Monday, August 18, 2008

Cloth Diaper Update

Ok, so we've now been in cloth for almost two months. I have purchased 8 more Yucky Ducks from Ebay, more velcro, two Imse Vimse cloth diaper covers, terry cloth towels to use as doublers and a Snappi. The Yucky Ducks are kind of a disappointment. They do ok, they're cute and soft. However, D has been eating more food and wets more. He is one heavy wetter! We've been having a lot of leaks lately because he also has learned to sit up and "rock" on his butt, effectively wringing out the insert in the pocket of the diaper, soaking through the "waterproof" layer and on to his outfit. So, I bought some terry cloth microfiber towels to use as doublers because they are only $5 at Walmart and I read somewhere that these make good homemade doublers. They work really well, except they make the diaper a little bulky, so we may work on cutting them in half, folding the half and sewing it together for a less bulky doubler. I also purchased more velcro because the velcro on the Yucky Ducks is cheap and they just put a small little square on it. We purchased the Imse Vimse diaper covers because they are cotton and breathable to replace the vinyl pants which were trapping heat in on top of it being wet in his prefold and giving him diaper rash bad. They work great, are so easy to get on, and can be used at least twice without any dirties. The Snappi keeps the prefold shut under the cover and replaced the pins. I actually like it better than my prefold velcro creation because it is more flexible for his comfort but keeps the diaper secure.
All in all, we've learned some valuable cloth diaper lessons. We are going to save up and purchase some more expensive Bum Genius pocket diapers and see how we like those. His diaper rash is gone and hasn't come back and I really like the fact that I don't have a full diaper pail of disposables to toss each week, even though it means more laundry for me. We are enjoying our cloth diaper experience more and will do it from birth with our next one.

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