Cloth Diaper Stash

Cloth diapering

My little boy is now a week over 7 months old. We have cloth diapered days here and there equaling up to be about a week, that's right- I suck at cloth diapering. I have an excuse however, when Xander was born we didn't know that we would be receiving a case of diapers once a month for a year from the hospital. 1 case was enough to last a month, so we haven't needed to use our cloth diapers.Well just a couple of months ago we found out that we needed to go into the hospital and pick up the rest of our diaper cases(8cases) because the hospital is being sued for giving out the diapers. So we picked up all 8 cases in different sizes, and brought them home and then heard one of our friends went shopping for diapers and got her diapers stolen right out of her cart after she bought them! So I told Ryan, that I wanted to exclusively cloth diaper and that I was going to give this friend our cases of diapers we got from the hospital. So now I don't have the excuse of using disposable diapers and I have to cloth diaper! 

My cloth diaper stash- 

BumGenius 4.0 one size cloth diapers. 6

FuzziBunz One-Size Elite Diaper. 6

gDiapers  Bundle 12 newborn, 6 small, 1 medium+ 80 biodegradable inserts. 
Bonnibuns All in one Rapid Dry. 4 
BumCheeks  one size minky nappies. 3
Blueberry Snaps Diaper cover. 3
Doopsy One-size diaper. 1. 


Accessories- 
Prefolds ,12 infant, 12 regular, 12 premium
BumGenius inserts, 1 newborn and 1 one-size/diaper
Fuzzibunz inserts, 2 minky/diaper
Gdiaper Bigodegradable inserts, 80.
Planet Wise wet bag, Large
Blueberry Wet Bag, small
Blueberry FLO Diaper Sprayer 


BumGenius is by far my favorite out of all of my cloth diapers, and I'm glad that I have 6 of them. When I grab a cloth Diaper, bumGenius is the one I will grab over any of them. I haven't had a leak or a blow out yet, they have been through my washer and dryer multiple times and are still in great shape, I do wish there colors were brighter, but I absolutely love them! When X got a bad diaper rash a few months ago I put him in BumGenius to keep him dry and happy and his diaper rash cleared up almost instantly! I was very impressed and still wish that from that moment I would have kept him in his cloth diapers! 

All-in-one diapers are what I mostly have(BumGenius, Fuzzibunz, Bonnibuns, and BumCheeks) These are very simple diapers, you stuff them with the insert, put them on your baby, then when you change it and it's just wet you take it off shake out the insert into the wet bag and then throw the rest in your wet bag. When its dirty, you take it off, take it into the bathroom use the diaper sprayer to spray off the poo into the toilet, flush it then throw the diaper into your wet bag. When the wet bag is full you unzip it throw it in the wash and thats it. simple. 

Fuzzibunz are the ones I bought thinking they would get me to LOVE cloth diapering. But, I don't like them. Its not that they suck either, because I haven't had a leak or a problem with them, but changing the size with the elastics is a pain with a son who doesn't stop growing. You have to change 6 parts in the elastics and then put it back, test it to make sure it fits and if it doesn't then re-do it all, then stuff it. 

However, today we are exclusively cloth Diapering with Fuzzibunz, because I am determined to LOVE them. Especially now where X isn't gaining a ton of weight quickly and he is staying the same weight and size for longer periods of times. I really do like the looks of these diapers, they're very bright and slim, they look like he would be wearing a normal disposable, but they're so much cuter! 
Pictured is X in a Fuzzibunz and the rest of my Fuzzibunz stash, the top two and the one he is wearing are double stuffed with minky inserts so they look fluffy the rest have just one minky insert!

 (He doesnt have a rash, just our carpet is horrible!)

GDiapers are the closest to a disposable diaper that you can get. The inserts are disposable and biodegradable, I use these when we go out and when X is at grandmas or a babysitters because of how easy they are. I have 6 small so when we go out I stuff each of them with a disposable and when I change the diapers I throw out the insert put the cover in the diaper bag and then pull another already-stuffed diaper out and put it on him and go. They're quick and easy. 

BumCheeks One Size Minky Nappies. I HATE them. If you go to long to change them(like 2hours) they soak completely through the cover and everything! Especially where by little boy is a heavy wetter! I would never use these out or at night, these would be an "all my other cloths diapers are being washed and I have no choice" diaper! On the plus side, they are very very soft! 

Bonnibuns I haven't used yet, but I am excited to use them! They are cute! The bonnibuns look just like the BumGenius and I'm hoping they are just like them. X just barely grew into them! 

The blueberry Flip Covers are also too big for X, so we will have to wait on those also. 

Doopsy Are just like Bonnibuns and BumGenius, I only have one of them but I like it and if I had to use them all the time I would (: 

My decision for Cloth Diapering

Cloth Diapering...WHY!?

I have been asked this question a lot, and most of the people say, "I will never change your kids diapers." Well that's fine, It's my kid, I can change his diaper and you just wont babysit :D

When I first thought of Cloth Diapers I thought of the rag with the clothes pins in them...not exactly what i'd call fun, but hearing a lot about it and wondering why everyone was raving about it I started to do research and guess what!? Cloth diapers aren't like that anymore...nope, they have evolved into something GREAT! Now, i'm not going to tell you why you should cloth diaper, when I don't even know how it will work out for me. I'm not going to quote other people and tell you why they think you should cloth diaper, I'm going to tell you why I DECIDED that cloth diapering would work for us.

First, I'm a stay at home mom. I have a lot of time on my hands and why should I buy a $40 box of diapers/week just to end up throwing them in the trash. Isn't that like throwing away your cash? So money was a factor in this process. All the research said I would save $1000's with cloth diapering. Then I looked at prices for a cloth diaper... prices range from $5/diaper to $30/diaper and there were so many different kinds of cloth diapers I had no idea what I was really looking for. So figuring a baby needs about 12 diaper changes a day and with the cheapest diaper at $5 and needing at least 12 just for 1 day, that's $60/day in cloth. WOAH! How is that cheaper then disposables? So I decided to ignore the money situation for now and figure out other reasons I would want to cloth diaper.

Well, they are cute, but that's not exactly a good reason for diapers. So I looked at skin problems with cloth diapers. When I was born I had horrible skin problems, and to this day my skin still has it's oh-so-horrible dry cracked moments. So it may be a factor my kids will have that problem. I also don't like the idea of diaper rash. It seems like such a common factor with babies and it scares me, literally. How would you like to walk around with a cracked and bleeding bum all day? Exactly. So that was the research I did next and came to the conclusion, if you keep your cloth diapers clean, make sure there is no detergent build-up when putting them on baby, and change them when they need to be changed, most moms have no problems with diaper rash AT ALL! Cloth diapers are made from very absorbant cotton, hemp ect so the cloth absorbs all the wet ickyness and keeps babies bum dry and diaper-rash-free! Plus sitting in a puddle doesn't sound exactly exciting, I would much rather be sitting dry. :)  So Cloth 1- disposables 0.

Environment factor, now this really wasn't a main issue with me until I started reading about it. A disposable diaper takes over 500 years to decompose. Yes that means all of your grandparents, parents, siblings, and your diapers are still in a landfield. Plus all of your friends, my friends, and ever other single persons. yuck! But while doing my diaper research I noticed some cloth diapers have disposable inserts...? isn't that the same thing? Nope. The disposable inserts from gdiapers is flushable and compostable! phew! So my inner hippie won that one! Cloth 2 - Disposables 0.

Conveinent, how? Don't worry, there are no complicated pins and folds like in the olden days. They are all snaps and velcro now, so it's just like a disposable. The cloth diapers fit to baby, they have a waterproof band that fits around babies legs and and removable liner that holds everything until the diaper change. Making a quick and easy change! You do have to change the liners more often then a disposable, depending on the brand you buy and how much your baby pees or poos, but a baby needs a diaper change wether more often or not, and more diaper changes equals less wet and less diaper rash! Which means no applying creams and taking more time! So as for conveinent goes, Cloth 3 - Disposables 0

What about the smell? Cloth diapers come off the babies bottom and into a bin, so It's going to start to smell. Unless you have a "wet bag." You take the wet diapers and throw them straight into that bag, zip it up and there is no smell! When It is time to wash the diapers you unzip the bag and throw the wet bag all of the soiled diapers straight into the wash! The diapers and the bag is clean all in one wash! easy peasy. But what about poopy diapers? You don't throw the poop straight into the wash too do you? Yes...on new borns that you breast feed you can throw them straight into the wash because there poo is still the runny water-based poo. When they start getting solids thats when the fun begins, and you invest in a Diaper Sprayer! You take the poopy diaper into the bathroom where the diaper sprayer is attatched to the toilet, spray off the poop into the toilet and throw the diaper in wet bag and that's it! So easy! Cloth 4 - Disposables 0!

What about the wash? Don't you have to do a lot more washing, and doesn't that run up water bills and electric bills plus the cost of detergent? This is the overall fall of cloth diapers. I have an HE Front Loading Washer and Dryer. My washer and dryer are AWESOME, seriously. Go down to my laundry room, put your hand in the washer and spin the inside and my washer will turn on and run. Yep, my Washer uses a lot less power than any other washer I've seen. I can wash clothes every day or once a week and I have never seen my bill go up, ever! It stays at the minimum payment. So washing my cloth diapers doesn't worry me. But I will let you know later down the road about washing and wether I see my water bill and what not go up. Now as far as detergent goes this is where I get worried. Cloth diapers and detergent have a lot of downside reviews. You have to find out what works for your diapers, and look at what is preferred and use it. As far as drying goes, most cloth diapers dry super fast with just air drying. I have a clothes line outside for summer because sun is amazing to whiten clothes! Or I can throw them in the dryer which is just as easy and faster! But with disposables, they just go in the garbage. So they win this. Disposables 1 - Cloth 4!

So Cloth Diapers have won, but what about the money? I really didn't want this to be a big factor if Cloth diapering is something I really felt strongly about but it is a factor. If everybody raves about cloth diapers and how much money they save then why are they so much money for just one diaper and how does that save money? Well it doesnt up front, but it does down-the-road. So buying a package of cloth diapers is a lot more expensive then disposables but after a few months of using cloth over Disposables guess who starts to pay for themselves? Yep CLOTH! Cloth diapers are also made-to-last. Many moms say that they have used there Cloth diapers on multiple kids. So If you start doing the math you can see where Disposable diapers add up where unless you go overboard with cloth diapers they pay for themselves (:

So my advice, before Cloth diapering. DO YOUR RESEARCH. See what you think you think you'll like and make a budget on how much you want to spend and don't go over it. Don't buy too much of one item because you might not like it after you get it, even though you can resell for the same price, or more money. Look for discounts, coupons, and sales on line! It could save your wallet and make you feel better about cloth diapering. :)