If you saw yesterday's blog post, then you'll know I'm taking the Flats and Handwashing Challenge this year. We're diapering Ingrid in flats-only this week and laundering/drying them by hand. Today I want to show you the stash I put together. My goal was to use the most affordable options I could find, without having to make or sew anything, or buy costly accessories. In this way, I felt that I could more strongly make a case for cloth diapering even if you have a tight budget. Here are Continue Reading
Why I’m Handwashing Our Cloth Diapers This Week
In my 7 years of blogging, I've encouraged people to give cloth diapers a try even if their budget is tight, or there's no washer or dryer. This year, I figured it was high time I put my money where my mouth is. So I'm taking Dirty Diaper Laundry's Flats and Handwashing Challenge this week. Six years strong, this is a week-long event that aims to prove that pretty much anyone can cloth diaper. After all, our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had no choice in most situations, and they rolled Continue Reading
Can You Make One-Size Diapers Work for a Newborn?
This post contains affiliate links. It's no secret that I love newborn cloth diapers. In fact, one of the most popular places on my blog is the newborn section. One of the questions I was dying to answer when we cloth diapered our first newborn was "will our one size diapers work on him?" Turns out, most of them did not. With most of our one-size covers, we couldn't get a snug enough fit around Erik's bird legs. You can see this with the Flip cover below: Same with the BumGenius 4.0 Continue Reading
Diaper Fabrics: What are PUL and TPU?
Most waterproof poly cloth diapers are marketed as being made with PUL. However, some diapers are described as being made from "TPU," which gives the impression that TPU is a completely different fabric. In fact, TPU is not a fabric at all. Let me explain because I was pretty confused until I spent way too much time last week doing some research. Here's what I learned. TPU is Not Really a Fabric First of all, here's what the acronyms stand for: PUL is Polyurethane Laminate TPU is Continue Reading
How Many Times Do You Have to Prep a Diaper?
When I first started diapering with prefolds 5 years ago, I religiously washed AND dried new diapers 6 to 8 times before first use. But we've tried many diapers since then that could be used right out of the mailbox. Different fabrics require different prep, and I love seeing more options on the market that need less washing before you get to try them out. Here's a handy guide to prepping all kinds of cloth: Cotton and Hemp You don't have to wash a cotton or hemp diaper many, many times Continue Reading
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