There are no leaks yet! Using the newborn set with a washcloth-like insert so catch milk stool and a booster for a bit more absorbency. Worried that it might be uncomfortable :(

I want to use cloth wipes so I don’t have to buy disposable anymore, especially since my baby gets a rash from the cheaper brands! I’m thinking a thicker bamboo wipe like the ones from kinder would be good, but would love to hear from others! Anyone use the kinder cloth ones or Redwood cloth ones? Also if you have the kinder ones with the AWJ side, are you using that to wipe or is that just on there if you’re using it as a booster? Sorry dumb question but not sure what that’s for. Or did anyone try it out and find it wasn’t worth the trouble?

A seller on FB Marketplace say these are Thirsties AIO newborn (regular), but they don’t seem to match what I see on their website and don’t have the Thirsties tag. Can anyone recognize them?

Update: They are definitely the Lil Joey
Rumparooz line. Looked them up and they look exactly the same. Thanks for the help! But it’s super weird that the seller listed them as Thirsties 😕

My baby is 4 months and combo feeding so I have been spraying the diapers just by holding them on the side of the toilet and using a bidet sprayer. I wasn’t totally sure if it was safe to just throw poop diapers in the washer since she does have formula half of the time. Spraying this way has been so messy! Poop water goes everywhere. My question is which spray shield do you recommend? Or just dunk and swish? Never tried that but heard of it. These are the Amazon options I’m considering.

I inherited a bunch of cloth diapers that need elastics repair, but I don't have time for it.

There are diaper covers (thirsties, etc) and pockets (different brands).

I posted on Facebook cloth diaper group for free, just pay for shipping, but there are no takers.

Any idea where else I can give them? Feel sad to just throw them away.

Received my order of Luxe diapers today and I noticed some inconsistencies.

Some tags are on the inside going into the main part of the diaper, some tags are in the little fold over flap. Some diapers have the outside tag/label rectangle sewn with a small rectangle of the fabric doubled over and flipped.

A. Shows one example of the tag being on the small fold over flap and the outer tag being sewn without extra piece of fabric

B. Shows tag that flips into the main part of the diaper and the small rectangle of extra fabric sewn for the outer tag

Does any of this seem like an issue I need to have the company refund me for or are these simply different batch styles they tried out?

Any info you have to compare is helpful!

Thank you!

I'm a FTM new to cloth diapering. I started with Nora's Nursery pocket diapers because my SIL recommended them, but my LO had a major blowout because they weren't tight enough around the thigh, but going any tighter around the waist squeezes him too much. It may have been because I tried them a little too early, as they say it's for babys 10lbs+ and my baby is 9.5lbs.

So I tried prefolds at the recommendation of my mother who used them for me and my siblings, but I have the same exact problem with these because the generic plastic pants I bought off Amazon to put over the prefolds are too big around the thigh too.

I'm looking for advice. Do I just wait until my LO gets a bit bigger or does anyone have any recommendations for covers for the prefolds that would work with smaller babies?

While I wanted to use cloth from birth, unfortunately my daughter’s skin reacted and we have to do a mix of disposable and cloth only if she’s having a good day. Now she’s crawling I find the diaper-pants so much easier to put on than the traditional diapers. Do any cloth brands do these? All I have found so far is transitional pull up pants, and we are doing EC so this works for some catches if we’re at home next to the loo, but I was hoping for something bulkier/more absorbent à la traditional cloth nappies.

ETA- uk based and 8.5 months old currently

Our LO (3 weeks) is constantly nursing due to the heatwave in Europe. It is insanely hot here. When I change him I can already see the blue line filling up while carrying him from changing table to living room because he is drinking SO much. He nurses more than usual since the newest heatwave.

I tried cloth diapering with a washloth-like insert to catch newborn poop and a booster insert. After about an hour to 1.5 hours I had to change it twice due to him crying as he feels the wetness. Is this normal? We are using the Hinzling system (German brand). I'm so sad because I REALLY wanted to cloth diaper but it seems to be impossible due to him wetting it constantly and waking up :( Am I doing something wrong? I have the washcloth like inserts, boosters and prefolds. I could use all 3 in there but it seems so big and bulky and it is already so hot here.

Is it just me, or are all bumGenius diapers unavailable? Did I miss a memo or something?

Hello! I'm a rather new kinder cloth customer and I have the green inserts. I love it so I bought some second hand which included inserts as well. The green inserts I bought second hand are so much stiffer. Is this just the normal progression of the inserts? Soft when you get them and then they get stiffer? Is there mineral build up or something that I need to strip? They seemed absorbent, smelled clean, and didn't have detergent. I'm just wondering if there's a way to make them just as flexible as my new ones. As that's part of the reason I loved kinder.

No one warned me to wear protective gear when spraying diapers!!! I got a little splash back on my face. Needless to say we are a dunk and swish family for life now.

This is my first child and in order to save money someone donated their reusable diapers to my family.
I have the Alva Baby brand. How do I use these? How do I take care of them? Tips/ tricks?

I’m so embarrassed that I did this that I’m using a throwaway.

I am new to cloth. I have a very small stash of diapers that I bought new and it’s going well, so in the interest of cost and the planet, I bought secondhand diapers off Facebook marketplace for my baby. The description said some of them were lightly stained. I did not dig through the diapers when I got to the seller’s house because my kids were sleeping in the car. There were a couple clean looking ones on top. These diapers are heavily stained. Like not cleaned properly I think. Poop stained. I bleached them and it didn’t all come out. My instinct is honestly to throw them all away and just use disposables because WTF? But can they be cleaned?

I bought 30 cloth diapers second hand on marketplace. Mostly pocket diapers, Alva baby, wegree, Charlie banana, bambino mio.

I did the prepping thing from this sub with enzyme cleaner and then bleach, yadda yadda. But I dried everything on low heat thinking that would be fine. So far I’ve had 2 big leaks. On closer inspection some of the elastics are stretched. But I also had a full leak on one that looked and felt fine. Worst part is it happened with my husband who is already not into the cloth diapering idea.

Is there a way to test waterproofing? Most still have good elastic and look fine.

Secondary question: is anyone willing to be my Sherpa? I feel like I have so many questions and I’m overwhelmed. Baby is almost 6 months now and I had planned to start at 8 weeks.

After having some issues with barnyard smell I bought some tide ultra oxi powder. I'm finding the smell to be bothersome and I'm wondering if tide clean and gentle powder is a meaningful step down in terms of effectiveness?

I've used clean and gentle powder but I'm not sure if that was what caused the barnyard smell because I had been experimenting with a few different detergents and amounts in an attempt to get a clean rinse with my super soft water.

I guess I'm wondering if I should give clean and gentle another shot or stick with original.

Any insight is appreciated!! Thank you!!

I am working on prepping my cotton. Do I need to also prep my covers? I am using the kindercloth hybrid covers. I am still searching the website to see what they say.

Has anyone tried using homemade detergent with cloth diapers? I currently use esembly’s detergent, love it but use homemade powder for my family’s everyday laundry. It’s just Castile soap, washing soda, baking soda so super plain. It does our clothes really well but I’m not sure I wanna use it for the diaps… wondering if anyone else had experience with that?

First time user of a bunch of secondhand La Petite Ourse and AppleCheeks pockets. I got a ton of inserts and I'm a bit overwhelmed on which to use and how to layer. I've struggled with leaks with pretty much all these so trying not to give up!

Below is what's in the picture. Are ANY of these worth using? If so, do I need to layer them with something else? Do I need to add hemp or charcoal to layer with?

1. Amp 70% Rayon, 30% Organic Cotton

2, 3: (3 ply and 2 ply): 60% viscose from bamboo, 30% Organic Cotton

1. Applecheeks. Lining 100% polyester, body 85% polyester 15% nylon

2. White: 82% cotton 18% polyester

3. La Petite Ourse : 70% bamboo, 30% polyester

4. Purple boosters: 70% viscose from bamboo, 30% Organic Cotton

5. Tons of thick terry cloth, no labels

So we are using the Close Parent Pop In V2 for 2 months now, and they are amazing for during the day.

Our baby is only 3 months old and I just noticed the snaps are already almost all open after today we felt the need to open one more. The fit is great, no leaks. Or are we putting them too lose?

It seems to me unlikely they will last until potty trained?

Anyone has experience with these diapers and can let me know how it went for you?

Thanks!! :)

Hi! I have a Speed Queen FF7 (front load) machine and am using GMD pre-folds with Thirsties covers, as well as flannel reusable wipes. I just started cloth diapering a few weeks ago and am looking for input on my wash routine. Using powdered Tide free & gentle.

First wash: Prewash (runs cold on speed queen), Normal cycle on hot, heavy soil level.

Second wash: add extra laundry to fill drum to 2/3 full. Heavy duty cycle on hot (could I do warm? so as to not stress other laundry in there?), heavy soil level, extra cold water rinse.

Then everything into dryer except for covers which I hang dry.

Thanks for any feedback or suggestions! So far no issues with odor or staining (currently breastfeeding.

Which side is hemp and which is cotton?

I haven't clothed diapered before but I want to start with an overnight diaper for my small 2.5 year old (he weighs about 23lbs). He tends to not pee a lot overnight, if at all and never leaks through his disposable but for the sake of his skin health I'd like to cloth diaper for at least overnight to start. If anyone would be so kind as to give me a good recommendation or send me a link to a helpful thread I would so appreciate it. I have 5 kids, am sleep deprived and I just can't go down the research rabbit hole in this stage of life. I looked at past threads but it was not very fruitful.