Cloth Diapers, the new frontier

Recently I have gotten fed up with the style of cloth diapers that we chose.  They are great diapers, fit well, haven't had a leak yet.  The downside that I have found is that you need to wash the whole diaper, every time.  The pocket style need to be taken apart first, sometimes it takes a while to get the liner out.  All this while baby is wiggling around impatiently.  Washing the whole diaper is fine, it just takes an eternity to dry, the All In Ones take even longer, they can go for an hour in the dryer and still come out damp.  You need tons of them if you exclusively cloth diaper, 2 days worth and do the laundry practically every day.  We haven't even tried to go out with them, I do not feel like lugging around dirty diapers in my already full diaper bag. In comes the gDiaper, I found out about them from other blogging mommies (O my family & Joyful Abode).  They are the perfect mix, a soft cloth outside, a snap in waterproof inner liner and either a cloth insert or a bio-disposable insert.  Because of it's multiple parts you can usually get away with only a few outer diaper shells a day, just change out your inserts.  This feature makes for less laundry.  The disposable insert makes going out with them super easy, just flush or toss the liner, put in a new one and off you go.  We started out with a starter pack from a local health food store, I have loved them so much that we ordered some from their online store.  I got a few more of the small size and also got the 6 pack in the medium size for when he gets bigger.  They are great diapers that do not add too much bulk.  I am super happy that I found these diapers.  We will still be using our other diapers, they work well, I just prefer the gdiapers for their ease of use and easy cleaning.

Cloth Diapers Week 4

Dear Cloth Diapers,

Again, I am sorry, life got busy.  I am currently staring at you on the coffee table, I am starting to put you back together as we speak.  I will walk upstairs and slap one of you on the little guys bum.  Lime Green Ömaiki, get ready, it's going to be a wiggly day.

I truly do like you, I just seem to neglect my laundry after it's washed

Cloth Diapers, Week Two & Three

To be honest, I haven't used them at all lately.  They were washed, dried, then abandoned in the basement, I forgot to bring them back upstairs and never thought of it again.  We also went down to Toronto for about 4 days so there was no use of them at that time either.  Tomorrow we have our doctors appointment with Ollie so we will start using them again after the appointment.  It is not that they are too much work, they just got forgotten, left all alone, in the basement.  I promise not to abandon the diapers down there anymore.

Cloth Diapers. A New Adventure

Last night we went to the mall to learn more about the mystical world of cloth diapering(washable diapers).  We are lucky to have a couple of ''natural'' baby stores.  This particular store has a section for cloth diapers of different kinds, eco-friendly--Organic toys and accessories, baby wearing items and so on.  Lots of natural hippie granola type stuff.  We had a 30 minute explanation of the different type of diapers, pros and cons of the different styles.  A quick tutorial on the care needed.  We came home with a few different ones.  We chose to try out 2 different brands, in 2 different styles.  We have Omaïki Pocket and pre-fold and Mini Kiwi in the pocket style.  We will start using them at the begining of the week as we are in Toronto over the weekend.  We will ease into them, using them during the day at home.  We will stick with disposables for outings and night times for the time being.  I will post updates with how this experiment is going.