fuzzi buns/other cloth diaperers please weigh in!

[84disney]

I did not read all these posts, but most of them. I cloth diapered all my children and LOVED it. Every time I thought about buying a bag of disposables, I would think....we could eat at Taco bell on the way home instead .
I got to use Fuzzibunz on my last DS who is now 6. They were not around for the other five children as the are 14-24 now. I LOVED fuzzibunz. My DD 22 was grossing out at first. But once on a trip for basketball when it was just the babe, her, and me, she was holding him as he pooped......no leaking like the disposables had done. She looked wonderously at me and said....I'm SOLD!!! She was 15 at the time. Not to gross anyone out, but while they are only breast fed, you can just throw them in the machine, rinse and spin, then wash fully!!! When mine ate some table food and were mainly breast fed....around 8-9 mos....I would take the diaper out to the hose and spray "it" right off the diaper then put the diaper in the pail that was by the door in the laundry room. It only took a short hard spray to wash off the "poop." Then I would spray the deposit until it was nothing We do live out in the country, but for those of you with pets that go in the yard, not much difference.
Also, my DS was big and I think I only had to buy mediums for his entire usage. I LOVED them! Good Luck and God Bless! It's sooo nice to read all the other users, too. You can feel lonely about the issue

 

[Jen_in_NH]

Sign me up as another huge pocket diaper fan! We have FuzziBuns and BGs. I like the FB better, only because the BG tend to leak a bit for us (I think it's the onesies against the edges helping to wick a bit).

I was really suprised how easily my husband fell into doing this. He wasn't sold initially, but after a few weeks, couldn't care less. The only thing he doesn't like to do is stuff them. His big hands don't fit in the diapers really well

 

[Ariel8676]

So happy to hear that you like your diapers!!! I love CD'ing..

 

[monami7]

Ok were giving up on the Fuzzy bumz. The snaps are just too much for us. We love the rest though. I am sending back the ones I bought except the 2 LG's that were seconds. Those aren't returnable. If anyones interested i will sell them to them for 12 a piece they are not really seconds from what I can tell. Nothing is wrong with them? Who knows why they were marked that way. Anyway I would pay shipping. They are just to big for the girls and so there just sitting here. Cute though. They are one light and one dark pink.
If your interested PM me.
I am still waiting on the big diaper shipment. I wish it would get here. I have been doing 2 loads of dipes a day! And they are still wearing at least 1 disposable a day! WOW we were throwing away a top of dipes before.

Anyone here ever try Rumparoos or Blueberrys?
Heidi

 

[bumbershoot]

The only thing he doesn't like to do is stuff them. His big hands don't fit in the diapers really well

Hubby had the same problem. I started stuffing everything before stacking it under the changing table. Made it much easier for him, and was almost like meditation for me.

Ok were giving up on the Fuzzy bumz. The snaps are just too much for us.

Oh, bummer! Did they just not snap up nicely on your girls, or too many?


For the future, you might also think about trying the Swaddlebees side-snapping pockets. They fit like a bikini, which sounds weird, but it's true, and go high up on the thigh so they allow for those lovely chunky baby-thighs. And talk about trim!

 

[monami7]

I ordered some side snapping blueberries. If I like those may get more side snapping. I think the Fuzzy bunz just had too many snaps all over for us. We could figure it out but we kept having to undue them and straighten them and resnap. The gils did not want to sit still that long!. Also they seemed to gap some in the front on Rory. I don't know, we just iked the velcro and the Kangas snaps along just the top much better.
Thansk for the tip on Kelly's they have been so great!
Heidi

 

[monami7]

Hubby had the same problem. I started stuffing everything before stacking it under the changing table. Made it much easier for him, and was almost like meditation for me.



Oh, bummer! Did they just not snap up nicely on your girls, or too many?


For the future, you might also think about trying the Swaddlebees side-snapping pockets. They fit like a bikini, which sounds weird, but it's true, and go high up on the thigh so they allow for those lovely chunky baby-thighs. And talk about trim!

I stuff everything as soon as it comes out of the dryer too! I think it is easier for me also!

 

[TnTWalter]

All 3 were cloth diapered as newborns ... soo easy and cheap and good for their bums....

My first one only occasionally wore disposable...my 2nd I was half and half at 6 months and 3rd sadly after 6 months I used the cloth as my standby when disposables ran out.

I found the AIOs with the cover built in had more tendancy to leak. I prefered to air dry the covers and heat dry the dipes so I liked having both
but AIOs were great for the travel dipe for easy changing when out.

I have tried many of the brands you all suggested....mother-ease was my hands down favorite...the sandys....the cute whale tag and ooooohhh my they are sooooooo soft when you first get them...

That said I was able to resale after 3rd kid for close to 1/2 of initial cost and then I found someone on my board that I could bless with a gigantic box of what was left.

Clothes didn't fit quite as well. LOL. I love the big diaper tush!

So glad so many are doing it. I wish I had stuck to cd'ing and breastfeeding longer. Sigh..

 

[pyrxtc]

My cousin just asked for cloth diapers but then I read this in this months Parents magazine

"In 2004, the quasi-government British Environmental Agency concluded a four-year study of the environmental impact of cloth and disposable diapers and found that all the energy used in washing and drying cloth diapers makes them equally damaging. The study's findings were in line with a 1992 study sponsored by Procter & Gamble, maker of Pampers. But unlike Procter & Gamble, the British Environmental Agency did not have an obvious incentive to promote disposable diapers. On the contrary, the study came as an embarrassment to the government, which was in the midst of a multimillion-dollar campaign to promote cloth nappies."

 

[monami7]

My cousin just asked for cloth diapers but then I read this in this months Parents magazine

"In 2004, the quasi-government British Environmental Agency concluded a four-year study of the environmental impact of cloth and disposable diapers and found that all the energy used in washing and drying cloth diapers makes them equally damaging. The study's findings were in line with a 1992 study sponsored by Procter & Gamble, maker of Pampers. But unlike Procter & Gamble, the British Environmental Agency did not have an obvious incentive to promote disposable diapers. On the contrary, the study came as an embarrassment to the government, which was in the midst of a multimillion-dollar campaign to promote cloth nappies."

Yeah that guy who wrote that should be hung...Sorry maybe that was harsh...He didn't exactly do his research either! He has been given a second chance since most believe he never actually tried the diapers out. there were a lot of inconsistencies in his article. I would expect a second article sometime this year. Parents really dropped the ball on that one!
Heidi

Does the mother-ease sandy need a cover?

 

[monami7]

By the way parents magazine is paid for by disposable diaper companies...just a thought

 

[tonilea]

Even if it is a wash (no pun intended) on the use of energy, at least the cloth diapers won't still be hanging around in a thousand years. Not to mention the fact that the vast majority of disposible diapers are disposed of improperly, thus impacting the ground water supply with untreated sewage.

 

[MrsPete]

My cousin just asked for cloth diapers but then I read this in this months Parents magazine

"In 2004, the quasi-government British Environmental Agency concluded a four-year study of the environmental impact of cloth and disposable diapers and found that all the energy used in washing and drying cloth diapers makes them equally damaging. The study's findings were in line with a 1992 study sponsored by Procter & Gamble, maker of Pampers. But unlike Procter & Gamble, the British Environmental Agency did not have an obvious incentive to promote disposable diapers. On the contrary, the study came as an embarrassment to the government, which was in the midst of a multimillion-dollar campaign to promote cloth nappies."

Consumer Reports magazine (which doesn't accept advertising and, therefore, should be non-biased) said this same thing years ago. Those of us who've been living in drought-conditions for more than a year and who are under mandatory water restrictions agree with the researchers!

 

[monami7]

Even if it is a wash (no pun intended) on the use of energy, at least the cloth diapers won't still be hanging around in a thousand years. Not to mention the fact that the vast majority of disposible diapers are disposed of improperly, thus impacting the ground water supply with untreated sewage.

I totally agree and YUK! Also I don't even do the extra wash cycle with my diapers as they are fine with one regular cycle. Just using a good biodegradable detergent and a good wash and my diapers smell great and are clean. I don't see how throwing millions of non biodegradable diapers in a landfill is better for the enviroment than my doing an extra load of laundry every three days?????

That just can't be right????
Maybe they need to come to my house with 2 baby's in diapers and do some research. Since we have switched we have 2 big garbage cans ( the outdoor kind )less this week.

Huh so I guess it's better to have that around for a few hundren more years multiplied by 160 weeks? (what I figure my kids will be in diapers for!)

Heidi

 

[FLVacationGirl]

I've cloth diapered both my girls and it's worked great for us. Our favourite brands are Thirsties, Knicknappies, and Happy Heinys.

I couldn't find any cloth diapers locally, so I started http://clothdiapermom.com.

 

[Ariel8676]

I LOVE this brand.. http://greenacredesigns.com/ they are the cutest, easiest and one of the trimmest pockets i have tried.
For those of you using pockets..make sure you wait until the diapers are cool before stuffing them..the elastic will hold up MUCH longer!
Also is you are looking to sell anything diaperswappers.com is the place to go..i just sold a lot of diapers..i listed them one day and they were all gone by the next morning.

 

[pperfectmom]

I think those studies that showed that cloth diapers have as big of an impact assume that everyone dries them in the dryer. In fact, everyone I know that uses them dries them on the line whenever possible. That saves a huge amount of energy and leaves them smelling much better. The reasons I decided to cloth diaper were #1 that they are better for the environment(and am yet to be convinced otherwise) #2 they don't have all those icky chemicals and weird gel goo in them and last, but definately not least #3 it ended up being much cheaper in the long run.

 

[monami7]

I've cloth diapered both my girls and it's worked great for us. Our favourite brands are Thirsties, Knicknappies, and Happy Heinys.

I couldn't find any cloth diapers locally, so I started http://clothdiapermom.com.

It's funny you say that because we have found nothing out here and have started looking into opening a store out here on LI!
I would love to talk to you about it.
Heidi

 

[bumbershoot]

Consumer Reports magazine (which doesn't accept advertising and, therefore, should be non-biased) said this same thing years ago. Those of us who've been living in drought-conditions for more than a year and who are under mandatory water restrictions agree with the researchers!

CR has shown itself to be very wrong and a bit strange with their carseat stuff, so they can't totally be trusted either.

It was maybe ONE extra wash a week. One. Maybe two if you go through a bout of rotavirus. We had a big washer, though. And if hubby hadn't said "no" (one of his few foot-putting-down moments) I would have just washed 'em with our clothes.

And you're just putting the water-use off to another region, where they are making the dipes.

Since with disposables you're supposed to be putting the poop into the toilet anyway, with each poop dipe you're using the toilet (unless you feel like putting several into the toilet) so you're using water there as well.



Finally got to the third page.
"according to the folks at DiaperPin.com I was supposed to empty the diaper into the toilet and then swish the cloth in the toilet bowl before dropping it into a bucket."

What folks at diaperpin? Most people that I know just throw all but the most heinous dipes into the washer. I don't really know of any dunkers to speak of. Don't know who he was listening to!

He flushed THREE times then put half a box of baking soda on the dipe...um, yeah... Not normal.

He washed 'em every night?

Oh thank goodness he came to his senses a bit (I"m posting while reading).

Ah well he and I are profoundly different, as I see gdiapers to be ridiculous. He and I would never get along.

And he let an admittedly flawed study stop him. If only he had actually figured out how to do it right. What stress he went through, poor guy.

I think it's crazy that they touted the article under environmental reasons, when that's just the last-ditch excuse he made to himself to stop.

Using CDs gave me more time with DS. I didn't have to buy diapers all the time, didn't have to take out the trash every day. Didn't have to go to work to buy all those disposables. Didn't have to have asthma attacks by smelling the disposables (I can barely walk down the diaper aisle at a grocery store).

If only I could have shown the guy how easy CDing would be. Maybe I should write an article for them!

 

[monami7]

CR has shown itself to be very wrong and a bit strange with their carseat stuff, so they can't totally be trusted either.

It was maybe ONE extra wash a week. One. Maybe two if you go through a bout of rotavirus. We had a big washer, though. And if hubby hadn't said "no" (one of his few foot-putting-down moments) I would have just washed 'em with our clothes.

And you're just putting the water-use off to another region, where they are making the dipes.

Since with disposables you're supposed to be putting the poop into the toilet anyway, with each poop dipe you're using the toilet (unless you feel like putting several into the toilet) so you're using water there as well.



Finally got to the third page.
"according to the folks at DiaperPin.com I was supposed to empty the diaper into the toilet and then swish the cloth in the toilet bowl before dropping it into a bucket."

What folks at diaperpin? Most people that I know just throw all but the most heinous dipes into the washer. I don't really know of any dunkers to speak of. Don't know who he was listening to!

He flushed THREE times then put half a box of baking soda on the dipe...um, yeah... Not normal.

He washed 'em every night?

Oh thank goodness he came to his senses a bit (I"m posting while reading).

Ah well he and I are profoundly different, as I see gdiapers to be ridiculous. He and I would never get along.

And he let an admittedly flawed study stop him. If only he had actually figured out how to do it right. What stress he went through, poor guy.

I think it's crazy that they touted the article under environmental reasons, when that's just the last-ditch excuse he made to himself to stop.

Using CDs gave me more time with DS. I didn't have to buy diapers all the time, didn't have to take out the trash every day. Didn't have to go to work to buy all those disposables. Didn't have to have asthma attacks by smelling the disposables (I can barely walk down the diaper aisle at a grocery store).

If only I could have shown the guy how easy CDing would be. Maybe I should write an article for them!

I think you would write a great article!!!!

By the way what do you do when your in the parks? Do you CD?