Have you guys ever seen them? I have 2 dozen of them sitting on my couch that just were delivered, and they are absolutely tiny and adorable. They basically look like cloth disposables with snaps. Who knew I would get so excited about something my kid is going to poop on?
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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*giggle* You have the ones with the cover and diaper integrated? I always used separate wraps and diapers -- but yeah, the itty bitty newborn-sized wraps are adorable. Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
The newborn ones actually require covers (which, as you know, are incredibly cute as well, especially when they have frogs on them). Some of the larger ones I ordered are the all-in-ones that don't need a cover. And they are just as cute! This is sickening, it truly is.
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edit: I'd never even *seen* one before, so this cuteness is all new to me
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ah! I used them on three kids, the oldest of whom is 11. Hooray for diaper service!
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
No diaper service here, unfortunately. I'll be making use of a mini shower once we start solids.
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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
We used cloth on Ems for a while, but she doesn't fit them. She's not shaped right.
Oh, and we used the extra toilet in the half-bathroom.
You have washing soda, right? If you rinse them, store them in a bucket without water, then pre-wash at least every two days with washing soda, it not only keeps them in good condition, it makes the smell a lot less noticeable. Also, you can sprinkle a little, or even regular baking soda, in on top of one that really stinks.
After you've pre-washed them in hot water with the soda, all you have to do is run them with 1/2 the normal amount of detergent and double-rinse. You can even run the pre-wash every few days and have a seperate pail for them, so you save water by doing the final wash only once every four days, if you have enough diapers. Plus, like I said, the smell.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
But you can fold cloth diapers to fit almost any shape. There's even a special fold that is used on kids with hip issues.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I know. But even my mother couldn't get them right on Emma. And she's a pediatric nurse!
I should add, a pediatric nurse who cloth-diapered four babies (although my brother switched to disposables with a cloth doubler at night at six months because he was such a heavy wetter, and used disposables at daycare starting at age 1.)
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
I looove little diapers.
SO, I have about a half dozen medium Kushies in rather good shape. I'm sure Andrew will be done with them before Baby Opera needs them. I will happily pass them onto you. (yes, he is almost three in still in size M.....my kids are all sooo skinny)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
kq, that's bizarre. I never heard of that before.
The paper ones are more conformable because they're thinner?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Actually, she could only wear Huggies Newborns when she was first born; Pampers didn't fit. Then, she could only wear Pampers Swaddlers 1s; nothing else fit right. By the time she got to 2s, it was just Luvs, and it's been Luvs ever since. (Luckily, they're the cheapest disposables that actually work, anyway.) When she's just gone through a growth spurt and is really really skinny in the legs, even Luvs may have some leakage, and we always have to buy a size bigger than she should be wearing according to weight and cinch them as tight as they'll go. It's because of the funny proportions she has and the shape of her thighs. She's got a bulgy tummy on a tiny frame with little stick legs. If a cloth diaper fits her in the hips, it doesn't fit her in the waist or legs, if in the legs, then not in the hips or waist, and if at the waist, then not at the hips, and definitely not in the legs. Add the fact that she's been trying to escape changes since she was 4 months old...
You're welcome to try while you're out here. If you can figure it out and teach us, we'll be saving an awful lot of money (although we'll have to get new plastic pants.)
Sometimes I have to put extra elastic in the backs of pants to make them fit, too.
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
Little things are just so cute. If you look down the isle at the store that has the travel size, everything looks cute because it's small. I think the newborn diapers are the same way.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, it sounds like an expert (and I'm not -- my kids were all relatively easy to diaper) already tried. But I'm game.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Sophie's been in cloth diapers since her second week. And, yeah, the little ones are adorable. When empty.
That said, it seems to me that she finds disposables -- which we use when we travel -- a lot more comfortable, too. They're more flexible, more absorbent, and a lot thinner. On the other hand, they're ridiculously expensive and terrible for the environment.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Hooray for cloth diapers!
My kids are 18 and 14, so it's been a while, but we took my daughter camping when she was 6 months old and only brought cloth diapers. You've gotta carry 'em out anyway.
We had a pretty good system involving a 5 gallon sheet rock bucket.
My brother (mostly his ex wife) wouldn't use cloth ones on his first, but he got a diaper service with the second. But then one day he called to tell us that - IT WAS AMAZING - if you run out of diapers, you can just wash them yourself! He dropped the service after that.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: That said, it seems to me that she finds disposables -- which we use when we travel -- a lot more comfortable, too. They're more flexible, more absorbent, and a lot thinner. On the other hand, they're ridiculously expensive and terrible for the environment.
Interesting. My kids tended to get rashes when wearing paper for more than a day (I also used paper when traveling after the first one. Lugging home a sack of used diapers . . . ), and when older expressed a preference for the cloth ones.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
How old are your kids, rivka? The disposables available today certainly aren't the kind I saw around even ten years ago; they're all space-age and stuff. Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
No words can describe how adorable my son is!
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Awwwwwwww
(makes me want to take a diaper pic of Andrew while I still can)
We use the 7th Gen disposables for traveling, because they are slightly less worse for the environment (they're unbleached). I don't think Andrew has a preference (unless you count "naked")
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Tom, my youngest is 5, my oldest 11. And yeah, there were some advances (primarily aesthetic) between the time each the two was in diapers.
But honestly, assuming the diaper is changed often enough, which would YOU rather have next to your skin? Soft, laundered cotton? Or paper?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, my brother got horrid rashes with cloth, which seemed to lessen when he was switched to mostly disposable.
I think it depends on the kid.
I really wanted some Fuzzi Bunz, but no one saw fit to buy us some for a baby present, and, as it turns out, they probably wouldn't have fit, anyway.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
kq, those diapers look nice. Too bad for some reason I've developed a phobia of pocket dipes. I've heard wonderoos are awesome too, but they're also pocket dipes. I have all of the newborn diapers bought, but I'm still up in the air about what we'll use next. I did order a few sugarbums, and those are super cute.
romanylass, we will happily take any and all diapers you choose to send our way.
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edit: And who the heck names these things? I love the diapers, but the names are too icky sweet....Kissaluvs, Happy Heinys...ick!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Probably the same people who name maternity stores.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
And cat litter.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
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Actually, Happy Heinys could be a good name for cat litter....
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Plus, like I said, the smell.
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But you can fold cloth diapers to fit almost any shape. There's even a special fold that is used on kids with hip issues.
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), and when older expressed a preference for the cloth ones.
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