WE FINALLY DID IT! We finally got a cloth diaper on Kaelyn after a lot of waiting for enough diapers to come to cloth diaper her full time....well, I'm trying to cloth diaper full time, but I have to wash EVERY DAY because we only have 10 diapers at the moment...just 2 shy of the recommended amount you need to cloth diaper a full day. More work for me, but I'm okay with it, I'm home all the time haha.
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| Here's little miss in her first cloth diaper from SweetBabyDoll |
Derek and I figured that the ultimate test to put these diapers through to see how much wetness they would hold, would be to have her wear it at night. So, we put Kaelyn's first cloth diaper on her before we went to bed. Now, Kaelyn sleeps a good 5-7 hours most nights, so we figured if this diaper could make it without leaking through the night, it would be perfect!
We woke up this morning...after about 6 hours AND....NO LEAKS! We were VERY happy to see that her first cloth diaper experience went great! Definitely makes you want to try more!
Now, the next thing we wondered, is how these cloth diapers would hold up while Kaelyn was awake and active. We put another diaper on her when she woke up and with all her wiggling, they held up great!
The last thing we had to wait for and see if these diapers would work was if they held up when she poo'd....let's just say that they did just great! LOL! The only thing that kind of sucked about the poopy diapers was the fact that we don't have a diaper sprayer yet....we had to dunk them in the toilet! It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, just wash your hands and move on haha!
So, I'm very happy to report that our first 24 hours of our cloth diaper experience was amazing! The only thing that was kind of annoying (because I was unprepared lol!) was that we had to put a size bigger in pants on her because of the bulkiness of cloth diapers. It wouldn't have been so terrible if I had clothes ready to go and use...but all of her 3-6 month clothes are still brand new with tags, hanging in the closet and haven't been washed yet. It wasn't TOO big of a deal since it was quite warm here, so she didn't need bottoms on anyways. I'm looking to order a bunch of CUTE leg warmers to pair with her diapers. I can't wait to get those!
Reviews of all the diapers we used COMING SOON! :-)
hey caty! great blog! I thought I would let you know that i found a cloth diaper approved detergent from a list and it had the most stars which is the ECOS brand and I found it at Costco for like $14 and if you have HE washer/dryer it does 220 loads but you only use half of that for cloth diapering so it actually will do 440 loads but if you don't have HE washer then it will do 110 reg loads or 220 diaper loads so it was the best deal I found! and I agree on the leg warmers they are super cute! even on boys...I only have one pair and they are just plain cream color so I really want some more! lol
ReplyDeleteI Love Love Love cloth diapers. And your Little One is so cute in that picture. I think we started out with 4 gpants and 12 gcloth and 8 liners. I was doing laundry every day and if I used a disposable here and there it was every other day.
ReplyDeleteI love the gdiaper because it is the trimmest diaper I've used. The flip is second on being trim. Of course I love the stuff bum look with the bulkier ones.
She's looking stylish :)
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