Adventures of a Fluffy Bum

Continuing in our debunking some of the myths about cloth diapers, I wanted to address the types of cloth diapers that are around today. Most of the responses I get from generations before me is "you won't like cloth diapers so much when you stick yourself in the middle of the night!" and I will admit, the first time I heard this, I was a little confused. That's because I had only seen modern cloth diapers, and didn't know the woes of flat diapers, pins, and plastic pants. So, let's take a little look at some of the types of diapers that are out there now! Flats/Prefolds with Cover These are classic cloth diapers, and the most cost efficient. Why reinvent the wheel, right? The good thing about these is that covers have replaced plastic pants and snappis/boingos have replaced pins. Covers are made of soft fabric that fits well around the waist and legs, have adjustable rise settings, and lined with a waterproof fabric called PUL (some companies use TPU, but

So I've had several reactions lately to me stating "We're going to use cloth diapers". I used cloth part-time with my son, so it isn't my first time using them and I didn't think it was all that radical of a statement. But, the reactions I usually get are "Ew, Why?!" "Oh yeah, my parents cloth diapered me" "That sounds like so much extra work!" and my favorite, "Cloth diapering is more expensive!" So, I wanted to take a moment to explain why we personally chose cloth diapers and go over a few of the myths that go along with us choosing this "lifestyle" :) First thing is first, we need to establish how many diapers a kid will go through so that we can talk numbers. For the sake of this post, I'm going to assume that our child will potty train around 3 years old, and will use about 4,500 diapers for their diapering journey. Some children potty train sooner, but I know that with my son we were still using