Cloth Diapers

When I was pregnant with my first I researched a lot about cloth diapers. I wanted it to be inexpensive and easy. Who doesn’t–right? I ended up using prefolds which I converted into contoured diapers with elastic around the legs and velcro tabs to keep them on.  Then we used the old-fashioned plastic pants that you pull up over the legs like underwear.

When Wyatt was born one of Jeremy’s professors lent us a large stash of newborn-sized cloth diapers. (Jeremy’s profession is pretty “green” in general.) We had done cloth diapering on and off with each of our boys, but enjoyed trying out some of the nicer products we’d never spent the money on.

The favorite product that we tried from this stash of newborn diapers was the Thirsties wrap. It’s a waterproof cover with no inner lining. You put a cloth diaper on the baby and then put the waterproof cover on over it. The cloth diaper gets wet but the cover stays dry so you can reuse the cover over and over until wash day. (I also think the wrap seems a bit smelly after a messy diaper, so I usually retire it until wash day then as well.)

We are loving the diaper wrap covers, and the best part was–we only bought three and that is all we need.