Did you say CLOTH DIAPERS?!

So this is it. We have officially begun cloth diapering. [insert your grimace/awkward questioning here]

Let me preface this post by saying, we did not cloth diaper for our first two children. We chose to cloth diaper Cupcake for a few different reasons: it’s environmentally friendly, financially friendly, and sensitive skin friendly. Primarily, he was/is allergic to a chemical found in commercial disposable diapers. Huggies, Pampers, you name it, he’s allergic to it. And by allergic, I mean breaks out into a blistering, painful rash after just 1 day of use.

For the first 3 months of Cupcake’s life, we used Seventh Generation disposable diapers. These are free of dyes, chlorines, and other icky chemicals that can bother sensitive skin. These icky chemicals, however, proved important when it came to the absorbency of disposable diapers. Cupcake had 2-3 blowouts PER DAY. After getting soaked through my dress with watery, mustardy poop having an accident during a Sunday morning service, I’d had enough. There had to be a better way!

I began researching cloth diapering. Can I tell you, it’s ADDICTING! There are so many different options out there – prefolds & covers, hybrid systems, all-in-ones, and pocket diapers to name a few. Don’t even get me started on soap/detergent options! It’s actually become a running joke (not to me) in my home that whenever I am on the computer, Hubs will walk by and say “Whatcha’ doin? Looking at cloth diapers?”, and then laugh hysterically. I hate to admit there’s 87% chance I probably am, haha.

Here is my first cloth diapering “stash”.
I followed some advice online and purchased a few different types of cloth diapers to see which would be best for our Cupcake. I will update soon with what is currently working for him, our washing routine, and bring you along with me throughout all of my trials & errors.

Ready? Set? Wash!

{Diaper Stash from left to right:}
Green Mountain Diaper unbleached cotton prefolds, medium size,
4 Thirsties all-in-ones
4 Kawaii onesize pockets
3 BumGenius 4.0s
2 Fuzzibunz (second hand)
4 Flip onesize covers & disposable inserts
6 gdiapers (small, second hand) 5 gdiapers (medium) & disposable inserts

Some websites I ordered from:
http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com
http://www.kellyscloset.com
http://www.cottonbabies.com