All About Cloth Diapers

Please note that this is an old post For current newborn cloth diapering information please click the Newborn category. The most common question I get asked is in regards to cloth diapering a newborn. How many will I need? What size do I buy? What works best? For a more detailed answer refer to the [...]

Finally! I have found the detergent for all our family’s needs. I really did not think it would be this frustrating and expensive. Until recently I had no reason to find a new detergent. But after seeking allergy tests for my daughter’s eczema on her thighs I discovered that she was allergic to Tide. Removing [...]

Yes!!! You can do it! I was e.l.a.t.e.d. to discover this. When it comes to adding anything to my laundry routine, I am a chicken to try it on my own. I wait for permission from some other brave cloth diapering mama. Then when it works for her, I dive in. What is it that [...]

There are so many cute cloth diapering videos on YouTube but this one had me laughing pretty hard. As much as I love cloth diapers, when my children are grown you may find me cloth diapering my poor animals. This mama couldn’t wait to use her cloth diapers and tried them out on her very [...]

Everyone always wants to know what the most absorbent diaper is. We currently have a nighttime routine that works perfect for us but I am always interested in diapers that perform well. As my afternoon entertainment, I performed an absorbency test (with 1 child pooping on the floor, another falling face first on the pavement [...]

A pocket diaper doesn’t work without an insert. Depending on the insert, you could have a very trim diaper or a big bubble butt. Inserts are extremely easy to make, but for those who are sewing-challenged (I’m raising my hand) there are dozens of choices. I have divided the different inserts by the material they [...]

It is so easy to get down and frustrated with cloth diapers. We complicate everything in our lives and so easily what started out as something fun soon becomes a chore. I keep focused by reminding myself how nasty disposables are and of course by buying cloth diapers that I love to look at (and [...]

I have been reading about the ease and simplicity of flats and it got me itching for a trial run. I wasn’t sure my interest would last if I ordered them online and had to wait days for them to arrive (that’s my diaper ADD). So I hopped in the car and drove to Target. [...]

If you are going to be traveling soon and worry that you will not be able to cloth diaper, let me wipe away those doubts! I have always used cloth diapers when we traveled and I have yet to run into any problems. Here is what I do for long or short trips. This weekend [...]

Not all comebacks are worth drawing attention to. Like the briefly mentioned comeback of the early 90′s heartthrob band New Kids On The Block…newsworthy? Not-so-much! But the return of the cloth diaper is huge! Have you ever wondered why the cloth diaper faded to uncool status? Of course it was due to the disposable diaper [...]