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Fluffy TalkCloth diaper related discussion » Problems!!Rashes, reactions, red marks, wing droop...Have a problem? Put it here.
Big Kiddos Need Big Diaps!
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I have 2 daughters. Maggie is 3.5 and Natalie is 1.
We only CD'd Maggie for a few days and stopped because we didn't have a washer and dryer and it was such a barrier for us.
We wanted so badly to CD Natalie but are on a VERY tight budget. We are very low income, and it has gotten better in the last year, but still at the point where we can pay bills on time, not a lot of wiggle room. We were very blessed to be donated 12 BumGenius One Size diaps (I don't know what generation. Some have velcro and others have snaps?) and bought a few Mother Ease diaps and covers second hand but Natalie grew out of them by the time she was 9 months old! We started doing disposables "until we could figure something out" and we have yet to do that. It's really easy to get back into the habit of doing disposable.
So here is what I am looking for. We need some big kid overnight diaps/ training pants for Maggie. She needs a very high rise and wears a size girls 6x! We make em' big around here! I would really only need 2-3. She wears GoodNights disposable bedtime pants right now to bed and in the car when there might not be a possibility of stopping to potty anywhere.
For Natalie we would like to get back into CD'ing full time but just don't know what type of diap to get, and how to afford it. She is also a very big girl. She wears a 3T and would also need a very high rise. (Hubby is 6'6" and I am 6' (: )
I would say we will need 10-12 so that I could wash every day and a half, but anything is a good start.
The biggest problem is finding something the right size and then transitioning. We are spending money on the disposables, so there isn't really any money to be put towards buying cloth. We trust that if it's in God's will he will provide a way, but does anyone have any suggestions on how they transitioned? I was thinking along the lines of buying smaller bags of disposables and putting the remainder of what we would have spent into a cloth diaper fund, but I'm just not sure how to work it. Any body have any suggestions on brands/ styles that might work for our super tall girls? Natalie also has kind of chunky thighs and the BumGenius started cutting into her before they became too small around the waist and in the rise.
Thanks so much!
Love the blog and loving the forum! 
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I don't have any recommendations for your potty training kiddo, but the least expensive option for your other child, that would definitely grow with her, would be flats with some covers (I really like flip covers and feel that they will grow with my son and last until he is out of diapers).
Those will require you to put some money down initially though. You could buy used which would make it even cheaper, and you may be able to only buy a few things at a time.
My other thought is, can you contact someone who donates cloth diapers to families in need? The only one I know of is the diaper loan program from the momma who runs re-diaper.com. I am going to donate my diapers to her when I am all done with them. I would contact her. Hopefully this link will work:
http://www.re-diaper.com/~rediaper/index.php?dispatch=pages.view&page_id=15Whitney
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If your daughter grew out of bumgenius she will not fit into flip covers, what packgal recommended, because they are essentially the same diaper. I would agree that perhaps flats would be big enough, but I'm not positive. I think most "market" brand diapers will not fit your girls...sorry. But perhaps flats with "custom made"/ "home made" wool or fleece covers would fit them?
