Comments on: Cloth Diapers: Rachel’s Definitive Recommendations

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:59:09 +0000

Well, again, because with BumGenius and other pocket diapers you wash the covers with every diaper change, you need as many covers as inserts. Generally pocket diapers are sold with 1-2 inserts; BumGenius comes with a regular insert and an infant-size insert that can also be used as a doubler for overnight. If you want to full-time diaper twins with BumGenius, I’d buy two dozen.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:07:03 +0000

Gotcha. So if we wanted to go all-BG, how many covers would you recommend for twins? And how many inserts?

By: matt

matt — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:28:58 +0000

Bridget,

No.. with the pre-fold + cover situation, the cover doesn’t get directly peed on, and it’s entirely waterproof (or at least non-absorbent). When wearing a BumGenius, your kiddo pees directly onto the diaper which has some “wicking” action onto the insert, to be sure, but still. It’s peed-on cloth. Into the pail it goes.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:25:10 +0000

Question regarding bumgenius diapers… We’ve been using cloth-eez and thirsties on our twins, but I’m going to bring on the bumgenius for overnight (and maybe more often if we like them). When they are wet, do you put the insert in the pail and leave the cover to air-dry, as you do the thirsties covers?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:23:07 +0000

Good question.This (choose "complete checklist" from the drop-down menu) and this are good breakdowns of the cost of different diapering systems (that second site has an absolute treasure trove of cloth diapering information under its "Diapering Basics" section -- I highly recommend it). Basically, 18 of our favorite prefolds (somewhat more expensive than most) costs about $50. So, three sizes worth of those is $150. Six covers is $66, and three sizes worth of those is about $200. So that's $350. Eighteen BumGenius one-size diapers would run you around $310 -- obviously not TOO much difference in price, but yes, the prefolds actually come out more expensive. However, it is kind of a lot to expect that even a well-made pocket diaper would last for two years -- and probably well over 300 washings. So I think you'd find that you'd have to replace some or even most of them at one point or another. That said, it's true, with one-size diapers, the cost difference isn't really so great that you shouldn't go with that choice if you think it would work best for you. One-size pockets work incredibly well.

By: Maren

Maren — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:07:32 +0000

So I’m expecting my first in January and I’ve been doing a lot of research about cloth diapers. Everyone seems to plug prefolds with covers as the economical option, but if you have to buy more 2 or 3 times when baby moves up a size, doesn’t that actually become more expensive than if you just bought the one-size bum genius to begin with?

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:28:56 +0000

We are still using prefolds and thirsties, with a few “fancy” all in ones and pockets. My new favorite is the Imse Vimse organic all in one that I got on sale from diaperlab.com
And we totally stole your velcro idea, thanks for posting that!
We started out using Planet powder detergent, which I liked, but it was hard to find. I switched to Country Save and hated it, but of course had bought a big box thinking there wouldn’t be any difference…Finally worked through the huge box and are now back to Planet. Our diapers don’t stink as much with the Planet.

By: candace

candace — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:35:23 +0000

We got the BumGenius all in ones and LOVE them. When Caleb got bigger and was peeing significantly more at one time we found we were getting leaks. We wrapped the insert with a prefold and have not had a leak since. I didn’t know about stripping the diapers though thanks for that!

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:35:29 +0000

One other cost-saving recommendation. We bought all our prefolds used (Craigslist and co-worker). It seems like it is pretty easy to get basically new prefolds and covers for cheap because people start out with them and then often regress to disposables (or move on to fancier cloth diaper systems)!

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:11:23 +0000

We used prefolds on one of our babies (newborn Green Mountains with Nikky covers) for the first couple of months. I really liked them in general and agree that they are low-maintenance, but the poo usually stained the leg openings of the cover (though it rarely made it outside of the cover).

The last month or so we are using BumGenius diapers exclusively for both babies, and I have to say that I love it. They are super easy (even for grandparents and guests), and it is fun to coordinate the colors with their outfits. We are using both the organic all-in-ones and the 3.0 pocket diapers.

BumGenius diapers are certainly expensive, but if you search Craigslist and look other creative places, it is sometimes possible to find them for a reasonable price. We got our pockets from Diapers.com, which gives a discount for your first diaper order and for referrals (which means that we referred a bunch of people who all bought us diapers…). They have free shipping as well when you buy >= 3 diapers.

Anyway, I know we already told you all of this Rachel, but I just had to share with everyone else!

OH, and if anyone is having a diaper rash problem caused by acidic poo, I just HAVE to plug browned flour. The cheapest, best thing we ever discovered. It cured our son’s diaper rash after 6 weeks and multiple other failed products.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4556527_cure-diaper-rash-naturally.html