r/clothdiaps

I spend ~$20/mo on disposable wipes now. I have green mountain diaper cloth wipes, but found it annoying to wet the wipes each time at the sink before each diaper change so I stopped using cloth wipes. However, I cloth diaper full time, and it seems like a waste to not use the wipes I already have.

I was thinking of getting the esembly wipe up wash/foamer, it's $26.50 but I'm not sure how long the kit lasts. If it lasts at leas two months it's a cheaper option than buying disposable wipes. But I'm curious, how are people handling cloth wipes with poop and babies eating solids? Would I need to hand wash the wipes/get any solid chunks off before they go in the laundry?

We are super grateful to have received newborn cloth diapers that are all in ones, which are super easy! We got them as hand me downs and they were all pristine, but now I’ve started washing and they’re getting yellow poop stains that I just can’t get out :(

We wash off the diapers right away, and use Dreft detergent. We EBF and I heard that should be easy to clean so what am I doing wrong? Should we add vinegar or is there a pre-wash spray to help with staining?

My current wash routine is just to do 4 days of diapers all at once, a pre-wash and then a main wash. But I know a lot of people do a pre-wash either everyday or every other day.

I know people say they "air dry" between pre wash and main wash - are you hanging up/ draping out each diaper to air dry? Or you're just dumping them into an airy laundry basket and they're fine? The latter seems like a recipe for mold for me, but I'm curious because if that is workable, I would consider it since it sounds super easy.

What would you choose? It seems like AIO, fitted and cover, prefold and cover, and everything all sound good, so i dont know what to choose. If you had to do it all again, what would you choose? I’m 4 months pregnant and have been told that cloth diapers won’t work and i’ll give up, but so many cloth diaper moms have more pros than cons compared to exclusively disposable moms. No hate just an observation, but from reading experiences, cloth diaper babies seem to have next to no blowouts, less diaper rash, and moms save a bunch in the long run. Help please!

Like the question, how important is it for the cover to be water proof/resistant? Especially if I'm home and checking and changing the baby frequently? I'm thinking of using prefolds.

Also, do you use swim diapers as covers?

Please note I have no experience with cloth diapers, currently just getting into them.

Sorry this is gross. We had a great system for baby (EBF) and his poops. Now that he’s on solids, let’s just say it’s no longer cute little runny poos. It’s chunky. Stinky. Sticking to everything.

What’s your process to remove the chunks? Like start to finish, explain like I’m 5. I feel like I’m playing with poop. Help

I have a 3-month-old and since her first few weeks of life we have dealt with a lot of skin sensitivity. Doctor says she has an "eczema profile" (AKA very white ginger baby) and after a pediatric derm visit, we learned that, along with really sensitive skin, she has seborrheic dermatitis (cradle cap) all over her body (appearance is just rough, dry, flakey skin all over). She also has had an on and off again diaper rash.

We're treating the dermatitis and diaper rash and derm asked if I would be willing to use disposables at least for this time of healing since the disposable technology is so much better at keeping the skin dry and her skin is just so so sensitive to everything. I don't want to be stubborn, so I have been using disposables (Millie Moons that my friend gave me that I planned to use for some traveling) and I hate them! They blow out so much more and I hate their smell every time I open up the diaper pail. However, since using the disposables and treating her skin with an oil steroid and special shampoo, her skin is soo much better - almost perfect! I notice that her skin is really sensitive to moisture because the only place I see a little redness still is her butt where the pee pools in the diaper overnight when we're changing her less frequently.

Will I ever be able to use cloth successfully again with my baby? I really want to go back to cloth but I don't want to be stubborn at the cost of my baby's health. I feel like disposables at night will always be necessary for her.

What we use/have tried:

We used GMD workhorse fitted diapers with Essembly covers (I have some prepped wool covers available too). We would change no longer than every 2 hours during the day. I tried using fleece liners early on, but those really had the opposite affect and dried out her skin - although, maybe they won't once her dermatitis is healed. I use Tide Free & Gentle powder detergent for the diapers only ("all" free & clear for clothes) but the doctors worry that the Tide could be irritating for her skin. We line dry and I noticed the diapers are pretty rough and crunchy from that. I wonder if I put them in the dryer for a bit if they will be more gentle for her skin. The derm said Desitin has fragrance in it and recommended the Aquaphor brand diaper cream with the purple label with simpler ingredients.

TIA for any tips on keeping my very sensitive baby's skin dry in cloth!

Hi all!

We have successfully exclusively used Nora’s Nursery pocket diapers for two years, but they have recently completely lost their absorbency. To be fair, about 1 year ago we moved from a place with soft water to a place with hard water and continued to just wash with an approved detergent (no water softener). Leaks have been common throughout our usage, but he leaks through every single diaper right now. We stripped the diapers for the first time in February but it doesn’t seem to have helped much (although we still haven’t charged our washing method).

My question is: are these diapers just at the end of their life or have I completely ruined them by not using water softener? Is there any saving them if I start using water softener in regular cycles? I am pregnant and having our second baby in July so I am debating completely starting over with either a new set from NN or switching to another brand if there are strong opinions about NN’s absorbency. Are there better options if I have to rebuy anyway?

Our diapers (esembly) stink after a day so my husband is doing daily laundry of like 6 diapers. It feels like too much when folks I know only wash every 2-3 days. We put dirty diapers in a large thirsties bag in a pail with a not air tight lid. How can we cut down on washes? I read about doing pre washes daily but deep washes every few days, but what are you doing with the damp diapers?

I have a 7 week old who luckily is doing 6-7 hour sleep stretches. The problem I am having is I never know when she will finally go down for the night and am terrified to wake her if she is finally down, so if it’s not a nighttime diaper when we finally get her to sleep, I don’t feel like I can really change it. She is a very loud pooper, so I can put a nighttime diaper on too early and hear her poop 10 mins later and have to change it, or I can think there is no way she will be out for the night and then oops she goes down early and we are kinda stuck! Anyone dealt with this or have advice?

Hello! I'm pregnant with my first: a baby girl due in July. Since the beginning, both me and my partner were sure of using cloth diapers to avoid harsh chemicals on her skin and to avoid as much disposable waste as possible. Now we are looking for cloth diapers to buy and we're not sure on what type must be better for us. This is what we think so far:

• All-In-One -> looks easy to use, but a lot of work to wash and dry.
• All-In-Two -> not that much difference with All-In-Ones
• Pocket -> I don't understand the difference with All-In-Twos (is it just the way of holding the insert?)
• Prefold -> looks really difficult to fit in correctly
• Fitted -> looks like the easiest system

We already own 5 newborn + 5 size 1 or 2 + 10 bigger ones. I'm not sure about the sizes because they are at my mum's place. My mum used them with me and my brother 28 years ago and they're in really good condition. I think they'are all-in-twos. My goal here is to buy the amount that we need but not extra. We will alternate with disposable ones for outings and trips. We are in Europe and we don't own a dryer. we plan to sun dry as much as German weather allows us, also to remove stains. I would love to buy second-hand but I don't know where as we just moved here and I don't really know much from the area/culture yet. My questions are the following:

1. What is your favourite type and why? Would you change the type depending on the age of your child?
2. How many would you recommend having of each size? Are there any types that last longer size-wise?
3. Should we just start trying and go from there? I don't want it to be an extra chore once baby is here so we don't go for the easy option and buy disposable ones because they're easier to find.

Thank you in advance!

My 2½ year old is potty trained, but still needs diapers at night. Some nights he's dry and sometimes he wakes up to pee on the middle of the night. Mostly though he still pees in the diaper at night. We've been using regular disposable pullups for him as he can get them off to go pee himself. The buttons on our pocket diapers are too hard for him, especially in the middle of the night. We didn't use them as night diapers before either as they always ended up leaking. He pees A LOT.

I'd love to go for cloth for the night diapers for him. They need to be pull-up style so he can get them down/up by himself and they need to be absorbent enough for big pees. Is there anything like this? He's pretty big for his size (almost 40lb), but I feel like he'll be needing a night diapers for quite a while still. (extended bed wetting in males is strong in both sides of the family).

Any suggestions/links are welcome.

I originally wanted to cloth diaper from birth. We made a few attempts, had some leaks and then got hot by some health issues that took up all of our energy and time with baby, so cloth diapering kind of got thrown to the sidelines.

One of the problems we have with cloth diapering is that we have a tiny baby. He is 4.5 months and still has not hit 13 pounds. His legs are SO skinny. To the point where 0-3 month onesies get too short on him but are gaping a ton around his legs, even brand new with new elastics.

Is there a good hack for making this work for a skinny leg baby?

I only started cloth back in November with my now 2 year old. He has super sensitive skin so we still use disposables at night but I plan on switching to cloth overnight once I run out of disposables I already own. We also plan on toilet training before the end of the summer.

He's gotten a diaper rash a few times since November where the only way to get it to go away seems to be to switch him back to disposables for a 1-3 days. The difficult diaper rashes are usually a result of not noticing a poop soon enough (the current one is from a poop happening during his nap). I usually give it a day or two of extra frequent diapers changed in cloth before I cave.

My cloth stash are Cloth-Eez prefolds and workhorses. I use keep dry liners for every diaper with Essembly everyday diaper balm or Honest everyday diaper rash cream. I also use cotton wipes.

Does anyone have advice on how to fight diaper rash while staying in cloth?

*Title should say fleece not felt, sorry!

I used to use Esembly liners, and they were great! Very thin and not fluffy felt which was easy to scrub off in prewash.

My baby needs bigger and bulkier diapers now and the Esembly ones are not wide enough, so I tried getting 3 different fleece scraps from the thrift store and cutting my own. It's normal fleece like you'd find in a blanket.

The new size is great but this fleece is too "fluffy", too nice? The higher pile makes it impossible to scrub all the bits off. It's like it gets stuck how it would in dog fur.

I don't have a lot of sewing knowledge. Is there a specific type of fleece that is what Esembly liners are made from? Some sort of thin/non-fluffy variety? What brand do you use? Thank you!

Hi friends! I am a pregnant FTM, and I’m planning to cloth diaper after the newborn stage (free hospital diapers will be used, along with whatever I get at the baby shower lol) there are so many different types and brands of CDs to choose from, and I want to add some to my registry. I know it will come down to what me and baby prefer, but I’m a little lost, so I’m wondering what I can put on my registry that will be a good start for trying different types and brands! Preferably ones that I can get on Amazon since that’s where I have my registry, but I will take any and all recommendations for what I can try out in the first few months :) Thanks guys and Happy Mother’s Day☺️

TL;DR I’m looking for a wide range of CD recommendations to try to get a feel for what works for us when we try them