MAY NOT BE HELPFUL, but when I told my ma my want to start cloth diapering, and I said how much they were(like $20 for 6 COVERS, not even inserts) she told me how she would fold up hand towels and safety on them on me. I hope you can get some, everything for covering butts is expensive cloth or disposable, but disposable is atrocious on the wallet. I don't know if I was any help, I doubt it, but in a pinch or in a bad scenarios find something thick and safety pins.
I found a huge bag of 24 brand new cloth diaper at my local thrift store with 30 inserts. No stain, white and super clean. I went to the cashier and asked for the price and she said 3$. I still can't believe it.
You just helped me to make the decision to cloth diaper! Thank you, not intimidated anymore.😊 Since there’s a massive formula shortage right now, it got me thinking that cloth diapering was the best way to go. Plus, saving tons of money will help! My last pregnancy was 18 years ago, so this all feels brand new again. Thanks again for the most realistic diapering video out there! 16 weeks pregnant with daughter #2, 38 years old!💞😊
Beautiful story and congratulations on your new baby. Wow starting over after 18 years, I think that's incredible 💜 my last baby was 12 years ago and now I'm pregnant with #3 she'll be here soon, I'm due July 9. I'm also cloth diapering for the first time. Congratulations again!
Agree! I'm pregnant with #2 after 7 years 😫 I formula fed my 1st but with the formula issues I'm going to have to breast feed and I don't wanna spend all the money on diapers like I did before. So I have a bunch of neutral cloth diapers until we find out what we are having! 😁
I'm 5 minutes in, and already shocked. I've been picking up secondhand diapers when I see good cheep ones, I had no idea I could get away with having so few!! Im only 21 weeks, just doing my research now, wow.
I am a new mom to be, we are expecting our sweet girl at the end of January 2024! I have been so overwhelmed with trying to research all things cloth diapers and I’m so glad to have found your video!!! A huge, huge help and step by step. Thank you! And I love the links you provided, amazing products!!
Kelly, 35 years ago we had no disposable diapers or baby wipes. Wash clothes and rectangle absorbent cloths and plastic pants. You gals these days are so lucky. Your colorful diapers are very cute.
I used Pampers in 1968 when my daughter, now 51 was born. I would only use them when I took her to the babysitter for me to work. At home however, I always used cloth diapers.
Kate Harrop I used Pampers 35 years ago. My daughter was born in 84. They’ve been around for quite some time. Wanted to add, I also had a cloth diaper service. This video is very good.
some regions may not have had the same access to products or they were cost prohibitive to most in the area so the stores may not have carried them the same as we had. remember there are places in the way out that are very different than where you live. before the internet you could only get what you stores had , catalogs or the tv 800 numbers. just be reminded that some places in 35/40 years ago were still the boon docks. in the late 70's a new family moved to town and the had never had refrigerated milk. they had only ever had evaporated milk in the cans. watched the open the can with one of the openers that made a triangle, pour out milk into a bowl of oatmeal and then add tap water. it blew my mind. they just didn't have "regular" milk where they were from.
The family I used to nanny for used cloth diapers and they bought them used and used them for both of their girls and they lasted for a while. She would sew any that started to come apart. It was a little weird at first, but I do like them better than regular diapers and the girls rarely got diaper rashes and they lasted longer than a regular diaper. I highly recommend
My six month old is cloth diapered and she has had maybe one or two rashes and they cleared up fast, too. I mostly use the pocket style and right now I like to padfold a flour sack towel and use that as my insert inside the pocket. I also use 5 layer charcoal bamboo, but am sometimes having leaks with those after doing research I wouldn't recommend 5 layer charcoal bamboo inserts and instead would recommend some sort of cotton to anyone new.
It does get expensive. I have twin boys and they’re in different sizes. Sawyer in 4 and Hunter is in 5 sometimes 6. It’s about $30 a box. Plus wipes are $20
I loved your video. Im 6 months pregnant and Im considering using cloth diapers but the washing part was really hard for me to picture on my mind. So this was incredibly helpful
I’m expecting my first baby in December and definitely want to use cloth diapers but felt overwhelmed when researching. Thank you for making such a clear and concise video! I’m now feeling excited about cloth diapering instead of overwhelmed.
We are expecting our first baby in the fall where I will be the primary stay at home parent. Wish me luck, I need all the help and advice you can share!
How did the cloth diapering go? I am currently 6 months pregnant with our first and researching into this! Any tips now that you look back on the experience?
Here l am a GRANMA, watching this vid! Still learning at this age. I just heard Rayland agree with her mama ! Good habit baby girl, agreeing with mama!💞
I don’t have kids and don’t plan on having them for at least five years. I was just really curious about how they work. Thank you for the informative video 😊
I've finally switched to cloth diapering during the day after 2 months of constant diaper rash that came and went.. I'm only going to use disposables during the night until I'm completely comfortable with using cloth diapers completely and honestly I feel like I made a amazing choice for my daughter and her skin
My personal preference/favourite are diaper covers with a bamboo insert that I fold in a "receiving blanket" type of prefold. Works amazing for my chunky heavy wetter during those nap times or nighttime a when they tend to leak for us with the pocket diapers during those sleep times. (Just what worked for my specific baby) :)
I'm looking into cloth diapers for my granddaughter. I used them with my daughter but things have changed. Diapers are pretty sold out everywhere because of the Coronavirus, so I'm going to go back to cloth diapers for my house and save the disposable diapers at my house for my daughter's house.
I'm never going to do this. but I watched so many videos my last pregnancy . And now I'm pregnant again and I'm watching videos again. I find myself intrigued but I know it's not a process for me lol I just like to look at them too, they're so cute !
awesome and helpful video. i'm pregnant with my second child and initially wanted to use cloth diapers. too many people told me it "was gross" , with my first child, but i'm determined to use them this time around. i love that it's environmentally friendly AND cost effective
I loved used cloth for my son!! I definitely saved money in the long run. I kept his diapers just in case if we have a 2nd and gave some away! I enjoyed the kawaii brand (i think thats what they were called)
I clothed with my first, ten years ago. She was born 16 weeks early and her skin was so sensitive, any disposable I tried on her skin immediately rashed. I loved cloth diapering. It took some getting used to at first but was well worth it and was easy to get into a routine with them. I used all kinds of different brands. I loved them all. They are so soft and cute. My daughter loved them as well. 😊
Woahhhh cloth diapers have come a long way since i used them in early 90s! Back then it was still only prefolds and diaper pins, and a basic plastic diaper cover. Needless to say it was not a very nice thing. The elastic on the cover was raw and irritated the skin, the plastic would get wet and sweaty and wear out, it was all big and bulky and generally gross. We had probably at least 40 prefolds, and at least a couple dozen plastic covers. There were also disposable "liners" you put in them that looked more like dryer sheets than anything else. And diaper pins...now that takes skill! Todays new parents would be horrified at the old cloth diapering.
I can remember my mom telling me when my siblings and I were babies she used cloth diapers on us the cloth diapers have come a long way since when I was a baby.. a lot easier to use now.
Hi Kelly thank you for the cloth diaper training video. My son and daughter-in-law expecting baby boy in April and she has stocked up on cloth diapers. Back in my day LOL I use cloth diapers on my kids too cuz my first son had reactions to disposable diapers back then and those days they put a stent in it and I think that's what Prodigy skin. Being the fact that all the shelves in stores have no cloth diapers call Stivers at the best way to go. It'll take me a couple times practice. Back in the olden days we had to use pins which I hated. So one side Master this when I babysit I will be fully knowledge on today's modern day diapers LOL thank you so much for sharing this it was perfect timing I sure will be here around April 11th but I'm his dad's birthday if we're lucky LOL have a blessed day.
I've been cloth diapering for about 3 and a half months, I mostly love it. I mean it is added laundry, so the laundry can be a little much at times but overall I like it. I watch everyones videos to see about other brands and inserts and see if I might pick up some new info. I have a pretty varied collection so far. I mostly use pockets. I've ordered some Texas Tushies covers to try but they were on pre-order I got one in a Halloween print and one in a Christmas print to try. They haven't arrived yet, though. I've never tried Green Mountain Diapers, yet.
@@laurenmaher127 I feel the same about electricity bill as well but we will be saving money by not buying disposable ones so it could work out the same or cheaper, especially if you will cloth diaper more kiddies 😊
i have a little one due in 6 months and i’ve been trying to get my boyfriend on board with these cloth diapers and you explained everything so good that now he’s completely on board with this video, thankyou so much for all of your help 😂💘💘
When he sees how much money you guys aren’t spending on disposables you both won’t look back regardless of the tasks involved .....nothing all that bad that you don’t deal with disposables anyways!
Thank you so much for this video!! I'm currently 6 months pregnant and have been contemplating cloth diapering! This was so simple to follow and seems attainable now!
Girl, I was so overwhelmed when I first started. I had tons and tons of inserts, prefolds, AIOs, just everything! I bought SO much, it was unnecessary, I gave half of them to my cousins when their baby was born, and still have so many. I made the mistake of buying newborn diapers, which I would recommend a few of them if you can afford them, just because babies are so small at first and in my experience, the diapers swimmed on her the first month or so, but they aren't necessary if you have a bigger baby!
Thank you so much for this! I am about to have my second baby and am going to give cloth diapers another try. This is so helpful! Your baby is precious! 💕
I highly recommend a few more than this we go through about 8-10 a day with my 5 month old! We have built a stash of about 50! We love anmababy, alvababy, and babygoal! All are identical! Also formula poop is NOT water soluble sadly.
@@Gemness yes I formula feed my daughter! Only exclusively breastfed poop is water soluble the minute they consume formula purées or regular food it is no long water soluble.
@@Gemness I wash off all the solids and ring them out and throw them in the wet bag to be washed later it’s tough In the beginning but it’s so so rewarding! Once you get a routine down it’s smooth sailing from there!
@@mommyoftwo8279 thank you for the feedback! I was wondering how would it be done with different types of BM and how it would be washed and cleaned. Still a little confused but I have time to research 😅
I cloth diapered my daughter from the day we got home from the hospital until she started potty training. So a little over 2 years. I loved it and my favorite thing right now is that my daughter is using her newborn cloth to diaper her dolls!
Thankyou sooo much for this video. I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant and getting organised and we want to cloth as much as possible. This has been soo helpful x
I’m an old momma and now grandma and my niece is talking about cloth as soon as she gets a washer so I was curious if I could find a video for her. Yes cloth diapers have always been expensive to obtain but they are an investment but there is something no one told me about in my younger years that I wish I had known….just go thrift shopping and buy a bunch of old t-shirts to fold into diapers. You won’t even need filler diapers but you will need rubber pants. Like if I had it to do again I promise you I would save myself a lot more money by investing $0.25 each for a bunch of old t-shirts. And I line dry to this day so I would just hang them straight up onto hangers, wet and allow 4 inches between shirts to air dry.
I am planning to cloth diaper mainly because of environmental reasons. I don’t want my babies to grow up to inherit a world that we have ruined with trash and pollution. I know I can’t solve the problem by myself, but I can do my best with what I can control, and this is one of those things!
Love all of this info. My youngest is 14mo and I am just now switching to cloth. I do plan to use Melapower detergent for my cloth diapers as it's biodegradable & non toxic.
When I first was looking up cloth diaper there was at least 5 different kind I have purchased the pocket cloth diaper that have the snaps. I luv them my toddler like them as an.
I appreciate this video! I've always been very curious about cloth diapering to reduce disposable diaper consumption, and your video helped me see that this is totally doable!
hint for others. dil sends me the ugly and tattered one. i have larger wounds on my legs from having had a skin graft after necrotizing fasciitis. they never really heal. i have hypersensitive skin. i can't have rubber, nylon, latex, plastic of any kind. so cotton is it. my surgeon is the one who told me to this. i use them like an abd(thick large bandage that are expensive). and a large recieving blanket as a wrap to hold the diaper bandages on and keep the ace wraps from touching my skin. plus they are so much cheaper than disposable bandages and i never run out. they can be disinfected and sanitized. ny wound care doctors and nurses have made the suggestions to other patients that are on long term wound care.. diabetics, amputees with prosthetics. ect. so many ppl have longer term wound care needs and these are great!!
Okay I had to come back for an additional comment. The stink and yellow color you complained about….well we didn’t do it like you back in the day. We rinsed in the toilet first and then put it to soak in borax water in a diaper pale and then dumped the water, wrung out and finally washed. I had an additional rinse in the babies bath water that I figured out myself after washing the babies. We didn’t just throw a bunch of dirty diapers straight into the washer and add an extra rinse.
I used to work the laundry Department in a nursing home, doing laundry isn't hard you just have to think about what type of material the fabric is made out of. You're obviously going to wash something with elastic different than something that is 100% cotton. You can absolutely deep clean microfiber to make it more absorbent you just have to remember to wash it separately because any type of lint is going to stick to microfiber.
This helped me so much. I plan on using these and some bamboo diapers as needed. I also got some hemp inserts for nighttime but really your video is so great! Thank you for sharing your information. The covers are better than the pocket diapers in terms of washing because you can change the insert a few times if there isn't a blowout.
I do the exact same pretty much. I like & use the Thirsties duo wrap size 1 covers exclusively for the newborn-4 month stage but my favorite covers for one size are definitely Blueberry! And having already cloth diapered one baby from birth to potty training I can say that the Blueberry covers stand the test of time so are definitely worth the investment and feel confident recommending them to new cloth diapering parents. They are such superior quality to all the covers I have tried. I am buying only Thirsties size 1 & Blueberry one size covers for this next baby. I'm 16 weeks pregnant with #2. I had to toss all the Flip covers I had bought & used with my son. I also use one size pocket diapers but just for night time & long car rides. I stuff my covers & pockets with flats (I tossed our old microfiber inserts in the trash but will try to just give the new ones we get away). When my son outgrew the small prefolds last time I switched to flats exclusively and love them now. I probably will be buying GMD newborn & small prefolds for baby #2 though so I don't have to mess with folding flats the first few months. All the cheap flats we used before ended up as house rags. I use nothing but flats (& flannel receiving blankets) as inserts after the infant stage though, basically as soon as I can just pad fold flats and lay them in covers.
When my mother had pre adopts we (never) would toss a bread bag. We used them when we were out to hold the soiled cloth diapers. Then we would rinse the poop out of them in the toilet at home. Yes! we did stick our hand in the toilet to rinse out the diapers out. Then wash our hands thoroughly with hot soapy water.
I’m a new ftm and I’m starting to feel the pain of buying diapers. I’ve been buying bamboo diapers and wipes to minimize my effect of the planet. I wasn’t sure if I’d want to use clothes diapers as I thought it seemed dirty. But after this video I feel more comfortable with the process. The only problem is my washing machine is older and I feel like it can get my clothes dirty sometimes. But I’m trying to fix this by running bleach washes. Anyone have any good tips to cleaning an old washer? To get a more effective wash? For my baby shower my boyfriend mom got us 8 clothes diapers with 8 inserts! I’m not sure if they’re 100% cotton or something else. As there’s no tags so I’ll find out how absorbent they are!
Thank you for this!! I watched you all the time and don’t know what happened but havnt seen you in a while but I love to see this! I am due in April and want to get all the info I can! ♥️
Thank you so much for this fantastic comprehensive tutorial on how-to-start cloth diapering. I really appreciate that the Blueberry covers are adjustable, so you only need one size. I was wondering if you can get away with one size on the prefold diaper inserts (Clothies), or do you need to buy new ones as your child grows? If you need more than one size, my follow-up question is, how few sizes can you get away with?
someone who can sell me or donate cloth diapers please, I live in Mexico but they are very expensive here ☹️
Have you tried looking on Etsy?
MAY NOT BE HELPFUL, but when I told my ma my want to start cloth diapering, and I said how much they were(like $20 for 6 COVERS, not even inserts) she told me how she would fold up hand towels and safety on them on me. I hope you can get some, everything for covering butts is expensive cloth or disposable, but disposable is atrocious on the wallet. I don't know if I was any help, I doubt it, but in a pinch or in a bad scenarios find something thick and safety pins.
Buy from the US. Shipping shouldn’t add much to it
Old t-shirts instead of diapers. Buy them at thrift stores.
I found a huge bag of 24 brand new cloth diaper at my local thrift store with 30 inserts. No stain, white and super clean. I went to the cashier and asked for the price and she said 3$. I still can't believe it.
HUGE WIN! 🙌🏻 yay!
Score!!!!
Wow! Such a great deal!
I guarantee they were gifted to a mama and she didn’t even use them haha SCORE!!
Wow! Look at God!🎉
One of the biggest reasons I cloth diaper is I don't have to worry about having enough money for diapers if times get hard AND I'll never run out! 😻
You just helped me to make the decision to cloth diaper! Thank you, not intimidated anymore.😊 Since there’s a massive formula shortage right now, it got me thinking that cloth diapering was the best way to go. Plus, saving tons of money will help! My last pregnancy was 18 years ago, so this all feels brand new again. Thanks again for the most realistic diapering video out there!
16 weeks pregnant with daughter #2, 38 years old!💞😊
Beautiful story and congratulations on your new baby. Wow starting over after 18 years, I think that's incredible 💜 my last baby was 12 years ago and now I'm pregnant with #3 she'll be here soon, I'm due July 9. I'm also cloth diapering for the first time. Congratulations again!
I'm so glad!
Agree! I'm pregnant with #2 after 7 years 😫 I formula fed my 1st but with the formula issues I'm going to have to breast feed and I don't wanna spend all the money on diapers like I did before. So I have a bunch of neutral cloth diapers until we find out what we are having! 😁
I'm in the same boat, been 13 years since my last pregnancy and I feel like I'm starting all over again. Good luck to you!
I'm 5 minutes in, and already shocked. I've been picking up secondhand diapers when I see good cheep ones, I had no idea I could get away with having so few!! Im only 21 weeks, just doing my research now, wow.
I am a new mom to be, we are expecting our sweet girl at the end of January 2024! I have been so overwhelmed with trying to research all things cloth diapers and I’m so glad to have found your video!!! A huge, huge help and step by step. Thank you! And I love the links you provided, amazing products!!
I'm jealous, I haven't been able to conceive in a year and I'm in my early 20s. I am too afraid of taking that step to the fertility doctor!
@@ewe392I hope you change your mind and get all the testing. You may not even be the ‘issue’
Kelly, 35 years ago we had no disposable diapers or baby wipes. Wash clothes and rectangle absorbent cloths and plastic pants. You gals these days are so lucky. Your colorful diapers are very cute.
I used Pampers in 1968 when my daughter, now 51 was born. I would only use them when I took her to the babysitter for me to work. At home however, I always used cloth diapers.
Johnson and Johnson released the first mass market disposable diaper in 1948...and became very commonplace by the 1970's
@@EpwnaExeter Yes, that's right. :)
Kate Harrop I used Pampers 35 years ago. My daughter was born in 84. They’ve been around for quite some time.
Wanted to add, I also had a cloth diaper service. This video is very good.
some regions may not have had the same access to products or they were cost prohibitive to most in the area so the stores may not have carried them the same as we had. remember there are places in the way out that are very different than where you live. before the internet you could only get what you stores had , catalogs or the tv 800 numbers. just be reminded that some places in 35/40 years ago were still the boon docks. in the late 70's a new family moved to town and the had never had refrigerated milk. they had only ever had evaporated milk in the cans. watched the open the can with one of the openers that made a triangle, pour out milk into a bowl of oatmeal and then add tap water. it blew my mind. they just didn't have "regular" milk where they were from.
The family I used to nanny for used cloth diapers and they bought them used and used them for both of their girls and they lasted for a while. She would sew any that started to come apart. It was a little weird at first, but I do like them better than regular diapers and the girls rarely got diaper rashes and they lasted longer than a regular diaper. I highly recommend
My six month old is cloth diapered and she has had maybe one or two rashes and they cleared up fast, too. I mostly use the pocket style and right now I like to padfold a flour sack towel and use that as my insert inside the pocket. I also use 5 layer charcoal bamboo, but am sometimes having leaks with those after doing research I wouldn't recommend 5 layer charcoal bamboo inserts and instead would recommend some sort of cotton to anyone new.
@@MeganSaidThis would making a towel insert work?
This is by far the most realistic cloth diaper video I’ve seen. I learned so much, thank you!!
What makes the other videos on cloth diapers not so realistic?
$400 is nothing when im about to have twins and found out i may be spending 2k on diapers in the first year
It does get expensive. I have twin boys and they’re in different sizes. Sawyer in 4 and Hunter is in 5 sometimes 6. It’s about $30 a box. Plus wipes are $20
I have twins too 😭 help 😂
2 thousand what!
Yes they are so much cheaper however if you aren’t buying disposables all at once then you have to spend more at once
only 2 years ago, and I daydream about these prices.
I loved your video. Im 6 months pregnant and Im considering using cloth diapers but the washing part was really hard for me to picture on my mind. So this was incredibly helpful
I’m expecting my first baby in December and definitely want to use cloth diapers but felt overwhelmed when researching. Thank you for making such a clear and concise video! I’m now feeling excited about cloth diapering instead of overwhelmed.
We are expecting our first baby in the fall where I will be the primary stay at home parent. Wish me luck, I need all the help and advice you can share!
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Hope you’re doing well with your peanut!❤️
How are you doing so far?
@@ASMRKay_ we are doing well thanks! So much to learn but it's been fun watching him grow
How did the cloth diapering go? I am currently 6 months pregnant with our first and researching into this! Any tips now that you look back on the experience?
Mom of 2 under 2 both in cloth diapers and watching this anyway. Love your videos! So happy to be a cloth diapering mama in the current world state
Melinda Skaggs me too!
Here l am a GRANMA, watching this vid! Still learning at this age. I just heard Rayland agree with her mama ! Good habit baby girl, agreeing with mama!💞
I don’t have kids and don’t plan on having them for at least five years. I was just really curious about how they work. Thank you for the informative video 😊
Me too
I've finally switched to cloth diapering during the day after 2 months of constant diaper rash that came and went.. I'm only going to use disposables during the night until I'm completely comfortable with using cloth diapers completely and honestly I feel like I made a amazing choice for my daughter and her skin
My personal preference/favourite are diaper covers with a bamboo insert that I fold in a "receiving blanket" type of prefold. Works amazing for my chunky heavy wetter during those nap times or nighttime a when they tend to leak for us with the pocket diapers during those sleep times. (Just what worked for my specific baby) :)
This was very helpful. I'm ready to stop procrastinating and switch to cloth!
I'm looking into cloth diapers for my granddaughter. I used them with my daughter but things have changed. Diapers are pretty sold out everywhere because of the Coronavirus, so I'm going to go back to cloth diapers for my house and save the disposable diapers at my house for my daughter's house.
I cloth diapered some as a young mother. It was fairly easy. I love this new, modern cloth diapering better! 😊
I'm never going to do this. but I watched so many videos my last pregnancy . And now I'm pregnant again and I'm watching videos again. I find myself intrigued but I know it's not a process for me lol
I just like to look at them too, they're so cute !
awesome and helpful video. i'm pregnant with my second child and initially wanted to use cloth diapers. too many people told me it "was gross" , with my first child, but i'm determined to use them this time around. i love that it's environmentally friendly AND cost effective
Glad it was helpful!
3 years later and this is still so very helpful!!
This video was so informative. You made the process look so easy. I'm due in March. Now I feel so much better with my decision to cloth diaper.
I loved used cloth for my son!! I definitely saved money in the long run. I kept his diapers just in case if we have a 2nd and gave some away! I enjoyed the kawaii brand (i think thats what they were called)
Girl thank you for posting this amazing video! It's so full of helpful information and I've learned so much from you!
I clothed with my first, ten years ago. She was born 16 weeks early and her skin was so sensitive, any disposable I tried on her skin immediately rashed. I loved cloth diapering. It took some getting used to at first but was well worth it and was easy to get into a routine with them. I used all kinds of different brands. I loved them all. They are so soft and cute. My daughter loved them as well. 😊
Wanted to add that baby girl is modeling those diapers so adorably. 🥰 She is so precious!
Woahhhh cloth diapers have come a long way since i used them in early 90s! Back then it was still only prefolds and diaper pins, and a basic plastic diaper cover. Needless to say it was not a very nice thing. The elastic on the cover was raw and irritated the skin, the plastic would get wet and sweaty and wear out, it was all big and bulky and generally gross. We had probably at least 40 prefolds, and at least a couple dozen plastic covers. There were also disposable "liners" you put in them that looked more like dryer sheets than anything else. And diaper pins...now that takes skill! Todays new parents would be horrified at the old cloth diapering.
Thank you, you have made this look so much less intimidating than I was picturing in my head.
Haha this is the perfect time to share this! Mamas all across the country are running out of disposable diapers and this will help them tremendously!
I can remember my mom telling me when my siblings and I were babies she used cloth diapers on us the cloth diapers have come a long way since when I was a baby.. a lot easier to use now.
This literally helped as far as confirming taht i for sure wanna do cloth diapers!
Hi Kelly thank you for the cloth diaper training video. My son and daughter-in-law expecting baby boy in April and she has stocked up on cloth diapers. Back in my day LOL I use cloth diapers on my kids too cuz my first son had reactions to disposable diapers back then and those days they put a stent in it and I think that's what Prodigy skin. Being the fact that all the shelves in stores have no cloth diapers call Stivers at the best way to go. It'll take me a couple times practice. Back in the olden days we had to use pins which I hated. So one side Master this when I babysit I will be fully knowledge on today's modern day diapers LOL thank you so much for sharing this it was perfect timing I sure will be here around April 11th but I'm his dad's birthday if we're lucky LOL have a blessed day.
I've been cloth diapering for about 3 and a half months, I mostly love it. I mean it is added laundry, so the laundry can be a little much at times but overall I like it. I watch everyones videos to see about other brands and inserts and see if I might pick up some new info. I have a pretty varied collection so far. I mostly use pockets. I've ordered some Texas Tushies covers to try but they were on pre-order I got one in a Halloween print and one in a Christmas print to try. They haven't arrived yet, though. I've never tried Green Mountain Diapers, yet.
do you feel like it makes your water bill go up? that is my partners biggest concern with cloth diapering vs disposable
@@laurenmaher127 I feel the same about electricity bill as well but we will be saving money by not buying disposable ones so it could work out the same or cheaper, especially if you will cloth diaper more kiddies 😊
i have a little one due in 6 months and i’ve been trying to get my boyfriend on board with these cloth diapers and you explained everything so good that now he’s completely on board with this video, thankyou so much for all of your help 😂💘💘
When he sees how much money you guys aren’t spending on disposables you both won’t look back regardless of the tasks involved .....nothing all that bad that you don’t deal with disposables anyways!
Excellent idea to do a rinse cycle first. It makes so much sense!
The fleece liner is a great tip! We always use homemade fleece liners for ours when we use prefolds and flats.
Thank you so much for this video!! I'm currently 6 months pregnant and have been contemplating cloth diapering! This was so simple to follow and seems attainable now!
🙏🏾 thank you so much!! I’m a newly licensed foster parent and really needed this information 😊 it was excellent!!
Girl, I was so overwhelmed when I first started. I had tons and tons of inserts, prefolds, AIOs, just everything! I bought SO much, it was unnecessary, I gave half of them to my cousins when their baby was born, and still have so many. I made the mistake of buying newborn diapers, which I would recommend a few of them if you can afford them, just because babies are so small at first and in my experience, the diapers swimmed on her the first month or so, but they aren't necessary if you have a bigger baby!
Thank you so much for this! I am about to have my second baby and am going to give cloth diapers another try. This is so helpful! Your baby is precious! 💕
You're the first one I've seen put them in the dryer and that makes me feel a bit better. I can hang dry or dryer when I really need them.
I highly recommend a few more than this we go through about 8-10 a day with my 5 month old! We have built a stash of about 50! We love anmababy, alvababy, and babygoal! All are identical! Also formula poop is NOT water soluble sadly.
How do you know that formula poop is not water soluble, is your baby a formula baby? I am considering cloth diapers and my baby is on formula
@@Gemness yes I formula feed my daughter! Only exclusively breastfed poop is water soluble the minute they consume formula purées or regular food it is no long water soluble.
@@Gemness I wash off all the solids and ring them out and throw them in the wet bag to be washed later it’s tough In the beginning but it’s so so rewarding! Once you get a routine down it’s smooth sailing from there!
@@mommyoftwo8279 thank you for the feedback! I was wondering how would it be done with different types of BM and how it would be washed and cleaned. Still a little confused but I have time to research 😅
I cloth diapered my daughter from the day we got home from the hospital until she started potty training. So a little over 2 years. I loved it and my favorite thing right now is that my daughter is using her newborn cloth to diaper her dolls!
How precious! I haven’t thought of that... guess little Ray will be using them for her babies too 🥰
@@KellysKorner08 she will be! It's so fun and it'll be good "big sister training" for my Laney one day(:
Thankyou sooo much for this video. I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant and getting organised and we want to cloth as much as possible. This has been soo helpful x
I also cloth diaper! I love it. It helps save money and it's really not bad at all!
I've watched more cloth diaper videos than I can count so I'm just here to look at your babies' beautiful faces.
You covered EVERYTHING! Great video 1st time mom here 😊😊
Wonderful video!! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for us!
I’m an old momma and now grandma and my niece is talking about cloth as soon as she gets a washer so I was curious if I could find a video for her. Yes cloth diapers have always been expensive to obtain but they are an investment but there is something no one told me about in my younger years that I wish I had known….just go thrift shopping and buy a bunch of old t-shirts to fold into diapers. You won’t even need filler diapers but you will need rubber pants. Like if I had it to do again I promise you I would save myself a lot more money by investing $0.25 each for a bunch of old t-shirts. And I line dry to this day so I would just hang them straight up onto hangers, wet and allow 4 inches between shirts to air dry.
Rubber pants?
Very well done. I had no idea things had improved to this level. Thanks
Superrrr helpful!! I’m so nervous but excited to begin the cloth journey!
She's adorable with that little patch of hair at the back of her neck👶
I am planning to cloth diaper mainly because of environmental reasons. I don’t want my babies to grow up to inherit a world that we have ruined with trash and pollution. I know I can’t solve the problem by myself, but I can do my best with what I can control, and this is one of those things!
I cloth diaper during the day and use a disposable at night or when we are out of the house. I have 2 in diapers and save so much money like this!!!
Thank you for sharing! I'm expecting in December and needed this video!
Laaaawd!!! Rayland is the most precious girl ever! Prayers that everyone is doing well. ❤️
Thank you for this video after 4 children I'm switching to cloth diapers for my little one due in January 2024.
Love all of this info.
My youngest is 14mo and I am just now switching to cloth. I do plan to use Melapower detergent for my cloth diapers as it's biodegradable & non toxic.
I love cloth diapers best decision I ever made my son loves them he hated disposable diapers plus these are cute
Not sure if you've addressed this already, but formula-fed poopy diapers are water soluble.
Please update when you have the newer cloth diaper video!! I would love to hear about how you handle rinsing diapers!
Very good video. It should help people who can’t get the disposables.
When I first was looking up cloth diaper there was at least 5 different kind I have purchased the pocket cloth diaper that have the snaps. I luv them my toddler like them as an.
I appreciate this video! I've always been very curious about cloth diapering to reduce disposable diaper consumption, and your video helped me see that this is totally doable!
I cloth diaper too and it’s helped so much during this time.
This made everything a lot easier to know what to get. Thanks for all the info!
Thank you so much for all of the information! I wanted to point out the diaper cream you suggested is petroleum based
hint for others. dil sends me the ugly and tattered one. i have larger wounds on my legs from having had a skin graft after necrotizing fasciitis. they never really heal. i have hypersensitive skin. i can't have rubber, nylon, latex, plastic of any kind. so cotton is it. my surgeon is the one who told me to this. i use them like an abd(thick large bandage that are expensive). and a large recieving blanket as a wrap to hold the diaper bandages on and keep the ace wraps from touching my skin. plus they are so much cheaper than disposable bandages and i never run out. they can be disinfected and sanitized. ny wound care doctors and nurses have made the suggestions to other patients that are on long term wound care.. diabetics, amputees with prosthetics. ect. so many ppl have longer term wound care needs and these are great!!
Cloth diapers have come a long way. I had no idea how they had changed. Very informative video. 🦋
Thanks for watching!
Haha building my stash before me and my husband get pregnant, so many cute designs I have to resist the urge to buy them all 😂
Right!? I want them all! 😂
Great video! I’m just beginning my start with cloth diapers...thank you for this content!
Okay I had to come back for an additional comment. The stink and yellow color you complained about….well we didn’t do it like you back in the day. We rinsed in the toilet first and then put it to soak in borax water in a diaper pale and then dumped the water, wrung out and finally washed. I had an additional rinse in the babies bath water that I figured out myself after washing the babies. We didn’t just throw a bunch of dirty diapers straight into the washer and add an extra rinse.
Super helpful video! I keep going back n forth about cloth diapering but this made it less intimidating. Thank you!
Do ittt.. you save about $2,000 in the long run :) per child!
Thanks for this video, real easy to follow and makes this decision feel easier
I used to work the laundry Department in a nursing home, doing laundry isn't hard you just have to think about what type of material the fabric is made out of. You're obviously going to wash something with elastic different than something that is 100% cotton. You can absolutely deep clean microfiber to make it more absorbent you just have to remember to wash it separately because any type of lint is going to stick to microfiber.
This helped me so much. I plan on using these and some bamboo diapers as needed. I also got some hemp inserts for nighttime but really your video is so great! Thank you for sharing your information. The covers are better than the pocket diapers in terms of washing because you can change the insert a few times if there isn't a blowout.
Glad it was helpful!
I do the exact same pretty much. I like & use the Thirsties duo wrap size 1 covers exclusively for the newborn-4 month stage but my favorite covers for one size are definitely Blueberry! And having already cloth diapered one baby from birth to potty training I can say that the Blueberry covers stand the test of time so are definitely worth the investment and feel confident recommending them to new cloth diapering parents. They are such superior quality to all the covers I have tried. I am buying only Thirsties size 1 & Blueberry one size covers for this next baby. I'm 16 weeks pregnant with #2. I had to toss all the Flip covers I had bought & used with my son.
I also use one size pocket diapers but just for night time & long car rides. I stuff my covers & pockets with flats (I tossed our old microfiber inserts in the trash but will try to just give the new ones we get away). When my son outgrew the small prefolds last time I switched to flats exclusively and love them now. I probably will be buying GMD newborn & small prefolds for baby #2 though so I don't have to mess with folding flats the first few months. All the cheap flats we used before ended up as house rags. I use nothing but flats (& flannel receiving blankets) as inserts after the infant stage though, basically as soon as I can just pad fold flats and lay them in covers.
Thank you so much!!! I think I’ll be doing cloth diapering thanks to your support!!
Thank you so happy to learn about new ways for cloth diapering.
Precious and sweet baby.💜
Great video, very informative with tips like no petroleum on cloth!
Ms. Ray is getting so big! Gorgeous girl! Beautiful family! Great job mom!! LovefromFL 💕
The easiest video fir me to understand I’ve ever seen
Yes!! ❤ I've been so excited for this video! Baby girl is coming in May!
Emily Powers I’m due 29th of May how about you?
@@jadebennett8180 I'm due May 28th! 💕💕
This video is so helpful for a new mama, thank you so much!
When my mother had pre adopts we (never) would toss a bread bag. We used them when we were out to hold the soiled cloth diapers. Then we would rinse the poop out of them in the toilet at home. Yes! we did stick our hand in the toilet to rinse out the diapers out. Then wash our hands thoroughly with hot soapy water.
I’m sold!! Also I admire your dedication to being an awesome mother 💕🙏
I’m a new ftm and I’m starting to feel the pain of buying diapers. I’ve been buying bamboo diapers and wipes to minimize my effect of the planet. I wasn’t sure if I’d want to use clothes diapers as I thought it seemed dirty. But after this video I feel more comfortable with the process. The only problem is my washing machine is older and I feel like it can get my clothes dirty sometimes. But I’m trying to fix this by running bleach washes. Anyone have any good tips to cleaning an old washer? To get a more effective wash? For my baby shower my boyfriend mom got us 8 clothes diapers with 8 inserts! I’m not sure if they’re 100% cotton or something else. As there’s no tags so I’ll find out how absorbent they are!
Thank you for this!! I watched you all the time and don’t know what happened but havnt seen you in a while but I love to see this! I am due in April and want to get all the info I can! ♥️
I'm expecting my first baby in August and my cousin gifted us a small handful of cloth diapers. I want to try them out but didn't know where to start.
Thank you!! We are so pumped for this routine
This was super helpful and makes me feel like I can do it. Thanks!
I don't have babies but I just love watching your videos and love to support your RUclips channel.
Thank you so very much! 🥰
Thank you so much for this fantastic comprehensive tutorial on how-to-start cloth diapering. I really appreciate that the Blueberry covers are adjustable, so you only need one size. I was wondering if you can get away with one size on the prefold diaper inserts (Clothies), or do you need to buy new ones as your child grows? If you need more than one size, my follow-up question is, how few sizes can you get away with?
Im here to learn Im thinking about cloth diapering my next baby!! Your PO Box is about an hr from me !!! I’m in saint Mary’s 😊
This helps so much. You’re so relatable. Thanks for the insight, tips and tricks 😉
This video is everything I was looking for. Thank you!!
I asked for them on my baby registry definitely helped I didn’t have to buy any and I got 32 dippers