I've been very curious about cloth diapers for my 2nd little girl, Evelyn. There are a few reasons I felt encouraged to give it a try this time around. First, Evelyn only poops 0-2 times a day. This wasn't the case to begin with, but her "schedule" has pleasantly changed to less frequent poos. Next, she won't be going to a daycare center. The 3 days a week that I'll be at work, she'll be with Aunt Monica who is on board with cloth! Finally, I found a website that offers a 30 money back guarantee on all the diapers I am interested in. So if we don't like them, no big deal.
Preparation
Diaper Sprayer - Gramma Orth got us a diaper sprayer for our baby gift. We've really been wanting one even without cloth diapers. Our 2.5 year old, Kayla, is potty training and recently had a stomach bug that we could have really used this for! So, it will be used even if we do not keep the diapers.
Cloth Diaper Safe Detergent - I got this at a local shop in Franklin, TN. It was $1 more there, but I wanted to buy local and not wait for shipping. I've heard only good things about the Rockin Green brand. I chose the Bare Naked Baby (unscented) version because the diapers have to be free of any scent to return for my money back.
Tools & Baby Info
Washer - We just got a new LG front loader washer to replace our not so great top loader. Open box item at best buy!! This was not a purchase we made because of cloth diapers, but I was happy to see it had all the features I wanted for laundering them. For instance it is HE, but you can add water to the cycle. I hear that is helpful.
Dryer - This will be our dryer once they deliver it August 3rd.
Baby Evelyn - She came from me and my husband, Mike. I sometimes type Ev for short though I never call her that. She is 10 weeks old and 11lbs. That puts her in the 50th percentile for height and weight. She is mostly breastfed. We give her about 2-4 oz of formula pretty much every day. I'm not sure if it's coincidental or not, but she started pooping a lot less when we started giving her this tiny bit of formula. So, I like to say "2oz of formula a day keeps the poop away!"
Diapers
After much research, I knew that I wanted to try pocket diapers, all in ones (AIO), and all in twos (AI2). And I definitely want the diapers to be one size which means they grow with your baby. There are many online companies out there that let you do diaper trials, but they don't let you choose your diapers. They all send a bunch of prefolds and covers in the trial which I am not interested in at all. So I was so happy to find the trial at Diaper Juncion. They offer 7 different diapers on this trial and all were the styles that I'm interested in. With a hesitant husband, I put in our order.
- 3 Rumparooz Pocket Diapers. 2 with velcro, 1 with snaps. I actually only ordered 2 of these, but they were running a deal where you get 1 free diaper with certain orders. This is the one they sent me as a freebee.
- 2 BumGenius 4.0 Pocket Diapers. 1 with velcro, 1 with snaps.
- 1 BumGenius Freetime AIO Diaper. With velcro.
- 3 BumGenius Elemental AIO Diapers. All snaps, no other option.
- 3 Flip Stay Dry Diapers. 1 with velcro, 2 with snaps.
The order went in 7/28/12 at 6am. They say it will take 5-10 business days for the free shipping.
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