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Family Matters:  who uses cloth diapers and where do I get them?  |
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NotQuiteJuneCleaver
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Susan
Shreveport
LA
USA
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NotQuiteJuneCleaver
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Susan
Shreveport
LA
USA
222 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 09:02:06 AM
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Oppps guess I am late. Alee seems to have you fixed up!
Susan ~ FARMGIRL SISTER #15
AKA TheSoapMaven who lost nearly 700 posts by changing her name! :(
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Kris Sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
131 Posts
Kris
Chickamauga
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 2:58:46 PM
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I just saw this topic and boy did it bring back memories. My girls are grown now but they were both in cloth diapers. I was lucky, though. We had a diaper service. Tidy didy Diaper Service! They'd come up the hill twice a week in that big shiny silver truck and I was sure glad to see them coming! They'd bring a stack of beautifully washed great smelling diapers. I loved them a lot. I don't know if there are still services like that anymore. It sure was nice for me. But before we had them, I did have my own. I remember them drying on the clothesline almost every day. Beautiful sight.
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 9:11:38 PM
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My faves were the gauze diapers from J. C. Penney. They were rectangular and since I had boys I needed the most protection in the front. So I folded them into a sort of kite-shaped and the point in the bottom was folded over for the frontal protection--ME, not necessarily the boys.
As I remember, they were rather expensive, but they could be recycled into rags once the boys outgrew them. The boys are now 37 and 34 and once in a while I still run across one of those rags. There aren't much left of them, but they are worth it all around.
Betty in Pasco |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 09:08:03 AM
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that sure would be nice to have a diaper service!
"learn to watch snails" SARK |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 2:04:12 PM
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It's really not that hard to wash them. No harder then regular laundry. You don't HAVE to rinse them or anything like that, how people used to.
I have found if you throw them in the washer even poop will come out, lol it will all go out of the washer when done. :)
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sonflowergurl
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Katee
Tampa 'Burbs
FL
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 04:44:40 AM
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I just found this thread in a search because I'm working on a switch over to cloth with my 4 month old son. I'm planning to make fitted "pocket" diapers where you stuff in the soaker in the middle. I'm on a yahoo group that swears by using microfiber towels (the ones you can get in the auto section at Walmart and other stores), so I'm going to try those. I'm actually gathering up old t-shirts from my hubby and older son's collection to use. I'm also knitting some wool covers that will need lanolized occasionally. I've been told that fleece works as a good cover too, so I'm planning to sew up a few of them also. I'm new to this, so it should be an adventure! (My hubby isn't on board, but hopefully will be once he sees how easy it is.) I did disposables with my first two.
Katee
A life without love is like a year without summer.
"Looking Toward the Son"---- http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 06:07:44 AM
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Katee- My hubby was skeptical too until I showed him how with a relatively small investment I could save us over 2k in the first year alone! He got so enthusiastic about it that he was telling every one at work and trying to get pregnant co-workers to consider them! And for about the first 6 months we used flat folds!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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sonflowergurl
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Katee
Tampa 'Burbs
FL
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 06:17:53 AM
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I have a bunch of prefolds, but the pins make me nervous. I've ordered some snappis though, so hopefully they get here soon! I have a couple of fitteds and I like the way they fit better than folded diapers. I lucked out and had a friend who sent me a whole box of her old diapers to get started.
What do you wash yours in? I use Gain detergent right now, will that be okay or do I need to get something else? I actually ordered "soap nuts" with the snappis, so I'm going to try to save those for just the diapers I think.
Katee
A life without love is like a year without summer.
"Looking Toward the Son" http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
Family Bolt http://theboltfamily.blogspot.com
Katee Did It
http://kateedidkreations.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 08:08:33 AM
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Hi Katee-
We used old fashioned diaper pins with Nora- they are fine once you get used to them. I did poke her once and I felt so bad about that! Poor girl!
I make my own laundry soap- equal parts of Washing Soda, Baking Soda, Borax and homemade hand soap (or equal parts of powdered Boraxo Hand Soap)
If your baby doesn't react to the gain laundry soap now, he should be okay to have his diapers washed with that.
I didn't like the pre-folds because they seemed to thin to me. The contoured diapers are really nice (the fitted diapers) and I have heard good things about the snappis.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
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sonflowergurl
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Katee
Tampa 'Burbs
FL
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 4:25:24 PM
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The reason I asked about the detergent is because I've read that sometimes stuff builds up and they don't absorb as well after awhile. But I think it's more from diaper rash ointment and fabric softener.
Thad wiggles so much when I'm changing him, I would be horrified if I poked him! I've put him in cloth today and hubby doesn't know. :D I've got a big package of disposables left, I think I'll probably use them for outings and overnight, or when my hubby has him. He seems to like the cloth diapers on his little booty though.
I'm pulling out fabric and printed out patterns tonight to make a few...hopefully it goes well (and I make the right size for him!). I just read on the diaper sewing group that you can use fleece on the outside of a pocket diaper and don't need a cover, especially if you use some really good stuff. I might try a few of those as well. I've been reading about it enough, I need to just jump in and give it a go...
Katee
A life without love is like a year without summer.
"Looking Toward the Son" http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
Family Bolt http://theboltfamily.blogspot.com
Katee Did It
http://kateedidkreations.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 4:40:39 PM
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Hi Katee!
Knit fabric is especially nice for diapers! A little gentle stretch and it stays so soft! Flannel is nice too but sometimes can compact when sew into the fitted diapers and not be as nice.
I wouldn't use Tide on diapers or towels as it leaves lots of residue behind. I am not sure about gain. Do your clothes feel like they have been treated with fabric softener even when they haven't? If so- the detergent is leaving a residue.
High quality fleece can work as a diaper wrap. I would suggest trying to lanolize it because my fleece diaper cover got moist and I was less than pleased with it. I bought my diaper wraps from www.thenaturalabode.com They are a great place and their store front is in Moscow, ID (Where I used to live) so I know their "real" store is honest and fairly represented on their website.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
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Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 6:58:17 PM
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Katee ~ I actually am not a fan of microfiber cloths. You can't put them directly againt baby's bottom because they will literally suck the moisture out of the skin given the chance. Well, and I don't like the feel if them (they make me feel like my entire fingerpads are solid hangnail-like) and they tend to wash up really dingy after a while in my really hard water.
And snappi's... you don't even want to know how ma ny I've had over the years. Old ones, new ones, newer ones, etc. Used dyed prefolds there with my oldest for a while.
Oh yes, be careful with the diaper ointment. Anything with fish oil is going to be a mess to try to undo. I like the magical Bum Balm from FOTW (a wahm), but am not sure whether she's closing up shop in Feb or not.
Fwiw, I've bought and sold the lion's share of my diaper stash(es) the last two years over at DiaperSwappers.com. With so many kids in diapers for so long, yeah. Reselling is a great way to keep the costs down, especially as I've ventured in and out of prefolds, fitteds, woolies (soakers, longies, shorties), and have settled on pockets since I have two in diapers. Just hoping the stupid CPSIA thing doesn't shut down DS...
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sonflowergurl
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Katee
Tampa 'Burbs
FL
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2009 : 10:08:42 PM
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Alee, I didn't know you could lanolize fleece. That's pretty cool. I might go that route for most of the covers if it works well for me.
Lanna, I am using the microfiber towels as inserts inside the pockets (along with prefolds that are already too small for my "big" boy), not directly against the skin.
My snappis came in the mail today, but I didn't get a chance to use them yet. The "soap nuts" also came in that package, so I'm going to try them out too.
I finally finished my acrylic knit cover (the one I did to test the pattern) last night (picture on my Katee Did It blog), and I made my first diaper, made a sham pocket on the Ottobre pattern. It was t-shirt on the outside and flannel on the inside. I stuffed it with a microfleece towel and it seemed to work okay. I need practice at sewing stretched elastic though, the legs could be better fitted.
Katee
A life without love is like a year without summer.
"Looking Toward the Son" http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
Family Bolt http://theboltfamily.blogspot.com
Katee Did It
http://kateedidkreations.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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