All About Cloth Diapers

Preparing for a newborn is the fun balance to all the nausea, frequent peeing and braxton hicks that go with pregnancy. No matter how uncomfortable I am it seems I can always move a piece of furniture if it has to do with the baby. And fold laundry?! No fun in that unless it’s itty [...]

We all love baby showers, whether it’s for someone else or we’re the guest of honor.  Besides the cake (which is my favorite part of any gathering ), there’s the fun of gifts! How can you ensure that disposable diapers aren’t given to you by the bushel-full? Here are the steps to follow: 1) Discuss [...]

On Friday, I began this series (When Cloth Diapers Leak Part 1) by discussing 4 causes of cloth diaper leaks.  To remind you, here is the list: Poor fit. Soaker material vs. pee speed incompatibility. Poor construction of the diaper. Heavy Wetter. Over saturation. Compression leaks. Repelling either from rash cream or fabric softener (& [...]

Questions and comments always seem to come in groups. One week it’s rashes, the next it’s cloth diapering a newborn.  Recently, I’ve had a string of questions dealing with leaking. Leaking is no fun- ever. It never fails that your child is dressed for church or a play date in the cutest outfit, then you [...]

This is a guest post written by a reader of All About Cloth Diapers. Did you know that you can make your own diapers? Really!  If you are even slightly handy with a sewing machine you shouldn’t have much trouble at all picking it up. I have even heard of ladies that taught themselves to [...]

I anticipated much struggle.  I’ve read the bazillions of stories of moms saying they wish they had a top loader just for their cloth diapers. I went back and forth over whether to buy a TL or FL when my old-trusty died. In the end, a FL made more sense (and they looked prettier ). [...]

I’ve tried dozens and dozens of different cloth diaper brands.  Most have at least one feature that is just right but the other features disappoint. If I could design the perfect cloth diaper what would it look like? Here are my favorite features from cloth diapers I have used: Softbums toggle rise adjustment.  Genius. No [...]

Elizabeth of Spindle to Sashes briefly shows us how to sew a cloth diaper cover in this tutorial.  Although not highly detailed it provides us with a starting point. Spindletosashes.com offers more than a dozen instantly downloadable patterns from nursing covers to cloth diapers and covers to crib sheets. But, if you don’t need the [...]

When there’s a hole, tear, missing button, or item that needs hemming I’m on it. The simple sewing tasks don’t intimidate me however, making a cloth diaper seems out of my league. Of course that was before I discovered the dozens of websites explaining in great detail how to sew anything from an all-in-one, fitted, [...]

I’ll be the first to shrug off a stomach bug or fever but when it comes to diarrhea I’m hittin’ the high road…well atleast I’m wishing I could. Not only do you just ache for your poor child and the misery they’re in but secretly you’re wishing you didn’t have to deal with the mess. [...]