The Cloth Diaper Experience Day 1

Yesterday was a big day for Mr. G James. He became a whopping THREE WEEKS OLD! The one and only big milestone? His very first fluffy butt! ^_^ I put him in his first cloth diaper last night. After carefully inspecting his belly button it FINALLY looked well enough to make the move from disposables to cloth. I was super excited to finally make the move. His very first CD? A Bumgenius Elemental. It is an all-in-one cloth diaper and the closest to a disposable. There's no stuffing, no folding or pinning, you just put it on like a disposable, take it off, and wash it. Verdict? I LOVED it. I am actually really disappointed that I only have one. It was super trim, fit G like a glove, and he wore it through a 3 hour nap with ZERO leaks. I was super impressed.

I put him in disposables for the night because I was unsure how cloth would hold up leak wise and I didn't want to wake up in a puddle of pee.

As soon as we were up for the day though it was back to fluffy butt! I went with the Grovia all-in-one this time. It was SO cute! It had little airplanes on it! ^_^ Unfortunately, Grayson pee'd pretty much immediately so the airplane diaper didn't last long. :( I went to throw his night time disposable away and by the time I came back he was wet. I'm not sure if the diaper had leaked, or if he had pee'd and gotten wet while I was changing him and I didn't realize it, but either way I'm pretty sure it was user error and not a reflection on the diaper. I was super bummed though. {And praying it was user error. lol} I moved on to the next diaper and went with the Bumgenius 4.0. In a lovely kelly green. :) The Bumgenius 4.0 is a pocket diaper. It's one step away from being an all-in-one, it has a pocket {hence the name} that you stuff with inserts. The BG 4.0 come with two inserts. A newborn insert for newborns and a one-size insert for your older baby. {The cool thing is once baby outgrows the newborn insert you can use it along with the one-size for overnight or heavy wetters.} The 4.0 fit Grayson amazingly well. Super snug, but not too tight, around the legs and waste. It also lasted a good 3 hours. Not one leak and when changed there wasn't even a hint of a leak. The cool thing is, he had a tad bit of a rash this morning, and by the time I was changing him after the 4.0, it was gone!

For Grayson's next diaper I went back to the Grovia all-in-one, this time the super duper cute {and my fave} owl print. I put the diaper on and it fit great. I checked all around for any gaps and couldn't find anything significant. It seemed to fit his legs and waste just enough. Any looser though and I don't think they would have worked. I'm sure if he was even a pound smaller we would have to wait for the Grovia all-in-one. Luckily enough it did fit. I love how super trim the Grovia all-in-one is. It comes pretty close to a disposable! Not quite as trim as the Bumgenius Elemental, but pretty dang close! The Grovia all-in-one lasted a long 3 hours with no leaks! Which leads me to believe that whatever issue I had with the airplane print was complete user error. I was super happy with the diaper and I'm really glad I have a total of 4 GroVia all-in-ones!

The 4th diaper for the day was a super cute custom diaper I had made by Three Monkey's Cloth Diapers. It was also a pocket diaper like the BG 4.0. It came with a hemp insert. It fit Grayson but to be honest I felt like it was a little too tight at the back. I couldn't find a happy medium that I felt comfortable with. It either felt too tight or too lose. I finally got it snapped to what I felt would be okay. The great thing about this one size diaper is that Im' quite certain it would fit most babies 7lb's and up, where as most one size diapers don't fit until babies are 9lb's or more. Grayson is between 10 and 11 lb's and was certainly not on the tightest snaps. Just as it was time for change, about 3 hours in, we got a leak. His outfit was wet right at the back, and left leg. To be honest, I looked and I don't see how there was a leak at all! It fit him like a glove, there was no gaps for moisture to come through. I'm not giving up on the diaper though. If it leaks again I will contact the seller. I'm sure she will help me out as she was awesome to work with! I definitely recommend her to anyone wanting custom diapers! {She makes sized all-in-one's too and cloth wipes, which I have as well.}

The 5th cloth diaper I used today was a Flip hybrid diaper. The Flip is made by Bumgenius like the 4.0 and Elemental. The cool thing about the hybrid diaper is that you just lay the insert in the cover, rather than stuffing a pocket, and you can change just the insert out rather than changing the entire diaper. You also have the option of using disposable inserts! Which is great for vacations or when you're out of the house. The Flip fit basically just like the 4.0. It was a tad bigger and bulkier, not as trim as the 4.0 and not even close  to as trim as the Elemental. It was the fluffiest butt of the day for sure! ^_^ It fit really well around his legs and waste. {Thank goodness for chunky thighs!} The Flip lasted the 3 hours with no leaks at all! Grayson even had a BIG poop, which I'm sure would have been a blowout with a disposable. I would have had to change the cover and not been able to just change out the insert, if I had other inserts, but the cover kept the poop and pee in like a charm. :) I'm thinking another Flip cover and a couple more inserts may be on my shopping list.

I went back to the Bumgenius 4.0 for the last cloth diaper of the day. I would have tried another diaper, but I only have two 4.0's and I'm trying to make a decision on if I will be buying more so I wanted to see if I liked it the second time around as much as I loved it the first time around. He's only been in the second BG 4.0 for about an hour now, but so far so good!

So, the verdict of my first official day in cloth? I think I'm in ♥LOVE♥!!!! Granted, this is day one, no washing yet! I'm looking forward to another day in cloth and will be washing my first load of CD's tomorrow night! Of course I will sharing my first washing experience as well as the experiences with the diapers I will be trying tomorrow. There's some Kawaii's, a Fuzzibunz, and a Grovia all-in-two hybrid diaper on the list to be tried next!

Stay tuned for more cloth diaper experience and if you have any questions throw them my way!

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