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Cloth Diaper Question

Feb 24, 2009 16:51

Hello,

I've been doing my research on cloth diapering, and am waiting to be accepted to clothdiapering , so I thought I would ask you ladies a few questions. I looked through this community's tags, as well. I got lots of great info there, but I still have these inquiries...

We're already certain that we're going with cloth. I really like bumGenius in particular ( Read more... )

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stenodork February 24 2009, 23:11:04 UTC

the name is kinda confusing:
one size dipes means you buy it in one size and adjust it to fit for weight.
but the other ones are sized and you buy new ones for more weight.

geminigirl February 24 2009, 23:22:39 UTC

We actually don't love our BG. We do have some one size diapers because they're a better fit when stuffed for overnight on my ten month old, but we prefer Wonderroos, though I'm anxious to try the new one size Fuzzi Bunz. I like the fit and fleece instead of suedecloth better, and I like that Wonderroos snap rather than fasten with Aplix ( ... )

luckyj_baby February 24 2009, 23:33:46 UTC

"I would avoid committing to one kind of diaper until you've actually diapered your kid for a little while"

I'm in total agreement. We do love our bG!. I also like Happy Heinys, but we can never use them for nighttime because they always seem to leak. It totally depends on the baby, their dimension, your preferences, etc...

rhetoricfem February 24 2009, 23:33:52 UTC

Thank you so much for this!

hjart February 24 2009, 23:32:50 UTC

Diapers come in either Newborn/small/medium/large/XL or "One-sized" The BumGenius - BG (often listed with a version number 3.0 is current)- are one-size fits most. They have a number of snaps that run the length of the diaper (where a zipper would be on pants) that make them shorter or longer to prevent baby butt crack (a convenient way for poop to shoot out.) Theoretically this makes them fit all babies. Most people, however start with a "newborn" stash of prefolds or Kissaluvs size 0 - KL0 - until the baby fills out a little ( ... )

rock_grrl February 25 2009, 00:13:20 UTC

Thank you for the site suggestion! I'm not the OP but have been confused as to the prefold method using covers. That site was very helpful!

rhetoricfem February 25 2009, 00:27:21 UTC

Aye, extremely helpful! I think this may have swayed me more in the prefold direction, no less!

jenny0 February 25 2009, 15:35:07 UTC

I'll add another thank you for the site suggestion - we're planning to do the prefolds w/covers, and a tutorial would definitely be helpful!

humbird February 24 2009, 23:50:22 UTC

I'm not due for another 5 weeks, but we bought a dozen bumgenius and a dozen happy heinies (one size).

I have one pack of newborn disposibles because I'm assuming the one-size diapers will be a little too big at the very beginning.

jamie_marie February 24 2009, 23:51:35 UTC

I'll preface this by saying that I am FAR from a CD guru. My baby boy won't be here for another six weeks. :)

One Size means that it adjusts to fit different sized babies and toddlers. In theory, a one size diaper should fit a child from the time they are born, to when they are potty trained. According to the cloth diapering community, it takes infants a little while to grow into them.

I was debating between using Bum Genius Diapers and FuzziBunz. In the end, I decided to go with FB because I prefer the snaps to applix (sp?).

We are going to use disposables for the first few weeks...then we'll transition to cloth. Our stash consists of small FuzziBunz, one size FuzziBunz, one size Wonderoos, and five Goodmamas.