The CDE Day 2 and 3

Saturday wasn't much of a "cloth diapering experience" day. I put Grayson in Pampers Swaddlers Friday night for fear of overnight leakage in cloth. The funny thing is, he woke up soaking wet from a leaky diaper anyway. Blah. Then, not only that,  he woke up with diaper rash. :( Thursday he had a little redness before I put the BG 4.0 on him and miraculously it was gone by the time I changed him. I was hoping for the same results and put him in another GroVia all-in-one. I was bummed because once again, the GroVia AIO leaked. :( I don't think I did anything wrong this time, but I really don't know. When I went to change him his diaper rash was a lot worse so it was back to Swaddlers so that I could use some Butt Paste on him.  I'm 99.9% sure the rash is from the wipes I've been using. They're AWFUL. I accidentally bought the wrong ones at the store. He most def needs sensitive wipes.

I'm hoping I will be able to start using the cloth wipes soon. I just need to figure out a solution for...well...wipes solution. lol Of course I will be sharing that experience as well. I'm also thinking I need more cloth wipes. I only have maybe 14 as of now, 10 custom made wipes, and 4 baby wash cloths. I don't know, maybe that's enough, anyhow, back to CDE 2 & 3!

I put him back in cloth before leaving to visit my brother-in-law yesterday. This time around I used my FuzziBunz one size. At first, as I was struggling to adjust the dipe to fit him and I was really questioning if I would like the Fuzzibunz. It went on as easily as a disposable, but to be honest if I hadn't watched a the video on their website I probably wouldn't have snapped it properly. The FB has hip snaps which I hadn't came across on any other diapers. Seeing the video though, I knew to snap the hip snaps first, and was able to get a really great fit. The Fuzzibunz is a pocket diaper, which requires stuffing, and while you do have to adjust the elastic in the waste and legs to fit, I really liked it. The website has a chart so you know which setting to use for your babies size, and like mentioned above, they have a video to show how to use the diaper. Adjusting the straps was kind of a pain. But once you have it done, you don't have to do it again until your baby grows enough for the next size up. And really once I did it the one time I'm sure I got the hang of it. I ended up really liking the Fuzzibunz. I won't be finishing my stash out with them, but I'm glad I have one in my "collection".

After the Fuzzibunz we went back into a Pampers Swaddler for more Butt Paste. I had to change him while we were out and about and I worried about what to do with a dirty cloth diaper, but I just threw it in a plastic Walmart bag, tied it off and threw it in the diaper bag. Just as easy as dealing with disposables in my opinion. I wouldn't want to leave it there for days or anything, but it did the job until we got home. I'm hoping to get a small wet bag for the diaper bag. {A wet bag is a water proof bag with a zipper, basically a reusable, washable replacement for plastic bags.}

When we got home I put Grayson in a KaWaii Green Baby Bamboo Diaper (Mom Label). It is a one size pocket diaper and let me tell you, that thing is SOFT. It's super soft minky on the outside and I loved rubbing his little tush after I put him in it. Hehe! It fit great, I loved the cross-over tabs, it was super snug around the waste and legs. It lasted until the next diaper change with no problem!

When it was time for bed I decided to put Grayson in cloth for the night. After all, what's the difference if it leaked? The disposable he was in the night before leaked everywhere! I went with my KaWaii Green Baby Cross-Over, with snaps. It's a one size pocket diaper. The print was REALLY cute too. {It's called "Retro", check it out HERE.} This diaper actually had the hip snaps like the Fuzzibunz! I'm glad I saw the video and knew how to put it on properly. Verdict? LOVE, LOVE, LOVED it! It fit wonderfully, the print was SO cute, and it lasted alllllll night without a single leak! Best part? This dipe costs less than 11 bucks. $10.25 at my FAVE shop Jack Be Natural! I'm really excited for them to restock this diaper because I fell hard for it.

Today was day 3 in cloth! I really have no more new diaper experiences to share. :( I will say that I did have a successful experience with the GroVia all-in-one today. So far, out of 4 uses, they've leaked twice. I'm really thinking it's user error. I was really careful with how I put the diaper on him and checked the back and legs to make sure there were no gaps and that it was fitting properly and it worked like a charm.

I can, however, share my first laundry experience!! I was going to do a load last night, but we got home pretty late so I decided to wait until this morning. In case you're curious, right now I'm not even using  a diaper pail, or a wet bag. The diapers don't stink {gotta love that breast milk poo} so I just throw them in a laundry basket with his clothes. I do have a large Planet Wise wet bag that I will be using once we start getting stinkage. The all-in-one's I just fold over with the yuckiness on the inside and throw them in the laundry basket, the pocket diapers I pull the insert out, lay it in the diaper, fold it over and throw it in the hamper. This morning I took the hamper to the laundry room and separated the diapers from his clothes, blankets, burp clothes, etc. I put a towel in the washer first, and then threw in the diapers. In case you're wondering, I have an HE washer so to make sure that I would get enough water in the wash, I added the extra weight of the towel. I did a cold rinse and spin, with no detergent, then I did the "Whites" setting on my washer which is a hot wash, cold rinse, faster spin cycle, and extra rinse. I used two tablespoons of Crunchy Clean in the wash cycle. Once finished, I threw the towel, inserts, and all-in-ones in the dryer, and hung the pocket diapers, and Flip cover up to dry. First I did a "Normal" cycle on "More Dry". When that cycle was finished everything was still damp, so I decided to do a timed dry. I did a timed dry for 60 minutes on high heat. For the last 10 minutes I threw the pockets and Flip cover in also and everything came out super dry!


To be honest it was really fun sitting down and folding everything and stuffing the pockets. Why? I don't know. It just was! lol I'm definitely addicted to cloth at this point. I couldn't wait to change Grayson! And for the record I put him in a Bumgenius 4.0 as soon as it was clean and dry. :)


Yesterday I ordered 4 more Bumgenius 4.0's and I plan on ordering a Flip cover with 3 inserts Friday. I will also be ordering the KaWaii Green Baby Cross-Over, with snaps as soon as they come in. And that's basically it! You can call my stash complete! I'm sure I will put in a custom order here and there, it's kind of impossible not to. lol


My overall verdict of the whole cloth diapering thing? I am sold. I love it. I know that there's more to come with the need to strip them eventually and that I may have stink issues, repelling issues, etc. But for now, I'm going to enjoy it and take it as it comes. I'll keep everyone posted of course. If anyone has any questions let me know! I'm not an expert, but I've read enough that I can probably answer anything.



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