Did you know that the average household will spend over $ 2,000 on disposable diapers from birth to potty trained.
You may be expecting or like me just had a baby and the thought of clothe diapers might really overwhelm you but what I’m hoping to highlight here is your ability and the know how to integrate clothe diapers into your everyday life. Thanks to my dear friend and neighbor Shantel (who introduced us to our system) & her precious Emily we are now a very happy clothe diaper family, even my husband.
We do all our shopping at www.cottonbabies.com OR if you’re in the Vancouver area you can come into their very preggo friendly shop and enjoy some very stylish comfy recliners.
There are many types of clothe diapering systems but the two I’d like to introduce you too are the Econobum by Bum Genius & Flip Systems.
Joey’s brother Daniel gifted us our first sets of the Flip System complete with two covers and 2 prefolds. When starting out I recommend having enough diapers for at least two days.( 14 diapers/7 covers) I do a load of prefolds, and covers each day because i love doing laundry. I also recommend buying two covered trash cans one for trash and one for prefolds and covers unless your like Shantel and sewed her very own wipes to use, thus going “green”.
Joey wasnt to keen on the wipes part but took to the diapering system very quickly. In fact all the young parents at our church which makes up 70% of our congregation (we go to a very small community church) use clothe diapering systems. In fact, we all do. That makes having a community of “users” a lot more fun to share and learn from.
Cotton Babies offers two different prefolds the indian prefold and the chinese prefold both sell for about 2 bucks a piece. *very reasonable* the flip covers are$14 but if you catch them at the right time they have promo’s often where you can get multiple covers and inserts in order to get started or just add to your already growing collection.
The clothe diapers have their very own pre-use routine which includes laundering them six times (instructions come with your purchase) and how to deal with staining. Simply place in the sun for a few hours and those stains come right out ~ viola.
You can learn more about Econobum by Bum Genius at Clothe Diapers! Joey and I just visited CB’s a few weeks ago and came across using hemp inserts folded into our prefold at night which wicks away moisture from baby and keeps them more comfortable such as how a disposable would work. This cover comes complete with an indian prefold for the great price of 9.95$
If you’re a traveling family like we are and make a lot of out-of-town trips to see family you can also find a package of disposable inserts for $4.95 since it may be awkward for you to wash dirty diapers in someone else’s machines. Keeping your little one on their normal routine and babies LOVE their routines
The Flip system just released their flip system potty pants which resemble the flip and since Gibson is already on his routine we fully intend on using this system as our next step in potty training. You can also go online and check out the Cotton Babies schedule for classes that help with beginning clothe diapers/potty training/ and even breastfeeding classes.
So, are you a clothe diaper baby?
We love Cotton babies, and Gibsons Flip System you can find here.
What about when they start solid poopsies?
The sprayer. The sprayer which hooks directly to your toilet as the child ages and waste becomes more solid as well as the waterproof bag to tote all your used prefold/covers in your diaper bag. Both you can find at Cotton Babies.
For Dads: Joey just recently spoke with our cousin Desi and her husband Lee about intergrating their son Easton to clothe diapers after she saw how easy it was diapering Gibson. Easton has to use organic, scent free diapers due to skin allergies which might I add are very expensive. Lee asked Joe how difficult is was to get started on the system and if he even liked it. Joe replied “it’s so easy, once you learn how to do it, it’s just becomes what you do.”
Below is a link I watched during our pregnancy to understand how the clothe system worked. You can find this link here.
If you have questions I’d love to answer them.
Happy Clothe Diapering!
~convincedyet
