First of all, I'm obsessed with you and your channel. Second of all: Another thing people can do if they know how to sew is cut the receiving blankets into a square (either sew a hem on the raw edge or cut it with pinking sheers to avoid fraying) and then make doublers with the cut off farbic. I make all my doublers with receiving blankets or old flannel shirts. I usually do flannel, 2 layers of 100% cotton quilt batting, then another flannel layer. And thats my booster (and also how I make my menstral pads 😂.) They work exceptionally well and are super cheap. (I quilt so I have loads of quilt batting scraps) I can usually get about 10-15 boosters out of one receiving blanket that cost 50 cents at my local thrift shop! I do reccommend stripping your receiving blankets before you start, though, to get off any built up softeners that will affect absorbency.
Thank you! I have a ton of receiving blankets I don't use & I just order my first set of clothes diapers! This helped me alot! Way to think outside of the box!!
Flannel receiving blankets feel less wet and seem more absorbent than flour sack towels. More expensive, but probably worth it. New, they are about the same price as the GMD Birdseye flats. I have yet to order from GMD but I did buy bamboo flats from Diaper Junction. Now I’m kind of regretting my bamboo purchases due to expected shrinkage. Guess they will come in handy when new baby comes. Spent $10 on a single Geffen hemp flat and it shrunk a ton, wouldn’t buy that again. For hemp and bamboo flats, do you make sure to line dry? I love the ease of throwing cotton flats in the dryer (on low). For daytime I use a modified pad fold in covers, topped with cut up $2.50 Walmart 50x60 microfleece blankets as stay-dry liners. Top that with a paper type disposable liner which if just peed on gets washed over and over and holds up, unlike the ubiquitous soft bamboo liners which are truly only disposable. The paper liners start out stiff and huge and then wash up soft and a perfect size. For night time I double stuff pocket diapers with various inserts I have acquired. I am really intimidated to cloth diaper my newborn in several months - the constant runny poo and tons of pee for the first 6 weeks... I would need a huge stash. I will probably use half disposables for those 6 weeks since I will also be cloth diapering a 1 yr old at the time. My babies will be one year apart. Please pray for my sanity 🥴
startanew hi wow did you find out that u are pregnant again at your check up after the last baby? my 4th.and 5th. are 19mo.s apart but 1 year wow but you got this you will always be doing laundry anyway right 💖
Tim Burrows My period returned 2 months postpartum even though I was exclusively breastfeeding... at 3 months it came again, but at 4 months I was late so I took a pregnancy test and when I saw the positive i was sure it had to be some fluke! I had been testing for ovulation but I guess breastfeeding made it happen much later in my cycle. We were only pulling out around fertile window which never failed us in the past... not going to rely on that again! In fact before we got pregnant with our first we figured we couldn’t conceive - it had been a couple years of only pulling out *most* of the time. I have a Caya diaphragm and non-irritating spermicide and after this baby will use that + track cycle + pull out or condoms... or a healthy dose of abstinence anywhere near the presumed fertile window. Breastfeeding can really mess with ovulation timing I am now told. Through my last pregnancy I kept reading and being told that exclusive breastfeeding would keep my cycle from returning, so I think I was at bit in denial, thinking no way should getting pregnant right away happen. Even though I had the diaphragm I didn’t insist on using it 🙄 Oh well! I don’t even want to think about having a 3rd until my babies are 4 and 5. And may just go for a cat at that time 😹
I used flat cloth diapers on my baby as soon as we came home from the hospitsl. I hope you consider it as an option. I would imagine that those kitchen towels would work well for a newborn. We have a bunch of the Walmart Mainstays brand flour sack towels. You can order 20 packs on line. Right now they cost $14.88 (plus tax) for 20 towels. I use these as kitchen towels and will be laying in a supply for diapering my grandchild-to-be. I am going to keep a few Dappi and/or Gerber plastic pants and some pins handy. I have to say I would give any new mother a big pack of flour sack towels, if only for the inevitable spills and surprises. For the constant diaper changing of newborns I think cloth is best. You can try different folds and discover which works best for baby poo, (not an option with paper diapers). I saw where one family cut flour sack towels into halves and quarters and used with pins on a super tiny preemie. I always felt good about cloth diapers on my baby, who was irritated by the chemicals in disposables. And when she would poo on a clean diaper, sometimes before I got it pinned on, I would laugh and clean her up, knowing that another diaper was no difference in the day's washing, nor in my wallet. My advice is to keep hold of the disposables they give you, but try cloth for your newborn. Lots of parents find cloth diapers leak less than disposables. Best of luck! - Orla
Cloth diapering my 4 month old is way too easy that I wouldn't do anything else. He does get changed every 1-2 hours so I do laundry everyday which isn't a big deal to me..I cloth diaper two under two.
You can always try it out! Anything that's an absorbent fabric can be used inside a diaper. It may be bulky depending on the size of your baby and the fold you use, but you never know until you try. 😊
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First of all, I'm obsessed with you and your channel. Second of all: Another thing people can do if they know how to sew is cut the receiving blankets into a square (either sew a hem on the raw edge or cut it with pinking sheers to avoid fraying) and then make doublers with the cut off farbic. I make all my doublers with receiving blankets or old flannel shirts. I usually do flannel, 2 layers of 100% cotton quilt batting, then another flannel layer. And thats my booster (and also how I make my menstral pads 😂.) They work exceptionally well and are super cheap. (I quilt so I have loads of quilt batting scraps) I can usually get about 10-15 boosters out of one receiving blanket that cost 50 cents at my local thrift shop! I do reccommend stripping your receiving blankets before you start, though, to get off any built up softeners that will affect absorbency.
Thank you! I have a ton of receiving blankets I don't use & I just order my first set of clothes diapers! This helped me alot! Way to think outside of the box!!
I love that quilt! This is my second time watching this video and I love that quilt so much 😍😍
Thank you for the awesome video. I use receiving blankets on my little one. Im glad im not the only one!💗
They are awesome! Very absorbent and affordable. 😊
Super helpful!
Great video. Some flats (especially large sized ones) are rectangular. I hadn't thought of using the hospital blankets as diapers.
They also are great for dusting and cleaning rags
Great video. Love the blanket on your bed.
Thanks 😊
Flannel receiving blankets feel less wet and seem more absorbent than flour sack towels. More expensive, but probably worth it. New, they are about the same price as the GMD Birdseye flats. I have yet to order from GMD but I did buy bamboo flats from Diaper Junction. Now I’m kind of regretting my bamboo purchases due to expected shrinkage. Guess they will come in handy when new baby comes. Spent $10 on a single Geffen hemp flat and it shrunk a ton, wouldn’t buy that again. For hemp and bamboo flats, do you make sure to line dry? I love the ease of throwing cotton flats in the dryer (on low). For daytime I use a modified pad fold in covers, topped with cut up $2.50 Walmart 50x60 microfleece blankets as stay-dry liners. Top that with a paper type disposable liner which if just peed on gets washed over and over and holds up, unlike the ubiquitous soft bamboo liners which are truly only disposable. The paper liners start out stiff and huge and then wash up soft and a perfect size. For night time I double stuff pocket diapers with various inserts I have acquired. I am really intimidated to cloth diaper my newborn in several months - the constant runny poo and tons of pee for the first 6 weeks... I would need a huge stash. I will probably use half disposables for those 6 weeks since I will also be cloth diapering a 1 yr old at the time. My babies will be one year apart. Please pray for my sanity 🥴
startanew hi wow did you find out that u are pregnant again at your check up after the last baby? my 4th.and 5th. are 19mo.s apart but 1 year wow but you got this you will always be doing laundry anyway right 💖
Tim Burrows My period returned 2 months postpartum even though I was exclusively breastfeeding... at 3 months it came again, but at 4 months I was late so I took a pregnancy test and when I saw the positive i was sure it had to be some fluke! I had been testing for ovulation but I guess breastfeeding made it happen much later in my cycle. We were only pulling out around fertile window which never failed us in the past... not going to rely on that again! In fact before we got pregnant with our first we figured we couldn’t conceive - it had been a couple years of only pulling out *most* of the time. I have a Caya diaphragm and non-irritating spermicide and after this baby will use that + track cycle + pull out or condoms... or a healthy dose of abstinence anywhere near the presumed fertile window. Breastfeeding can really mess with ovulation timing I am now told. Through my last pregnancy I kept reading and being told that exclusive breastfeeding would keep my cycle from returning, so I think I was at bit in denial, thinking no way should getting pregnant right away happen. Even though I had the diaphragm I didn’t insist on using it 🙄 Oh well! I don’t even want to think about having a 3rd until my babies are 4 and 5. And may just go for a cat at that time 😹
I used flat cloth diapers on my baby as soon as we came home from the hospitsl. I hope you consider it as an option. I would imagine that those kitchen towels would work well for a newborn. We have a bunch of the Walmart Mainstays brand flour sack towels. You can order 20 packs on line. Right now they cost $14.88 (plus tax) for 20 towels.
I use these as kitchen towels and will be laying in a supply for diapering my grandchild-to-be. I am going to keep a few Dappi and/or Gerber plastic pants and some pins handy. I have to say I would give any new mother a big pack of flour sack towels, if only for the inevitable spills and surprises.
For the constant diaper changing of newborns I think cloth is best. You can try different folds and discover which works best for baby poo, (not an option with paper diapers). I saw where one family cut flour sack towels into halves and quarters and used with pins on a super tiny preemie.
I always felt good about cloth diapers on my baby, who was irritated by the chemicals in disposables. And when she would poo on a clean diaper, sometimes before I got it pinned on, I would laugh and clean her up, knowing that another diaper was no difference in the day's washing, nor in my wallet. My advice is to keep hold of the disposables they give you, but try cloth for your newborn. Lots of parents find cloth diapers leak less than disposables.
Best of luck! - Orla
Cloth diapering my 4 month old is way too easy that I wouldn't do anything else. He does get changed every 1-2 hours so I do laundry everyday which isn't a big deal to me..I cloth diaper two under two.
I’m thinking about turning my grandson old blankets into prefolds
How do you hold the receiving blankets to baby? Does a snappi work?
Could you use Aden & Anais swaddles as a flat? They seem quite a bit larger than a normal flat at 47”x47”.
As long as you can fold it down to the size rectangle you need and it holds enough pee, anything can be a flat.
Can I make a muslin flat with a Aiden & Anais swaddles?
You can always try it out! Anything that's an absorbent fabric can be used inside a diaper. It may be bulky depending on the size of your baby and the fold you use, but you never know until you try. 😊
when we use this "Recieving Blanket" for cloth diaper . how many hour when our lo use it??
I change every two hours during the day.