Does anyone incorporate these plastic/adhesive free diaper pads into their routine? When are they most useful? I'm thinking that having these with covers when we leave the house for long periods of time could be useful, but I like that they don't put include plastic for the greater environmental impact of the poop/bamboo/plastic/absorbency beads that normal diapers contribute. However... are they just a gimmick and I'm better off using a normal disposable in times where cloth isn't feasible or working for us?

I have workhorses, prefolds, and covers I need to store because they don't fit in our bedroom. Due in January so would be storing until I get to them (medium, large workhorses/prefolds, etc.)

1. In shed in plastic bin (would prefer closed because possibility of rodents)
2. In basket in hallway cabinet - would need to find a space as we don't have it right now
3. In basket in cabinet of bathroom/laundry room - have spot but worry about humidity.

Definitely needs open basket for anything with elastics, right? So I'm guessing 2? Either bedding or purses would have to go to one of those other two spots.

Thanks!!

Something bled in my wash load of diapers and now everything that was white is now baby blue 😭😭. Fst, prefolds, wipes, everything!

Anyone know how I can get these back to white? Bleach? Oxi? This is the worst.

I’m planning on using cloth diapers and have a few samples of different kinds to try. (Baby due in 3 weeks!) I also have a little dog who has a hard time holding pee throughout the night, so she has a set of washable pee pads that I change every day/every other day.

I usually wash the pads with cleaning rags/other yucky laundry, since they don’t touch the dogs skin. I usually wash these loads with a scoop of oxyclean. However, it would be convenient to just cycle them in with the diapers. I’m planning to pre soak with oxyclean and then wash with a gentle detergent. Would there be any issues just adding the pee pads in?

I’ve had my pockets for about a year and I’m starting to notice more frequent leaks. Does this just happen as they’ve been used? Should I switch to mama koala or another brand?

Why did you choose PUL/TPU diapers? (I can’t get this question to go through on any of the Facebook groups but I’m honestly curious why most people choose this style over the other options) please don’t take this poll to heart I’m not trying to start fights I honestly want to know, I’m tell my personal opinion about PUL/TPU I don’t like them from my research they hold in alot of bacteria and they get ruined fast, I also don’t like the fact that they are plastic, I’ll be doing flats/pre flats and wool/fleece cover PERSONALLY! But I’m not here to judge I just want to hear from parents that use PUL/TPU

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Hi all! I stored some diapers in a plastic tote outside in the garage and a mouse got into the box and chewed a few small holes in the PUL on a few of the diapers. Is this repairable or just toss?

Hi all,

I'm thinking of ordering CJ'S Butter for my new cloth-diaper safe cream. Should I get the spritz (spray) or the balm? Thanks!

I’m in the middle of stripping all of my cloth diaper parts because I was having a lot of diaper cream build up and just wanted to refresh everything before I change my wash routine to hopefully prevent this in the future.

Anyways I didn’t realize this required bleach. I’m following Fluff Love University guide on this and right now everything is soaking in my bathtub in their recommended mineral removing solution. I just read that the next part is to rinse and do a bleach soak and I’m confused won’t that ruin the outsides of the pocket shells? Because bleach makes everything white? Or at least tries to.

Do I even need to do the bleach soak or will that not help diaper cream build up?

https://fluffloveuniversity.com/troubleshooting/solving-stinky-diaper-problems/how-to-strip-your-cloth-diapers/

Hey Y’all

During this week’s sales I picked up 50 new inserts. When I started to cloth diaper I went into not knowing I need to do multiple pre-washes for the inserts. I only did one. I see conflicting info on line. Should it be 5 regular cleaning cycles or 5 quick cycles?

TIA!

I have been trialing a bundle of econaps recently after seeing all the positive reviews. I am getting soo many leaks using on my 4 month old son. I have tried clipping at back, at front, 1 at front 1 at back, also tried using other inserts from other brands too. It doesn't seem to be an absorbing issue as the inserts are never completely saturated, especially at the back. It leaks out the front, at the legs and sometimes it seems to leak at the front then wet the outer lining and track through to the back of the nappy while the back insert is still dry. Tried multiple fits. Where am I going wrong? I purchased after so many good reviews. I find the waist too tight if I do the cross over, but too loose if I don't to the cross over clip. Some advice would be great as I really want to love them.

Calling on all unsolicited advice! What’s working for you right now?

I’m about at my wits end. First we had mineral buildup. I stripped and got it fixed. Then I overcompensated and we got detergent build up. Rinsed it all out and got the hang of things for awhile. Then we had to switch from powder to liquid because I need F&C and couldn’t find that in a powder. Now we have barnyard smell. I’m so frustrated. I want cloth to work for us but I’m so tired of wash routine issues. My water is over 600 ppm and I think that’s a big part of why I’m struggling so hard to balance everything out. I think the barnyard smell is mineral buildup again so I’m going to strip tonight but idk where to go from here.

Hi! Not a new parent but new to cloth diapers. I was gifted a secondhand set of pocket diapers (I think Alva brand? And a few random others) that includes what I think are some cotton prefolds, a set of bamboo liners, and a set of charcoal liners. Example picture here:

https://ibb.co/XVx3gQR

I washed everything in a special stripping detergent before use. The problem is any time I use any combination of inserts I get leaks immediately. One liner is definitely not enough for even a single pee. If I stuff a prefold it might work for an hour or so but it usually leaks too. And if I try to wrap up an insert in the prefold before stuffing then it’s too bulky.

I have the snaps set on the right size for my baby so I don’t think that’s the issue? Unless maybe they’re just not a good fit.

I was also gifted a set of snap-in shells and liners from another brand and they work much better, but I have way fewer of them so I was hoping to make these pocket ones work too.

Any ideas?

Hi all! I am due in April and I am very interested in using cloth diapers. Ideally I would like to use organic or more natural products. Does any one have any recommendations?

I've been looking at these brands:

• La Petite Ourse
• Lil Helper
• Cutie Patootie
• Lily and Frank
• Mother Ease

Thanks in advance :)

Once our baby started rolling over in his sleep, we went from no leaks ever to multiple a week (2 last night). We use esembly inners and outers, size 2.

Has anyone else experienced this once their LO started tummy sleeping? Have you figured out what causes it or a solution to stop it? Would it be crazy to use 2 outers to sleep? Would double gusset outers help (if so, brand recommendations)?

Sometimes, the whole inner isn't even wet all the way through. Sometimes, the outer seems soaked through. Usually, the leg holes seem to be the source of the wicking.

Has anyone used attitude or earthly? Did it work? Did it not?

I know most prefer tide, but I do want a lower tox laundry detergent.

Have you mastered your wash routine? Do your clean diapers smell? Did you recently buy a new washer/dryer? Chat all things laundry!

for those of you who don’t wash your diaper covers after one use, do you put an insert in the pocket and use another against baby’s skin (kinda like a pad)? i’m trying to mentally prepare my routine for cloth diapering and wonder if there are folks who reuse a soiled cloth diaper in one day due to using two inserts. of course if the soiling seeps through the insert touching the skin i’d just toss to get washed, but does anyone out there do this? or do you treat them like reusable pads, after soiling you wash?? does it make baby sweaty to have two inserts if you take that route? or make the diaper too bulky? i’ll probably use newborn disposable diapers since i was gifted a bunch, or save them primarily for when we travel, but i just want to have some routines better thought out. i hope this makes sense—please help!

My baby girl is due in a few weeks and I just now decided to use cloth haha I plan on using disposables until she fits into one size stuff so far I have 18 baby goal covers, 16 charcoal bamboo inserts, 10 Osocozy prefolds (Large 14-30lbs) and 5 Osocozy doublers. I plan on getting some smaller prefolds and a bunch of flats as well. I want to keep things simple and use flats and stuff the covers with the prefolds/inserts for some backup in case of leaks. I'll probably start with disposables for overnight but ideally would like to do cloth, so i moght get some fitteds to use with the covers or all in ones. I’d like to do laundry every 2-3 days. Please lmk what you guys think in terms of my planned system and what you think could be useful in addition to what I have or what i need more of. Thank you!!!

We have been cloth diapering for about three months (grovia hybrids) and the inserts and covers I think have bile up as the ammonia smell is super strong after they get wet with urine again and I feel like it clings to them even after they are washed. I am using biokleen free and clear liquad - does this work for others? I am not sure that the detergent is the issue, just not sure what is! Washing per manufacturer instructions with warm water rinse + detergent, followed by warm water wash + detergent.

I did just use the trivia mighty bubbles but the smell hasn't budged 🥴

Hi my baby is exclusively breastfed and we use cotton prefolds in diaper covers. We wash the inserts and covers together. First a rinse cycle with no soap then a 60° C heavy cycle but the inserts a regularly coming out with faint yellow poop stains. We wash every day/ day and a half so I’m not sure what we’re doing wrong. Any tips? Is this just normal and we need to strip them occasionally? Should we try a different detergent?

Has anyone ever had a 2-month break from cloth diapers, for whatever reason and put a 1-year-old back in them and had them fuss a lot? Should I just stick to it?

Anyone have experience with Kawaii hook and loop pockets (shell only, I don’t care about inserts quality I have good prefolds)? I’m interested primarily in longevity-how long do they hold up? I’m not a seamstress so I don’t want to fix them myself

Other hook and loop pocket recommendations? Again don’t care about inserts quality

Looking for these for daycare

My toddler is almost fully potty trained, but often dribbles before he knows he needs to pee, so he goes through a lot of undies. I'm washing a load right now that contains mostly undies, some of them are thicker training undies with a leak proof liner, and a few reusable pull ups. The heaviest soiled item is probably a re-usable pull up that caught a slightly larger, but still small, accident.

My diaper routine was a cold rinse and then 2 heavy warm washes - I've dropped the cold rinse (unless we have poo undies OR the occasional cloth nap diaper) but still doing the 2 warm washes. I'm wondering if that's overkill, or at what point I can drop the double wash on these dribble undies?

I'm so curious what others do!

I have 45 extra inserts and like 81 pocket diapers. The pocket diapers already have inserts. This is overwhelming, like I feel like I have way too many inserts! They are a mix of cotton and bamboo/microfiber. Honestly, I haven't seen a difference in absorbancy between the two for the week I've been doing this 🤷‍♀️

And then I have 20 something prefolds that are just sitting cause I have no idea what to do with those.

FTM in January with a baby girl. I am planning to use flats and covers from about 1 month-ish and on. I’m unsure of how many Birdseye vs Muslin one-size flats to buy to last. I’m thinking 36 birdseye and 12 muslin (I have access to a washer but not a dryer) but I’ve seen muslin is better for when they’re older because of absorbency? I’ve got 12 half flats for when she’s small (currently weighing at 65% but who knows, I have 8 weeks to go) so that she’s not too bulky in the booty. Just looking for help building a stash to last from 1 month to 2ish years for potty training! I also have some workhorses I’m adding in for overnights/whenever we want lol but I’m pretty comfy with my stash on those (7 newborn, 7 medium) but open to advice there too. Thank you for your help!

Know of any good deals going on or upcoming? Did you find a lot on Marketplace and aren’t quite sure if it’s a great deal? Share sales or ask away. Happy shopping!

I have pockets with velcro closures. They have a little square for the tabs to stick to themselves when washing. However it’s not super effective and they come undone in the wash and stick to my cotton prefolds and fitteds. It’s absolutely tearing them up. Since they are pockets and don’t have absorbent parts can I wash them separately? Do I need to do a full double wash with bulking? That makes for a total of 4, hour long plus washes. What are my options here to both protect my absorbent cotton pieces and properly clean my pocket shells.

I see wool liners in a few different wool textures ranging from interlock knits, thick and thin, to boiled wool, wool fleece, herringbone wool… anyone have experience with which fabric works best for each use? I want to try some as a “stay dry” liner and some lanolized as a cover protector. Thoughts?!