almost always wick onto his clothes around the ruffles. If he's naked, I like the fit and they're really cute, but the wicking is annoying. Any tips?

[Girlymama79]

I tried DB in a newborn happy Henley today but it covered her belly button and her umbilical cord hasn't fallen off yet...back into disposables.

[paintdadanta]

We haven't switched to our cloth stash yet as we just got out of the hospital but I'm really hoping Blueberry works well because I love the design of their Simplexes so they'd probably be my number one pick though Ella Bella Bum patterns are so cool.

[dogmama22]

paintdadanta I haven't tried Blueberry, but I like that they're made in the USA from start to finish. EBBs are super cute, but I haven't invested in one yet.

[paintdadanta]

Jul 4, 2015 16:25:10 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

paintdadanta I haven't tried Blueberry, but I like that they're made in the USA from start to finish. EBBs are super cute, but I haven't invested in one yet.

All my AIO stash is Blueberry that I got used or in seconds sales minus the fox Blueberry and Me print I couldn't resist. Have you looked at EBB group on fb they give some away as a pay it forward (PIF) every so often. Haven't got any yet but I keep looking

[missjenniebean]

Jul 4, 2015 14:01:15 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

Jul 3, 2015 19:42:32 GMT -5 missjenniebean said:

So cute dogmama22,!

I am not really sure...I am like Grovia right now though!

That's interesting because I do not like the two GroVia that we have now. They almost always wick onto his clothes around the ruffles. If he's naked, I like the fit and they're really cute, but the wicking is annoying. Any tips?

What do you mean by wicking? (SQS I know)

[missjenniebean]

Nvm I searched google.

I've never had that problem but when I look at pics with her in it , it is slimmer on her than others and everything in tucked inward. She's still in her NB stash so idk if that has anything to do with it.

[dogmama22]

Jul 5, 2015 8:59:59 GMT -5 missjenniebean said:

Jul 4, 2015 14:01:15 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

That's interesting because I do not like the two GroVia that we have now. They almost always wick onto his clothes around the ruffles. If he's naked, I like the fit and they're really cute, but the wicking is annoying. Any tips?

What do you mean by wicking? (SQS I know)

Not at all! When fabric from his outfit touches the white fabric (not the PUL) it pulls liquid from the diaper onto his clothes.

[dogmama22]

Jul 5, 2015 9:12:59 GMT -5 missjenniebean said:

Nvm I searched google.

I've never had that problem but when I look at pics with her in it , it is slimmer on her than others and everything in tucked inward. She's still in her NB stash so idk if that has anything to do with it.

Interesting - he's in NB as well. I'll go look up some pictures of how they're supposed to be. I'm sure it's operator error because there are so many brands styled that way

[missjenniebean]

Hopefully you figure it out! I only have one right now. I have that problem with the lil joey's.

[dogmama22]

It looks like mine are an older style so that may be part of the difference. I'll play with fit next time I put them on him.

[missjenniebean]

I am not sure which fit mine is, actually. I just know it is a retired print.

[carolyngrace]

Reviving this because we tried cloth diapers for the first time today! No clue what kind these are because they were given to us.

[missjenniebean]

Cute!

[dogmama22]

Very cute carolyngrace! That looks like a Thirsties cover

[PurpleIris]

I can't wait to start with our cloth stash, waiting for the umbilical cord to fall off. I ended up liking FuzziBuns with my son, though I also really like prefolds. We'll see what works best for this little one.

carolyngrace, I agree that it's a Thirsties, I've got the same cover.

[dogmama22]

So I noticed something odd this week, but now that we just had a weigh-in, it makes sense. Many of our diapers are pre-loved and did fine for the first few weeks, but LO has been leaking around the legs in AIOs and pockets. The only thing that hasn't leaked is flats and covers. I thought maybe the elastics were a bit relaxed or something was going on with the diapers, but nope! My kid has changed shapes. He grew an inch, but has gone from 58th percentile in weight at birth to 7th percentile in weight. He's 89th percentile for height, so I guess he's just a tall, skinny dude that doesn't fill out the leg holes.

[belle0720]

Baby G in a Simplex AIO in her crib (just for the pic, she's sleeping in her bassinet next to us still)

And her in a Bumgenius AIO Audrey with her Grandma, I love how trim these are but they aren't going to fit for long


Yay finally participating here! So how's everyone liking CDing? I am loving it! In the week she wore the disposables from the hospital she had 3 blowouts and since CDing we haven't had any! And they're so cute. I even like prefolds better than I thought I would--although they are really bulky with the covers.

How's everyone finding their laundry routine? I'm using original tide powder and doing a cold rinse, hot wash, cold rinse and find that I always have to sun a few of the diapers and I'm just wondering if that's normal or not.

[dogmama22]

belle0720 I love both of those diapers! I'm super jealous of the cute girly prints!
We love CDing. The cost saving is amazing, plus I love that we're not throwing away hundreds of diapers each month.
Our laundry routine is every 2-3 days we do a light, cold cycle with line 1 of Tide followed by a heavy hot cycle with line 3 of Tide. I've had a couple that had some light staining, but it's rare and I think once I overloaded the washer. EBF poop does stain often though, so I wouldn't worry about it

[jcprn]

+1 with the occasional poop stained diaper. My prayers were answered today that CD laundry day fell on a day that was sunny and breezy so I got to dry everything outside on the clothesline! We've been getting really humid days with rain showers almost every day so I finally got to bleach them in the sun.

I'm still enjoying using them and as of now I don't mind the extra load of laundry every 2-3 days because I feel like I'm doing so much laundry anyway.

We've had a few leaks that (after reading the post on this thread) I attribute to wicking around the legs onto his onesies. Any idea how to prevent this?

He's still in newborns and I'm not sure when to switch him over. He's probably 9.5 lbs at this point but I still haven't needed to utilize the newborn AIO's and pockets to their largest size adjustments.

[belle0720]

dogmama22 do you have an HE washer or regular? (I ask since I'm using way less detergent than you)

[dogmama22]

Jul 10, 2015 21:57:01 GMT -5 jcprn said:

+1 with the occasional poop stained diaper. My prayers were answered today that CD laundry day fell on a day that was sunny and breezy so I got to dry everything outside on the clothesline! We've been getting really humid days with rain showers almost every day so I finally got to bleach them in the sun.

I'm still enjoying using them and as of now I don't mind the extra load of laundry every 2-3 days because I feel like I'm doing so much laundry anyway.

We've had a few leaks that (after reading the post on this thread) I attribute to wicking around the legs onto his onesies. Any idea how to prevent this?

He's still in newborns and I'm not sure when to switch him over. He's probably 9.5 lbs at this point but I still haven't needed to utilize the newborn AIO's and pockets to their largest size adjustments.

Many people struggle to make onesies work with CDs. I typically just put Z in 0-3 mos onesies rather than newborn and that works just fine. Is there a particular brand you're having wicking issues with?
As far as moving up in size, most babies outgrow absorbency of NB diapers before they outgrow size. Of course, that will probably only apply to the AIOs. I've been adding some of our one size diapers into the stash, but I plan to keep his NB in rotation as long as they're still working.

[dogmama22]

Jul 10, 2015 22:09:35 GMT -5 belle0720 said:

dogmama22 do you have an HE washer or regular? (I ask since I'm using way less detergent than you)

It's a regular washer. There seems to be two schools of thought on how to wash CDs. One uses less detergent and an extra rinse cycle where the other uses the full amount of detergent and no extra rinse cycles. I can't say for sure that the way we're doing it is the right way, it just made the most sense to me when we started researching.