My boy is 8 months & 25 lbs on the last snaps of his Nora’s Nursery diaps so I’m needing to replace these with some other brands that have more of a size range. Really love fun prints what’re your recommendations? We prefer pockets, but now that I’m comfortable with them if someone could explain covers to me I’m open to those as well!

Anyone know if earth day will have a bigger discount?

Hi Everyone! My last pregnancy was almost 16 years ago, and I’m realizing all my favorite diapers seem like they may be dead brands.

I used Fuzzibunz sized diapers and Bumgenius o/s with my son, and I definitely preferred the Fuzzibunz microterry. The pocket material of the BG seemed slightly irritating on my son’s skin.

I had good mama diapers without a cover when we were just home, too.

Well… it seems all my favorites are no more! Ah, such is life.

I’m curious what pocket diapers you all prefer now? I have Nora’s Nursery on my registry, but I am really up for other recommendations.

Thanks in advance!

We have to use pocket diapers for childcare arrangements. Are there any brands that have a pocket made out of 100% cotton rather than a synthetic material? 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 did a complete strip on my diapers maybe a month ago now due to mineral build up. My kids were getting constant rashes. Well the rashes went away and now are back! Won't go away. I am adding borax to the wash 1/2 cup. I read the directions and it says 1/4 cup. 🤦 Can I be causing a chemical rash? My daughter has little raised bumps and redness but my son doesn't his is red. Idk what to do. The diapers smell clean feel clean. Could it be the borax? If so how can I get rid of the build up. This wash cycle I did a regular cycle with an extra rinse with 1/4 cup borax and detergent. Second cycle heavy duty with an extra rinse 1/4 cup borax and detergent.

I’ve been researching using cloth for a few years prior to finally having my first baby. It seems like everyone used to say only breastfed poop is water soluble and then slowly over the years it changed to breastmilk and formula poop being water soluble. My son is combination fed and is almost big enough to fit properly into his cloth diapers. I’m trying to figure out if I can just toss them in the washing machine or if I need to rinse first. I’m nervous to just toss them in since he gets formula.

My due date is fast approaching (5 weeks to go!) so I’ve started washing and prepping my purchases. I read through so many amazingly helpful posts here to make my shopping list. The goal is to have enough for the first 3-6 months to give us time to evaluate what’s working before we dive in and buy anything else.

What we have:

24x GMD prefolds (2 sizes, can’t remember exactly which ones)

12x small workhorse fitteds (no snaps)

12x medium workhorse fitteds (no snaps)

12x cotton boosters

3x one size rumparooz pockets

3x newborn covers

4x one size covers

I have some old wool and cashmere sweaters set aside to make additional covers (3-4) but that probably won’t happen until after she’s born unless I can convince my Mom to do it for me. I also have some hemp and cotton fabrics to make boosters for overnights.

Does this seem like enough to get us through the first few months or would you recommend anything else? TIA!

ETA — Planning to wash every other day but also ok with it being every day. We have an apartment size washer with a smaller capacity so it’s not too difficult to fill it up.

I started using Esembly cloth diapers during the day when my baby was about three weeks old. I found them really easy to use and decently easy to clean…but now that she’s older and we’re out and about more, I’m relying more on disposables mostly to avoid leaks. We can go 3 hours max in cloth but can stretch it a lot longer in Kudos disposables if we need to. (She’s exclusively breastfed and doesn’t poop often if that’s relevant lol).

She’s getting close to needing size 2s and I’m not feeling very motivated to restock. If it’s working for you, please convince me to keep going! My motivation initially was to reduce our waste/footprint.

Having some issues with blow outs in the car seat only. I sized up to Huggies size 3 but they’re still happening. I’ve had Esembly suggested to me a few times. I see they have a starter kit so I’m gonna try it out!

However, bubs is hovering around 17-18 lbs. What size should I go with?

I keep dirty diapers in a large hanging wet/dry bag before washing. How often are others washing their wet/dry bags?

My baby is nine weeks old and we started our cloth diapering journey last week. I joined this sub and read through all the resources provided in the wiki and felt confident with my application. I pinch it into his thigh rolls and make sure it looks good around the hips but now I’m noticing there are marks on his skin when I remove the diaper during changes - as if it’s too tight. So I didn’t snap as tight and we both got peed on. Decided to reassess and went as tight as before but it just doesn’t seem right to me now!! He also started screaming when I put another one on so he’s in a disposable now :/ Looking for some advice/reassurance.

So I see lots of posts about yeast but can’t seem to figure out step by step what to do.

I see to do a bleach soak then bleach in main wash for 2 weeks post rash.

But when do I do the soak? At onset ? At the end of rash ? Every wash until rash subsided?

Been using mostly disposables and nystatin for 3 weeks and still not gone. On the rare occasion I have used cloth I used a disposable liner with the nystatin.

We are going on a vacation with extended family that's only 4 hrs away. I'd really like to cloth diaper if possible.

I have enough diapers to last for the whole trip. I was considering buying one of those cheap foldable mini washers and rinsing the diapers, drying them, and then washing when we return home. For some reason I feel like I've heard that you shouldn't rinse pee diapers until you plan to wash them though. Is that accurate or am I making stuff up?

I wish I hadn’t, but while pregnant I purchased our entire stash through NN & they’re not bad it’s just that my baby is a giant and I couldn’t have anticipated that but at 8 months we’re on the last snaps of everything & his butt crack hangs out 😂 would also like the mention I don’t like that there’s no tummy panel bc he’s a tummy sleeper and we’ve been having leaks in the tummy every night now bc of this. I feel like they were so hyped up but the hype has died down a lot as of lately and I feel like it’s bc people like me are realizing they’re just alright diapers. Now I’m trying to sell/trade mine for other brands that have bigger sizes, tummy panels and cuter prints.

How many cloth diapers do you need for the average baby?

Please help, I'm completely new to anything baby related and especially cloth diapers.

I live in rural Alaska, currently use a rainwater catch system for my bathroom sink, kitchen sink and shower. I use an outhouse for plumbing. I know this will be a challenge with a new baby and cloth diapers, so I plan to get a washer and hang dry the diapers.

That being said, I know I should ideally use flats, and that's all I know. Looking for advice from other cloth diaper mommas on where to start and with how much.

Thanks for reading!

I’ve tried the bst groups on Facebook and not sure if I don’t have the appealing prints or what but my posts seems to get lost in the feed. Where have you had success reselling? I’m trying to get rid of these Charlie bananas asap.

I am following nappymojo's routine for sanitizing some prefolds I got secondhand.

https://www.nappymojo.co.nz/blogs/all-things-laundry/deep-cleaning-and-sanitising-cloth-nappies

It says to rinse in a top loader or by hand afterwards. Is there a reason I can't rinse in a front loader?

I hung our newborn’s washed diapers in the sun yesterday and the stains bleached into a light pink color. Baby is ebf. I don’t remember this happening with my other child… has anyone experienced it? Is it ok?

ETA wow ok so I was doing a different load of laundry this morning and realized that there is no hot water coming into my washing machine at all. I think it's a machine issue since the sink that uses the same pipes has hot water. I recently got some diapers secondhand (haven't been using them, they are for next size up) and did a bleach soak with them followed by what I thought was a hot wash with the bleached diapers and the rest of my diapers that are in current use. Could this be some issue from unbroken down bleach? Or maybe just the issue is that I have been washing my diapers in cold water? obviously we're going to troubleshoot-- do I have to stop using my diapers until the hot water is working? u/diligent-might6031 or u/hotdog378 any insight?

I’ve just started using cloths and it has been a fairly smooth transition, but I’m finding an odd staining pattern sometimes happens. It is light grey and is where there has been a poo. No yellowing, just this weird grey stain. I do the recommended 2 wash cycle with a detergent and stain remover in the second wash. Any ideas??

ETA that LO is EBF

Just wanting to check that there’s no issue with the big bulky overnight nappies and spinal development? From what I’ve read having the legs fairly wide doesn’t cause any issues (and is possibly beneficial?) but I can’t find anything about the spine. My baby is 6 weeks old and I’m just starting to use overnight nappies (fitteds) but they’re hugely bulky on her and hold her bum up when she is laying on her back. Can this lead to any problems that anyone is aware of??

We are getting more leaks, and probably (some of) our PUL covers are at the end of their life. Does anyone have a good method of testing which ones are still holding up and which are leaking?

I bought a stash of cloth diapers on marketplace, and it came with three of these totsbots bamboozle size 1 diapers. I can't find anything online about them, so I imagine they're no longer in stock.

Can anyone tell me anything about them? They look like they would be good for nighttime, would that be correct?

https://ibb.co/CVjTMQ9 https://ibb.co/z8WVL9f https://ibb.co/5WfKhdF

Does anyone know if Esembly will honor their warranty for 2nd hand diapers with little to no info except that they were washed using the required Esembly method? I just bought a set of 24 inners and 6 outers and didn’t realize the elastics were a bit loose. The person I bought them from on Marketplace said they were bought new 9 months ago for her first baby so I was wondering if they were maybe part of the bad batch I’ve heard about, but I can’t read the lot numbers on them anymore.

How do you feel about them?

Planning to get 12 to start out. Baby is a heavy wetter. How often will I need to change him

We hang dry all our clothes (indoors or outdoors depending on weather). We plan to use flats which are of course the quickest to dry. In addition to all the other baby laundry will we be able to hang dry everything once baby is here?

FTD (to be here). Have I got this right?

If I get the Rumparooz One Size Cloth diaper, I have to use the inserts and wash the whole thing each time.

If I get the Rumparooz cloth diaper cover I can use flats - and might not have to wash the cover each time?

It seems like the former could get really expensive with 24 or so diapers and inserts, and would require more space to store used diapers between washes.

The latter seems cheaper as we can flats from various companies and don't need to store as many diapers between washes.

And.. where do snappis come into this?

TIA!

Is it bad for the diapers or do people just generally have allergic reactions to the scented things? I use lavender seventh generation for general laundry and would love to use the same detergent for everything including cloth diapers but I understand if I can’t. Just wondering how much of a necessity free and clear is.

What did you guys do to prep your diapers for the second baby? Used prefolds for the first 3 months and then moved onto a mix of that and flats, babies will be about 23 months apart, so stored for 20-22 months depending on size? Prefolds were stored freshly laundered in a plastic bin in garage, covers were stored in a fabric box in her bedroom. Should I just wash? Bleach sanitize? Strip? Sun bleach? Anything specific to check for? New baby arriving end of may. Thanks!

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