All About Cloth Diapers

Due to length, I have divided this into 2 parts.  Today I have included the first 2 things needed to cloth diaper successfully.  If you are already successfully cloth diapering, this is a great post to share with others!  You’ve just gotten the cloth diapering bug and you are now stumped.  The thoughts and feelings [...]

Article written by guest author Ellie Joos. Babyville Boutique is 1 Year Old and to celebrate, we want to give one lucky reader of All About Cloth Diapers a special gift of products for sewing diapers and other baby items from these adorable fabrics and matching accessories! We have been busy this past year and [...]

How’s that for a cheese-ball title?! The creative juices have yet to return to this overtired, slightly overwhelmed woman. Alas, I push on. Years ago, I bought a sampling of several diaper covers in a lot off Diaperswappers.  One of the covers was a Real Nappies cover.  I loved it but it got too small [...]

Fitted cloth diapers are an excellent option for nighttime, newborns and poo containment.  They are easier to strip than a cloth diaper with PUL and when necessary can be softened up with the use of a natural fabric softener (as long as there is no stay dry fabric). Many amazing WAHMs produce high quality, super [...]

It’s 2012, and the sad reality is I have a full-blown addiction to modern convenience. Sure, I talk about living off the land and abandoning most inventions of the last 200 years, but the truth is I’d have a hard time adjusting to this reality. Two weeks ago my dryer died. I cried. How pathetic [...]

When you begin to learn about the world of cloth diapers it is easy to get overwhelmed with all the options.  While options are a good thing they leave you asking which is best. Unfortunately, that isn’t an easy question to answer.  But, I can give you some tips I have learned over the last [...]

I cloth diapered for more than a year before I had a decent comprehension of certain cloth diaper terms.  The most mysterious ones for me were wicking, PUL and stripping. Is wicking good or bad? Do I say P-U-L or pull? Stripping?  What the heck?   Wicking is so simple you’ll kick yourself. Is it [...]

For this post I’m going to suggest options other than prefolds and homemade cloth diapers.  Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to use cloth diapers and now you get to shop. BUT, you only have $200 and that’s all you can squeeze out of your money tree. No problem. $200 is plenty to purchase the necessary [...]

Guest post by Amber Roy. Cloth diaper users say it all the time, “cloth saves money.”  But in reality, the cost of cloth can add up quickly.  If you have decided to use cloth to cut costs, here are the best ways to save money: Don’t go overboard buying diapers We all enjoy getting a [...]

Congratulations on the upcoming birth or new arrival of your baby!  There is no greater blessing than a precious newborn. No doubt you are overwhelmed with all the choices you are faced with.  How you diaper your baby DOES matter. If you have shopped newborn cloth diapers and have sticker-shock, I have good news!  You [...]