Our daughter is getting frequent diaper rashes and disposables work a bit better for her to prevent the rash. We would use the Broody Chick diapers they offer, so I would also been interested in hearing any experience with that brand.
It is a bit more expensive than cloth or disposables, but I am really struggling with all the plastic that goes into the landfills. Diaper Help. We don't use Tiny Tot's, but I had similar concerns about all those diapers in the landfill. We have been using gDiapers for the past 3 years first son recently potty trained and his brother is 8 months old. We've been super happy with them - we compost the pee diapers and flush the poopy ones and haven't had any plumbing problems you have to break up the diaper when it flushes.
Check them out - www. Also, my boys NEVER get diaper rashes with the gDiapers they're pretty breathable , but they usually do within an hour or two in a disposable.
We switch between the gDiaper biodegradable refills and cloth when I'm not feeling lazy. Good luck! My older son is 2. Our newest little one is 10 weeks old and she is currently wearing G Diapers. The flushable inserts, however, are getting a bit pricy so I'd like to use cloth inserts at home and launder them myself.
I'll still be using the G Diaper covers and liners though. My question is, I have no idea how to start doing this! How do I find the right kind of insert to fit her G Diapers?
She's wearing a size small and weighs around 12 lbs. Also, what are the logistics of using the cloth at home and washing them myself? Do I need spcial wipes or any other equipment? Where do I keep soiled diapers until I wash them? I'm embarrassed that I'm so clueless but I could really use some guidance from seasoned cloth diaper users. Not sure if it's relevant but she's breastfed and poops about twice a day. Thanks so much, in advance, for your tips and wisdom!
Hi - Congratulations on your new baby! I washed my own diapers for both my kids and found it very economical, healthy and made me feel better about the environmental impact. Although flat diapers are much less expensive, fitted diapers are so much easier that you are more likely to stick with it. I bought mine some new, some used from a company called Mother Ease www. They host a re-sale forum and you can get some great buys.
Their covers are amazing - especially the snap-covers I gave up on velcro after a few years because it doesn't last as long.
My system was to place the soiled diaper in a cloth diaper bin google it, you'll find them and wash times per week. I washed with vinegar to cut the uric acid and washing soda to whiten and occasionally tea tree oil anti-fungal. I also usually did a second rinse with vinegar. Another note - we always used a paper diaper at night because I found that my kids were sensitive to having the urine near their skin for a long period of time.
Having said that, neither of my kids ever had a diaper rash, and both potty trained at 2 so I feel like cloth diapering was an excellent choice. Cloth-diaper Mamma. We cloth diaper our 4 mo old, and it has been far easier than I could have ever imagined. You'd probably want to get some prefolds they are flat, recctangular, and are thicker in the middle , and fold them into the area you'd put the G diaper inserts.
Green Mountain Diapers has really great quality prefolds there are definitely differences in absorbency and softness! Of course give the G Diaper covers a try, but my guess is that you'll have a lot of blowouts with runny breastfed poops. Bummis and Thirsties brand covers are known to be pretty reliable, easy to care for and not too expensive.
As for washing breastfed poop: we run a cold wash, hot wash, and extra rinse everyone does it a little different. No dunking, soaking, etc.
You can buy a couple waterproof bags to to collect dirties, and throw it all in at wash time. Their site has a lot of cloth diapering info, I was confused in the beginning too, there are tons of choices. I have used G-diapers pretty much exclusively with my 14 month old daughter. At home we sometimes use cloth inserts instead of the flushables, though I'll admit that now we mostly use cloth training pants as we EC and she's approaching ''graduation''.
I found a lot of useful information about g-diapers on the yahoo group for that topic. But in a nutshell: loopy-do's are the name of the cloth diaper inserts that fit G liner by size.
They are hemp and can be bought new on-line or often found used on ''Diaperswappers. As for washing, put all the soiled liners in one bin, preferably with a lid, and then wash them in hot water, with very little soap if you use to much soap it decreases the absorbancy and can smell. My understanding is that you don't need to really do anything special with the poopy ones, though we haven't had any poop diapers since May on account of our EC'ing.
I would rinse the poop off immediately if you're not going to wash for a few days, but tha! Good luck, cloth diapering is rewarding and I have found doesn't add too much to my work load and keeps my baby aware of her body more and seems so much nicer than paper on her bum.
I tried this for a while when my kid was about that age. I used some very thin prefold diapers that someone gave me, and that worked OK. They are big pieces of soft cotton with an extra thick middle panel; I folded them in three long-wise and they fit right in but I didn't use the plastic liner. But that was pretty bulky, and I realized that the velcro on the g-diaper cover was scratching my baby, so I just went right to fitted cloth diapers. You might want to check out the poly-fiber inserts that go into pocket diapers, like fuzzibuns; that would be less bulky and they hold a lot of pee.
You can find all kinds of advice on washing cloth diapers and about cloth diapering in general online; basically, rinse off poop ASAP, wash in hot water, presoak with baking soda if you can or just add that with the soap, don't use very much soap, and put some white vinegar in the rinse baking soda and vinegar deal with smells. I've read BPN's info. Any updated info. Thx, Marinela. Hi Marinela- Congratulations on your pregnancy and you soon to be new baby.
We used cloth diapers until our first was 1 yr old we had moved temporarily and couldn't do cloth - wish we had gone back to cloth but that's another story.
We had our second about 5 mos ago and decided to try the gdiapers. Laziness on our part and we didn't like the number of disposable piling up in our garbage. We loved the idea of the gdiaper and low impact it had on the environment and thought it would be a compromise between disposable and cloth.
Unfortunately, we did not love using the gdiaper. We found them to leak quite a bit during both poops and pees, the liners would stain from the poop and never seemed to get clean in the wash, and the diaper covers take a while to dry in our dryer which is a brand new Bosch. They were also spun quite high in our new front loading washing machine.
All in all, we found them more difficult to work with than cloth diapers. They are also more expensive than both cloth service and disposables. That being said, we used a service for our diapers because we found the environmental impact is lower when using a service such as Tiny Tots. They recycle their water and don't use bleach.
You're also recycling diapers which I guess grosses some people out. We never found them to be gross or disgusting. Tiny Tots had wonderful customer service. I realize that they do contribute an additional impact by driving around, but I still think it's a better choice than disposables. You can find more info on their website. I've used gdiapers with my son since he was born a year ago, and I like them a lot. Yes, there is sometimes leakage, but as long as I stay on top of changing him it's ok, and I like the new design, it seems to fit better.
I like that these are better for the environment, easy to use, and breathable so he doesn't get diaper rash. We keep some disposables around for when all the gdiaper covers are in the wash, but don't use them that often. But we didn't use them till our girls twins were nearly done with diapers. Used cloth with a service ABC till then. We always had some disposables for outings and finally I decided to try g-diapers. We found them easy to use, had no problems with leaks, and as a plus the covers were great for potty training put them over cotton underwear as a cover.
They also fit my kids great. Maybe they are best for babies that are into solid foods and therefore not having such messy b. I definitely would recommend them and really regret all the brand name disposables we bought.
WE're using g diapers for our newborn - she's our second, so I'm comparing them to the regular disposables we used for our son. However, as a pair, the gCloth insert when combined with the gPouch was not as comfortable as competing hybrid products.
The cover is only offered with hook and loop velcro-like closures which fasten around the back. There are no snap options, which are our favorite.
In theory, these posterior closures help keep baby from ripping off their diaper, but it takes practice to get used to attaching the diaper around the back rather than in front. In addition, we found this particular hook and loop system to be extremely strong, needing quite a bit of "umph" to remove or readjust the diaper.
For grandparents or other caregivers, this system could certainly prove to be confusing and cumbersome.
The gPant and gPouch can be re-used by replacing the wet insert with a dry one, that is, if wetness hasn't spilled over onto the gPant. This feat is usually only possible if the insert is wet, not soiled. Like with most cloth diapers, the solid messes have more of a tendency to get all over the inside of the diaper, whether hybrid, pocket, or all-in-one.
It is rare for stool to remain on the insert only. So, on these occasions, the entire diaper will need to be washed. The gPouch that holds the insert in place is an added complication. While necessary because it is the ONLY waterproof barrier between the insert and cover, it is indeed an extra step in the laundering process. The manufacturer suggests unsnapping it from the cover before washing, but constantly snapping and un-snapping those four snaps we felt became a tedious chore.
There are a lot of moving parts with the gDiaper system, so anything to make the product easier to use would go a long way. In terms of laundering, there is not much give in this department. Though the gPant and gCloth liner can be machine-dried, the gPouch must be line-dried. Unfortunately, however, we discovered that the gPouch retains stains easily. So, gPant pouches are sold separately in 6-packs when replacements are needed.
Additionally, you MUST remember to reattach the hook and loop closures prior to putting them into the wash or else they will stick to everything and likely ruin your gPants and every other possible item like cloth wipes. To add insult to injury, we found that the gPant's hook and loop closures don't hold up well with machine-drying, even after fastening the tabs. A solution? The company offers replacement hook and loop tabs upon request. However, YOU must remove the old ones and sew on the new ones yourself.
Let's face it, with a little one s , who has the time? The snap-in waterproof pouch is a breathable nylon coated with polyurethane for waterproofness.
Unfortunately, we weren't terribly impressed with them for several reasons. First, the insert itself is much larger and bulkier compared to the gCloth insert. Many thought they worked well for pee, but poopy diapers often stained the cloth diaper and liner. Finally, cost is a big factor here. Ultimately, while these products are promising options for parents looking for a natural alternative to mainstream disposables, the price of all these options severely limits their popularity.
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