If you have the image of folding a white cloth and pinning it, you can remove that. With today's cloth diapering systems you have to know... do you want AIOs, AI2s, pocket, fitted, etc? Do you want a one size diaper or a sized diaper? Do you want snaps or velcro (hook & loop)? I have to tell you that I was overwhelmed with the amount of options and decisions you have to make.
I found two great resouces online to help guide me through understanding of the different cloth diapering systems. The first being All About Cloth Diapers and the other Diaper Pin. After figuring out what was what I decided to started off with a pocket and an AI2. Why? Because they were affordable and looked easy.
I ordered a FuzziBunz (one size w/ snaps) and a Best Bottom shells (snaps and hook & loop) and inserts. Here is what I found.
- FuzziBunz (one size w/ snaps): When I opened up the package I immediately was impressed on how soft these were. I really wanted these to work, espcially since you could size the diaper to fit a baby 7-35 lbs using an adjustable elastic band around the legs and back. So, what was the problem? The adjustable elastic was held by buttons that sat in the crease of my son's legs... rubbing and making him uncomfortable. I suppose if you didn't have an active toddler it wouldn't rub so badly, but I wasn't impressed with the forethought in the design. Nice thought, just didn't work. The snaps were extremely difficult to get a good fit on my son... he is skinny and active. Unstuffing was kinda a pain and they leaked :(
- Best Bottoms: I was really excited when I discovered these... I thought I had found the jackpot. They were extremely affordable and could save money with the fact I could reuse the shell and just put in a new insert. They also were one size (adjustable up to birth - 35 lbs) and tried both snaps and hook & loop. The snaps were really hard to get a good fit and with an active toddler took WAY too much time to snap. By far prefer the hook & loop. The major downfall was that the inserts were extremely bulky and microfiber (holds stains and stink more than natural fibers). The diaper didn't go up enough in the front (the rise) was too short. These leaked, not sure if it was the shell or the inserts.
After my initial attempt to cloth diapering I felt defeated. I thought I had done my research and found some good options to start with. I didn't know if I was ever going to find a diaper that fit and didn't leak. But in my research I found the best cloth diaper out there and so happy I found them! What brand? Stay tuned... try to get that review out soon. :-)
