Diaper Show off

There is nothing like itty-bitty fluff to brighten your day. I could go on and on as to why I use cloth diapers but most people don't want to hear it. There a lot of preconceived noptions that cloth is gross and smelly and did I say gross. But, I will tell you this - I have never touched as much poo in my life as I have with the kids who are in disposables. And, in my year of cloth diapering Alice, I NEVER touched a pin.

So here is my newborn stash of diapers. total cost: 95.00. This will last through the newborn, size one and the first part of size two if you are going by disposable diaper size. So, in short: this will cost A LOT less than disposables.

Wipes, why use disposable wipes when using cloth? use cloth wipes and just throw it in the wash along side. My wipes are standard wipe size and are made from flannel, to terry cloth, to fleece. There are 25 in all, every one with a faux serged edge. I will have to make some more after we move.


All of the soakers and doublers (the absorbant stuff) I have a lot.


Prefolds. Yes, prefolds are what people think of when they think of cloth diapers. Most people use REALLy cheap gerber ones as burp cloths now a-days. These are not gerber prefolds. These are super soft, super absorbant green mountain pre-folds. 18 in all


Leggings. Leggings are a god send - esspecially for a winter infant or a child that is learning to crawl. I made these out of regular tube socks. They work great to keep legs warm and can be used in place of pants for cloth diaper users.


Covers. I have three PUL covers (the brown ones) and the rest are made out of fleece. I love fleece for covers, sews up quick and keeps the moisture where its supposed to go. I tried wool for a while but never relly got the hang of it.


Longies - basically fleece pants that also double as a cover. I need to make more of these but ran out of fleece - I need to buy more.


The kimono tops - I need to make more of these too, but once again ran out of fleece.


These are the diapers I bought. The TINY ones are darling diaper newborns. And yes, they are tiny. They will probably last until baby hits 10 lbs. SO these truly are newborn diapers. They are All in ones (meaning the don't need a cover)The other are Bum Genius One size fits all. They size adjust. They are set at the smallest size for this picture. These diapers are also All in ones and will size adjust until baby is potty ttrained.


La-Di-Da Newborns. The top two are flannel in and out with one hidden layer of terry cloth. The bottom (from left to right) is recycled t-shirt outer, micofleece inner and one layer of terry cloth. Blue knit outer, blue bamboo velour inner and one hidden layer of terry cloth, and monkey knit outer bamboo velour inner and one layer of terry cloth. All have tri-fold soakers of one layer of terry cloth and the coordinating inners.



Darlin Diaper Newborns. Tope two are monkey flannel outer, monkey flannel inner with one hidden layer of terry cloth. Monkey knit outer bamboo velour inner, Bottom Left to right are recycled t-shirt outer and inner (4 layers total), Sea flannel outer and inner with one hidden layer terry cloth and recycled sweatshirt outer with bamboo velour inner, no hidden layers. All but the monkey flannel have lay in trifold soakers with terry cloth.



The assorted diapers; the one on the top left is a fatty cakes fleece pocket with bamboo velour inner, top right is a mini dipe conversion recycled t-shirt outer, micro chamois inner. The bottom three are little comet tails little starters, left to right monkey knit and yellow micro fleece, recycled t-shirt and blue microfleece, and sea flannel blue micro fleece, all have a hidden layer of terry cloth and countoured soakers.



And, a boppy cover for the boppy my sister in law lent me.


So there you go. All my diapers - - aren't the gorgeous, and squishy?

I love Cloth diapering.