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In the last few weeks I have received some curiosity with our choice to clothe diaper little Murphy, and, why did we stop with her big sister, Ireland. I've received even more questions pertaining to what products we actually use and what works well. So, I have decided to give you my clothe diaper run down as it were, so hopefully your munchkin won't have poo running down his/her leg..
Hardy har har, one poo joke down, now we can move on...
Well let's just start at the beginning... I will try to give ya'll the short sweet version.
We began our clothe diaper journey back in 2012 when our first princess came into the world. We were fortunate enough to receive a diaper service as a shower gift from my mom and it was all down hill from here.
If you decide to go the diaper service route, all the power to ya, we opted out after a few months due to the expenses. Basically we found buying a nice organic or even regular diapers at times were the same price. We also couldn't afford to buy a whole diaper system of our own at that time. So, we whimped out and dropped our diaper dreams. A couple other things that we didn't like about the service:
- have to hold onto those diapers for a whole week.. yuck..
- don't get to keep the pre-folds when you move up a size.
- more expensive, as I mentioned above.
- unless you ask the company, its not guaranteed they are using eco-friendly products.
- stuck to one style of diaper, water-proof cover and a pre-fold.
Yes these are all quite trivial but at the time it seemed like a big deal.
I love buying all our own supplies.
I buy all of our pre-folds and diaper covers on Amazon! What's better is with our prime membership, we get discounted prices aaaaand, wait for it..... free shipping! Can you say boo-yah? I know I can! BOOYAH baby!
Here's a few links to what we've tried!
KEEP in mind I am a bargain shopper so I waited until a lot of these went on sale. A couple items aren't exactly what brand I bought but the same products and I've tried them all. I started putting them in a wish list a saved for them throughout the pregnancy.
So as you saw above I had a couple different covers and also showed two different styles of diaper inserts. Oh and those adorable little bamboo/charcoal odor blockers. I love anything charcoal, its works amazingly for something so simple.
So I do two different types of cloth diapers. I use waterproof covers with the unbleached cotton pre-folds primarily, but I dapple in pocket diapers and re-usables. I'll just say now that the only reason I don't do pocket diapers only is because I feel they don't stay nice as long. You can wipe out an poo on a waterproof one since they are virtually plastic or non-absorbent inside and pocket diapers aren't. Pocket diapers are amazing but if you don't buy these.... then you're in for some stained up diapers, and stains just make them dingier faster. Ok end rant.
I love cloth diapering. Some of my friends and family think I'm a nerd, well maybe that part is true, but its really not a crazy time commitment like some think it is.
Here are some of the best things about cloth diapering:
- you only have to buy them once, all the different sizes that is, unless of course someone turns them into dish rags!
- they are so cheap to wash, like cents on the dollar compared to buying disposables.
- you can get creative, with all the covers in all sorts of colors and patterns the cuteness is un-ending.
- there are so many options! From pre-folds and pocket diapers to reusables and birds-eye, the choices go on and on. And everyone has their favorite.
- if you run out, all you have to do is run the wash.
- you don't have to keep buying them since you can use them child after child.
- organic non-bleached Egyptian cotton cloth diapers... I don't know about you but that sounds great.
- no solid waste to add to your trash.
- chemical-free diapering! And apparently its easier to potty train, we shall see I guess!
Ok folks that's all for the this diaper run-down! Next time I'll show ya'll exactly how I fold and diaper my girl.
Now I have to go change one... whoopee!
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