Cloth Diapering- Revisited

Ethan is almost 8 months old and we are definitely still using cloth diapers. I really love it and I'm so glad we decided to do it. There are so many benefits of cloth diapering, it is SO easy, and it works for our family. In this post, I explained the process and the diapers that we use (BG 4.0 and I was waiting on my shipment of Sunbaby diapers).
Most parents that cloth diaper have a lot of different types. We only have 1. We exclusively use the Bum Genius 4.0s. We tried the Sunbaby diapers but ALWAYS had leaks. After getting frustrated one too many times, I just sold our stash to a friend. Although they got good reviews online, I couldn't use them without leaks...every single time. Goodbye Sunbabies!

Our Bum Genius diapers have been great. We started to have our first leaking problem about a month ago. I wasn't sure if it was me or the diapers so I stripped and began to double stuff. I bought some HempBaby inserts and our problem is now solved.

Also, anyone worried about the poop issue, I need to let you know how easy it is. Now that he eats solids, his poop just falls out into the toilet. SO easy and we don't even need to use our sprayer anymore!

I buy all of our diapers through Cotton Babies. I love this store! They also offer free shipping and have the best customer service. I have purchased all of my cloth diapering supplies through them and will continue to do so.
Cloth diapering isn't cheap at first. We have probably spent about $400 for the diapers, the bags, the sprayer, hemp inserts, and detergent. However, this doesn't compare to the $2,000 it costs PER CHILD to use disposables. I knew that we were going to have to buy formula for Ethan so I'm happy to be saving in any extra way that I could.

I love cloth diapering and I hope my review helps others decide to go this route too.

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Cloth Diapers...my newest obsession!

I never thought this would be me. I didn't think I could do it. But the more I learned about cloth diapers, the more I became interested. There are many reasons to cloth diaper and for us, the biggest reason was the amount of money we will save. So far, my stash is up to about $250 dollars worth and disposables can cost about $2000 PER CHILD! Mike and I are planning on more children, so cloth made sense for us.

This video by Mama Natural spells out all of the benefits of cloth diapering (and of course, the one big negative...POOP).


Cloth diapers are SUPER easy to use and since we have the same diapers as Mama Natural, you can see what we have to go through during the process.


So...we have a stash of BumGenius 4.0s. Right now, we have 6 with snaps (a gift) and 9 with velcro (purchased on sale for only $10 each). Here you can see how the snaps can be adjusted to fit a baby from 8 -35 pounds!

I am now waiting on a shipment of 6 Sun Baby diapers. These things get great reviews and only cost $5 each! I'm hoping that they are as good as others think they are because the price is amazing. They also come in adorable prints and bright colors. I'm looking forward to my shipment that should arrive next week.

There is so much to read and learn about cloth diapers. I chose diapers that seemed to be the easiest for us and our lifestyle. There are TONS of different kinds out there and it can be overwhelming. But once we got going with cloth and I realized how easy it is, we won't turn back. We have a stash of disposables from Mike's diaper party that we are still working through. Although we are cloth diapering, Ethan will still wear disposables from time to time. We go to meet the babysitter tomorrow so I'm hoping that she is open to using these diapers. Really, they aren't harder than sposies AT ALL!

Oh...and cloth diapers make great swim diapers. Check out Ethan's first time at the pool during our family reunion at the Lake. So cute!

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