Monday, March 12, 2012

Cloth Diapering... Revisited

I'm still no expert on the subject but now that I've been a cloth diapering mama for several months I have some new insights:
1. I don't like the new Fuzzi Bunz Elite diapers. Okay, it's not that I don't like them, I just like the old one size better. I've had leaking issues with the elites and I'm just not convinced the the minky fabric insert is as absorbent as the microfiber. So from now on if we need to make a diaper purchase, it's BumGenius 4.0 for us!
2. I still don't mind the extra laundry. I do feel that Eric and my laundry takes a backseat to Kendall's clothes and diapers but we've never run out of clean underwear so I guess we're doing fine.
3. In a cloth diaper Kendall could probably get by in 18 month size pants. In a disposable one, the 12 month size pants are pretty loose. Yep. Cloth dipes are that bulky! I love it and love the diaper butt comments from friends. I like to think of it as extra padding when she falls on her bottom.
4. I don't think I can ever bring myself to use cloth wipes. Cloth diapering is good enough, right?
5. Diaper rash cream? No, not us. Since switching to cloth, Kendall's bottom is hardly ever even red. Which is good because the cream messes up the cloth anyway.
I really don't know why I was so anti- cloth in the beginning. It's not bad! I will definitely continue doing it!