Cloth diapering

You know what makes me super happy? When someone asks me about cloth diapering & my husband pipes in. He's all for the cloth & I love it. The other night he was telling one of the fellas how great cloth diapering is, and then last night he was giving someone a tutorial on how to correctly put them on Asher. He's so fantastic, I love him tons.

I am no expert on cloth diapering, but I know it's working great for us this far ! Someone asked me to write a post on cloth diapering awhile ago after realizing that it has come a long way, so I will try my best.


So the reason I even thought about cloth diapering was because of my cousins wife Bonnie (who I have only met I think twice) she is my parental role model. lol (If you read this Bonnie don't be creeped out) I just think she is a great parent/SUPERMOM!, she kicks ass & does parenting alone a lot of the time because she lives on base with no family near & her husband is deployed. He still hasn't got to meet their way cute little 5 month old Mina. :(
She has 4 kiddos. I don't know how she does it, it was hard having a newborn even with all the help I got & I don't have other kids. Anyways she has been really good to me, she made me a sling for Ash, some cute little animals & given me lots of advice(and not unwanted advice, I asked) from Thrush (still fighting it, boooo), to cloth diapering. Anyways... THANKS A TON BONNIE!


Sooo the most common thing that is misunderstood about cloth diapering these days is that people picture prefolds with safety pins. (below) People see them & say Oh that is not what I was picturing at all. That's a cloth diaper?

You can use these still, but cloth diapering has come A LONG WAY!

A lot of people use these on newborns. The One size diapers usually don't fit until baby is about 9ish lbs.

We used disposables that we were given as gifts until he was big enough for cloth.

Worked great.

Below are some of the diapers we use.

They have a pocket that you add an insert & that's what absorbs the moisture.

They are  called one size pocket diapers.

They will fit Asher until he is no longer wearing diapers.

The other question I get a lot is...

What do you do with them once he goes potty in them?

Well he isn't eating solids yet so there is no solid #2, if /when there is I will

be dumping in the toilet. As for now the thing that works best for us is

Putting some water and soap in the washing machine in the morning and throwing them in there as they get soiled. Then there are no stinky diapers to deal with later & no stains. Some people who cloth diaper use special detergents & such. We just use All Free & Clear. It's working great so far.

There are services that will clean them for you, but we just do them ourselves.

You use them when you go out too?

Yes , we use them when we are out and about. Maybe it will change when he is older, but so far it's no problem. We just take a grocery bag to put the dirties in. I did order a zippered wet bag today though. :)

My favorite things about Cloth Diapering

1- it seems so much comfier for my little guy

2- HELLO!! saves a boat load of money

3- good for the environment (every little thing helps)

4- they are super cute

5-don't have to worry about chemicals

If you are interested in cloth diapering the cheapest way to get them is with a co-op 

or today on Black Friday sales.

My favorite cloth diapers this far are Kawaii

Second favorite is Alva

Kawaii has some called Heavy Wetters & they are fantastic for nighttime now that Asher is sleeping longer.

You can click on the names of the diapers to visit their websites.

Stores need to start carrying cloth diapers in my opinion.

This far I haven't seen any in Utah. 

If I have forgotten anything please let me know. :)

He looks a little scared in this ha ha