Tales of a Tushie
It is two months into our parenting career and I would like to say that cloth diapering is going really well. We are using prefolds and PUL covers, with the occasional wool soaker or longie thrown into the mix. We do diaper laundry every other day and rather than being a whole extra chore that is making my life more difficult, it is actually forcing me to get into a laundry routine. Instead of our regular clothes piling up until someone announces they are out of undies (which is quite the predicament seeing as we have no dryer and thus, no one can have dry undies within mere hours), all the laundry is getting done in an efficient and timely manner. The Captain is most proud!
The prefolds are great. They are easy to fold, quick to dry, and we have not had too many leaks onto things. Certainly no massive issues. Once girlie gets more mobile (and she grows out of the infant prefolds we have), we are transitioning to pockets. We have some Kushies, some BumGenious, and I think I am going to order some WAHMmies to try them out. Folding things for a baby that can’t crawl away from you is one thing, but once she is on the run I need a more simple system.
We are not 100% cloth, though… we are still using sposies at night. Though they smell chemically and I prefer the cloth, it is nice to have all that stay-dry technology. With the Pampers, we can make it through most nights without a change and this is of the utmost importance since changes wake her up! One or two sposies a day is not going to break the bank and quite frankly I will be happy to avoid the stuffing gymnastics an overnight cloth diaper requires for bigger babies.
Tushies… the saga continues.
April 7th, 2011 at 11:28 PM
Glad to hear it is going well for you!
Honestly prefolds worked really well for us until just a few months ago, then E decided to start doing gymnastics during diaper changes. Some babies hit it earlier than others, he was on the late side. Just saying, don’t assume that she will automatically be impossible to change six months from now. We still use them some, like when he actually lays still for a change, but they really are too much trouble sometimes! You might consider getting a dozen, or maybe only half a dozen for some back up and since they dry quicker than the pocket inserts will.
Not to tell you how to do it or anything, I just want to make the point that sometimes it is nice to have a few different options and that they really don’t become completely unusable once they become mobile. I don’t think I’ll be ordering the toddler size though. They aren’t exactly easy on and off for potty training purposes.
May 10th, 2011 at 12:15 PM
She is already testing her gymnastics during changes! She really likes doing what appears to be the yoga bridge pose. I get her but all centered on the new prefold and when I start rolling the edges she has managed to raise up her butt and move her body diagonally. Haha. I am going to see how the laundry plays out- I may need some for the drying factor.