Is anyone else thinking about cloth diapering???

[Mommyof3boys]

I have been thinking about using cloth diapers for this baby to help cut costs so I can stay home. Is anyone else considering cloth diapers or used them in the past?

[coocoobananas]

I use them! Defiantly a money saver! I use disposable at night just out of pure laziness (never got a good system down, heavy wetters k guess) but I feel like I am at least cutting down to just one disposable a day rather than many!!
I use bum genius and baby kangas. They work the best if your babe is a chub. My first had stick legs so leaked a lot! But my 2nd had chunky thighs and he maybe leaked 3x the whole 2.5 years?!?

[LacePrincess]

We've cloth diapered since DS2. I wish I'd done it with DS1! The initial startup costs were a bit brutal (around $500 for the startup stash) and I didn't really keep track of utility expenses of washing/drying, but with two in diapers for awhile I just couldn't bear all that garbage. Honestly for one child's period's in diapers if you include washing/drying costs it probably doesn't save you much money, but after the second child it certainly does.

We went with flat prefolds and I knitted soakers for DS3 and it was even cheaper than pocket diapers. And, now that DS3 is being ridiculously stubborn about the potty training, we got a stash of washable cloth pullups which has been a Godsend as Pullups were costing a fortune (especially when he poops in a fresh Pullup! ARGH!) and the stupid Pullups leaked too. We do use a disposable at nights now though, no cloth dipe in the world holds enough otherwise.

If you have a cloth diapering store near you do buy a few different brands to try out before investing in a huge stash of one kind, different brands/styles work for different babies depending on their body shape. Oh, and I learnt that velcro style pocket diapers suck - for one they're really bulky, and secondly baby learns to rip them off REALLY fast! Snaps are the way to go for sure.

[Mum23boys]

Nope - i had a whole stash for ds1 and just couldnt be arsed with it - I am so lazy plus the tought of having pooed in nappies soaking away in a bucket didnt appeal to me. I wanted to try again with ds2 but bythen washing for a family of 4 was enough without adding nappies on too.
I admire those that do it tough my best friend does for her 2 dd and she has the cutest little covers and nappies !!

[fairyfrog]

Yes. Used them with all my kids. Not only did it save money, but it saved money because they all potty trained between 18 months and two.

[Dreamofpink]

I used them with both of my boys, I even had them in nappies at the same time for around 9/10 months. I love using them and can't wait to get them out of the attic again! I used the ones that you have to fold and enjoyed making them up, I didn't have to soak them though, only sluice them when they were pooey and dry-pail. I used the 60c eco-cycle on my washing machine and some white vinegar in place of softner along with non-bio washing powder. As a SAHM I think they're a brill way to save money and I never ran out of nappies! We did use a disposable at night times though, especially when both got to around one year old. GL!

[Violet_]

Yes I use modern cloth nappies and love them.

[NearlyDone]

No i barely keep up with the washing as it is lol ;-) and this is my last baby so to buy everything for onr baby would not work out cheaper.......if i knew about them a couple of babies ago then maybe i would have

[Atsaukina1]

used the same ones for 2 kids now(my youngest is pt) and my nb diapers I loaned are on their way back to me right now whoohoo
last time I bought some cute girlee goodness which I sold after ds3 was born
newborn goodmamas are THE best and I like bum genius also when they are bigger especially for overnight and going out. we also do gmd prefolds w/ a cover especially great for a nb stash on the cheap since they are going to outgrow them so fast.
mum- lots of people don't soak their diapers and you don't even have to rinse them if they are breast fed until they start eating solids

[LacePrincess]

Oh, and I never soaked mine either. I have a wonderful wetbag that holds in all the smell and just gets tossed in the wash with the diapers. And with bf'ed newborn poop it doesn't smell and is totally water soluble so you don't have to soak/rinse, and later on when they go on solid food the poop is a little more 'grown up' but nothing I've had trouble with upending anything solid into the toilet. The rest does just fine in the washing machine.

I used to do cloth wipes too but it got too time consuming to fold and put away all the little wipes so I use regular baby wipes. But it all goes in the washer with the diapers (they don't fall apart in the washer like kleenex) and I throw away the wipes as I fold and put away.

I must say I've loved using basic prefolds with DS3 (no diaper pins, just a Snappi) and a hand knitted soaker on top. Very easy. My front load washer has a sanitize cycle too so I don't have to worry about all the germs being washed out. And once the dipes get too worn out to use they make great cleaning rags.