I have been cloth-diapering my little one for 17 months now and night time has never been an issue. Recently, she has become an EXTREMELY heavy wetter at night… and in the morning, she is smelly and seemingly uncomfortable from sitting in her "stay-dry" diaper. I have always just put her in a Bumgenius pocket diaper with the regular insert and the infant insert as a doubler and we have never had any issues. I bought her a Kissaluvs wool cover and a home made night time fitted diaper. The results were GREAT. No stink at all.. and the combination was bullet-proof BUT I was not impressed with the fitted diaper "stay-dry" claims. Her bottom was soaking wet. I have considered ordering a Baby Beehinds night time nappy. Any thoughts..? Or other suggestions? I haven’t seen any reviews for this diaper and don’t want to buy them blind.. as they are pretty pricey.
Also..
If you don’t cloth diaper, I don’t want to hear about how I should just put her in a disposable. I have my reasons for using cloth and don’t want your criticism. I respect your parenting decisions and I deserve the same.
I don’t want to hear about how I should be potty training, either. I have a new baby coming in two weeks. Now isn’t the time for two huge changes.
Not trying to be snippy.. but this is mostly what I got last time I asked this question.
Thanks!
My daughter is on the verge of being on the move. I cloth diaper mainly using kissaluvs or prefolds and thirsties wraps. Will these continue to work as well once she’s moving a bit more. I can’t come to love the BumGenius as much because of the long drying time.
My husband and I have decided to cloth diaper our first child, who will be arriving in late November.
Right now I have about 30 or so cloth diapers of various kinds to try, including about 15 pocket diapers (babyland brand) and inserts, 4 All-In-Ones (Homemade and Bella Bottoms), 5 one-size Flip diaper covers with Stay-dry liners, 3 size small velcro PUL diaper covers and 3 or 4 fitted diapers. I’m planning on buying some prefolds and snappis to try, and I also just felted 4 wool sweaters to make wool soakers out of (I found a free pattern online).
But when our little girl is newborn and still has her umbilical cord stump, I’m not sure what diapers would work best. I do NOT want to use disposables, and I hear Kissaluvs size 0 work well, but they are SUPER expensive. The cheapest I’ve found them is .50 each (used) plus shipping. I can sew, and would be happy to make some diapers, if I knew what I was doing, but I feel kind of lost.
Can I use prefolds and covers for the first 3 or so weeks while she still has her umbilical cord, or will it rub her cord? If I can use prefolds, will the wool soaker covers be better, or the PUL? Should I just make some fitted diapers with the cord section cut out? Any advice from cloth-experienced mamas would be appreciated!
Shows how to sew leg gussets onto a cloth diaper cover to protect against leaks around the baby’s legs. The cover is a 2 layer Rita’s Rump Pattern with shortened tabs and is sewn with FOE around the edges.
The Sbish Multi Snapless cloth diaper is a fitted without snaps or velcro. It uses pins or a snappi for closure and needs a cover. It is an amazing nighttime diaper.
Booroi, an Australian company whose name is an Australian Aborigines word for “Baby,” has a new cover out. This cover has 2 functions. It can be used as a regular cover over a fitted or prefold, or it can have a trifolded prefold placed inside of the extra wide gussets. It performed well, has a nice generous fit, and comes in attractive colors.
Kate Brooks teaches how to fold a flat piece of cloth into the perfectly fitted diaper/nappy. This is a great cloth diaper for newborns or any size baby. The fold is called origami fold. www.afutureandahope.net
This short video is part of the babykicks Teaching Series and highlights all the neat features of the babykicks Organic Fitted. Points covered in the video include how to snap the diaper, how to fold it for newborns, its one-size feature and much much more. The Joy Project has two independent releases, one available through Bar None Records and an early debut that can still be found on Amazon.com. You can find his most recent efforts on the unreleased “Whatever Happened to Ultramarine” on the wkduffy Channel at youtube.com
