Cloth vs. Disposable Diapers

[JaimeSTL 4]

Prefolds are really easy. I never pinned a diaper in 3+ years of cloth diapering. If you use covers like Bummis Super Whisper Wraps or Proraps, they hold everything in. I never had a blow out like with disposibles. You can also get this thing called a Snappi, which will hold the diaper into place too.

I think you'd need at least a dozen diapers per day if you go with an all-in-one or pocket system. I always had at least 2 dozen prefolds with about 6 covers per kid. If there is no poo on the cover, you can rinse it and hang to dry and reuse between washes. With a newborn, the more the better so you aren't washing constantly.

Help! I'm new to cloth diapers. This link is very informative, with info about folding prefolds too. You can also google "angel fold" and find information.

[losingjusme 12]

thanks guys!

[sil 0]

had my kids 19 years ago disposable all the way,

[shrinknme 0]

Mother-ease | Cloth Diapers | Diaper Covers |Training Pants

:grouphug:

[gingerbug 3]

Good old disposable!!! It's bad enough to have to smell what came out and then have to wash it. Hell no!

LOL, well, you flush that part down the toilet. You wash your underwear, don't you?

[Jachut 487]

People DONT flush though. Eeeeew.

Although for my kids until they were a good 2 years old, there was too much mess to be able to flush anything - groooooosssss.

[Daisalana 33]

LOL, well, you flush that part down the toilet. You wash your underwear, don't you?

You don't poop/diarhea/pee in your underwear.. or I don't anyway :grouphug:

[losingjusme 12]

You don't poop/diarhea/pee in your underwear.. or I don't anyway :grouphug:

well i dont know about you, but the third choice does happen every once in awhile when i sneeze now.... just wait til you're 24 weeks preggo... :pray2:

[Jachut 487]

Reminds me of a joke.....

man goes to the doctor for a check up. Doc says "well, I'll need a stool sample, a semen sample and a urine sample". Man says "no problem doc, here's my underpants". Lol.

[Jennie1976 1]

I have a cloth diapering question. Has anyone used the Chinese PreFolds with the Bummis super snap covers? I'm leaning towards snaps just because I think they'll last longer than velcro, but I know nothing about this :-)

Any help is appreciated!

[losingjusme 12]

i wont use velcro... will get gross i think... just the things that will get caught, strings, lint, etc... plus with velcro, you'll need to remember to close them up ... with a newborn, i will be sleep deprived and will NOT remember that..

[Jennie1976 1]

Okay, I have a stupid question about fuzzi bunz. I know they are a pocket diaper and that you put an insert or a prefold in the pocket. When you change the diaper, take the insert/prefold out and then wash them separately? I'm a bit confused on how they work. I *think* I get how they go on the baby, but after that, I'm clueless!

Thanks!

[Jachut 487]

Yes, you take them apart to wash them. That's one of the main benefits, the insert folds out and the fuzzibunz itself is only PUL and fleece so MUCH more thorough washing and very fast drying time - those microfibre inserts dry very quickly. So you can have a super thick absorbent night diaper for example, that doesnt still smell after washing or take four days to dry.

As for the Bummis snaps - I always used snap diapers and covers due to the tendency of velcro to rub my chubby bubbies' fat thigh. It depends on how you use the prefold - if you're simply going to trifold it and lay it in the cover rather than fasten it onto the baby, velcro gives you way better control to keep it in place. The Bummis tabs dont rub and the velcro lasts and the other GREAT trim cover if you're going to do this is bumkins.

[gingerbug 3]

I have a cloth diapering question. Has anyone used the Chinese PreFolds with the Bummis super snap covers? I'm leaning towards snaps just because I think they'll last longer than velcro, but I know nothing about this :-)

Any help is appreciated!

I preferred fuzzi bunz but I was never without prefolds and covers. I preferred to fold my prefolds into thirds and lie them in a cover - I like Proraps. They have double gussets and NOTHING got through them.

[HeatherO 7]

I have talked to a couple of people about cloth diapers and everyone I have talked with says that there really is not a big cost savings to going cloth if you consider washing expense, initial investment, etc.

As a busy working mother-to-be who is also in graduate school, disposables will definitely cut down on my laundry but I am disheartened about the cost to our environment. I also think my husband would be unhappy with the thought of washing diapers and the rest of our clothing in the same machine regardless of separate loads.

I was the oldest in my family and had to take care of my brothers and sisters when I was growing up . . starting with my sister at 8 years younger, brother at 14 years younger and later another sister at 19 years younger. I frequently had diaper duty and is was cloth diaper duty . . . what I remember most was yuckkkkk, changing a diaper was second nature, but rinsing and cleaning cloth diddies were absolutely no joy for me.

Actually I just had a funny thought while I wrote this. As a teenager I thought my mom was crazy for having kids so far apart (and when I was in one of my teenage mood-swing, hissy fits . . . I even thought she did it just to make my life difficult by having me to care for them all, lol). It just occurred to me that I have just repeated history since my first child is 16, lol. I hear and now solemnly promise that I will not force any cloth diaper duty on my son (like as if he wouldn't flat out refuse anyway, lol).

I went disposable for my first child and never looked back. Now I am not sure what I will do, I know that diapers have improved over time. I am leaning towards disposables but could jump the cloth fence, it is possible. I am going to have to give it more thought.