Out of Avalon

November 26th, 2009 by Ascelyn

I’ve been using the cloth diapers at least part time for three days now.  I haven’t used them at night, but I’ve been out and about two of those days and not had a problem.  It was prefolds and covers alone the first day, and I’m getting better at getting a squirmy baby into a prefold and snappi.  At times like this afternoon, though, when he soiled not only the diaper itself but the cover as well, things get interesting.  It wouldn’t have been an issue at home on my changing table, but while trying to change him on a too-small diaper bag changing pad on my in-laws’ couch, I had a problem.  He was wiggling too much for me to trust him without a hand on him, I had nowhere to lay the dirty diapers while trying to get the clean one on him, and in the end I just stuck him in the Happy Heiny.

I’ve used it twice now. It goes on easy and holds in his messes.  That’s good enough for me.

He’s in his bumGenius 3.0 now.  Same for it–used it twice, goes on easy, works well enough.

The Rump-a-rooz are the bulkiest so far, and while they’re cute and I’ve used them twice as well, they just don’t seem to fit quite as well.  That might change as he gets older.  Still no leakage, though.

Finally, I used the Fuzzi Bunz OS for the first time just now.  Having a million (okay, three) elastics to adjust and separate waist and hip snaps might make for a perfect fit, but they’re also very irritating.  I don’t know if it’s worth it, though at least adjusting the elastics is only an occasional thing.

I haven’t used the Green Mountain diaper yet, but fiddling with those stupid snaps on the elastics is a pain.  At least there’s only one set of external snaps to deal with.

I think I like hook and loop fasteners much better, but I’m afraid they’ll wear out more quickly over time. I’m starting to wonder if a one size diaper is a good idea, too, since it will probably wear out over the course of one baby and might not work until he potty trains.  Then again, the cost is the same to buy four sizes or to buy OS diapers for four children.  But what if I have kids with different builds who would be best in different brands?

Washed diapers for the first time last night.  Cold soak and rinse, hot wash with double rinse.  Charlie’s Soap.  Easy enough.

Time to go home now.  I totally need a bigger bag to store dirty diapers while I’m out.  Also, cloth diapers take up way more space in my diaper bag than disposables did.  I think I need to reorganize.