We are doing it and LOVE them so far. I am by no means any sort of expert, we have only been doing them for about 3 weeks but I can't even imagine going back to disposables now. The day we were packing for the road trip I put T in disposables for a few hrs because I wanted to wash all the diapers at once to bring with on our three day trip. When I picked her up after napping in one I was shocked/disgusted by the smell. Seriously. I never noticed the smell of disposables when Jasper was in them for 27 months or when Tindra used them for the first month of her life, but after 3 weeks of cloth I can't stand the smell of disposables which is ironic. For one I could smell the pee and it's not like she had been sitting in a wet diaper, she had this diaper on for Maybe 3 hrs, but I could smell the pee. And the chemicals! I can't describe the smell, just that it smelled 'chemically'. And that is Not a smell I want on my newborns tiny tush.
When Drew came home and picked her up for some snuggles he scrunched his face and asked why she smelled weird. Ha!
Anyway, we won't be going back to disposables anytime soon!
So what diapers do we have? So far we have 7 fuzzi bunz one size, 6 bum genious one size, 2 grovia's, 7 Oh Katy's, 2 itti bitti tutto's and a couple random ones. Plus a bunch of extra inserts.
I was most excited about grovia's and itti bitti tutto's before starting because of everything I read about them. But so far they just dont work. I've tried each a few times, and each time they leak within 30 min. I don't know if maybe they just don't fit her right yet, so I will continue to try because I really really WANT to like them!
Out of the other three, I have had zero problems or leaks. She even stays in cloth with an extra insert all night! If I had to pick one, at this point I would probably pick bum genious. I love fuzzi bunz as well, and the only reason why BG's get like a fraction point higher then FB is because they are easier to stuff because they are slightly wider. Otherwise I have equal love for them both.
For now I have plenty of diapers (even not using the ones I dislike) for 2-3 days at a time.
The Only negative I have with cloth diapering (trying to be completely honest here!) is how bulky they are. But I knew that going in. With dresses it's a non issue, but with pants, it can be a bit of a problem. Good thing 90% of her wardrobe is made up of dresses!
Next I'll talk about our wash routine. It's more simple than I would have thought possible!
I'm starting to understand how buying cloth diapers can become an obsession. I'm already researching new diapers to try even though we don't need anymore! What are your favorite cloth diapers? Any I absolutely must try?
Love this! We want to go cloth diapers when we have kids (it's greener) and it's encouraging to hear of others who do it!
ReplyDeleteThe green aspect is what drew me in- my husband got on board with the savings!
DeleteSTAY away from the cloth swaps on facebook then---I had to leave the groups just to avoid bankruptcy lmao also grovia is one ive heard a lot of people getting leaks with.
ReplyDeleteHa i believe it!
DeleteWhat are the prices like? One of the things keeping me from cloth diapering is that it seems so expensive (which is kind of counterintuitive).
ReplyDeleteThe diapers are 15-20 a piece but I bought most of mine on zulily, and I think I have spent about $350, maybe $400 total. It seems like a lot, but considering we spent $75 for the one month she was in disposables you can see how the savings start to add up! I figured out that after 5-6 months in cloth diapers the rest of the time we would be diapering for 'free' if that makes sense. We spent a little over 2 thousand for diapers for Jasper and he was potty trained by 27 months, so we will probably end up saving about $1500. And that's if we stop having kids! I want to have 1 or two more, so the savings would end up being 3-4 thousand!!
DeleteThanks for sharing - inspiring to try em!
ReplyDeleteWhat type of Bum Genius do you use? I seem to recall there are different types. I know one of them is the 4.0, can't remember the other types... Also what brand of 3-folds do you use? And I know you said you would post about it in the future, but I'd love to know how you wash them! That is probably the thing I am most afraid of, lol!
ReplyDeletejust finished the blogpost about washing!
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