Cloth diapers??? im lost?

Question

I saw in another question others that use cloth diapers and they said its easier... I have never really researched them before so Will you give me some info??

Don't they leak since its cloth?

What about when they p**p?

How about when your out for they day where do you put the soiled ones?

How do you wash them?

Obviously im clueless about them lol.

Answer 1

Cloth diapers are a ton of work and not worth the effort.  

1.  Yes, they leak

2.  If the poo is solid, you flush it down the toilet.  If it's soft and runny, you rinse the diaper in the toilet to get the "stuff" off.

3.  Ziploc bags??

4.  You soak them in a diaper pail filled with vinegar.  Then you wash them in the washing machine in a separate load with mild soap.  then you dry them without a dryer sheet.  And then you fold them.

Or you  could just use disposables and eliminate all 4 steps above!!

Answer 2

"Don't they leak since its cloth?"

They can, but no more than disposable diapers.  Any diaper will leak if you don't change it frequently enough, or if baby is in such a position that they pee out the top of the diaper (which my baby has a knack for).  The ones I have hold liners for extra absorbency, or you can get covers for them to protect clothes from leaks.

"What about when they p**p?"

Well, you change the diaper :P  No, seriously...I don't know what others do, but I just dump/scrape the p**p into the toilet, give the diaper a light rinse, and toss it in the diaper bin for that days' wash.  Most of the p**p is gone by the time the dipe hits the washer, so it's not like I have turds floating around in my rinse cycle.  It's much less gross than I thought it would be.

"How about when your out for they day where do you put the soiled ones?"

I just bring a plastic bag, and put the soiled diaper in there, tied nice and tight.  Usually, I will go out with baby in cloth, bring an extra to change him if needed, and a disposable or two for back-up.  We rarely make it to the disposable.  They make products designed to store used cloths while on the go, but I haven't found such a thing necessary.

"How do you wash them?"

In the washer, silly!  And if you want to get really "green" about it, you can line-dry them, too.  You'll have to do a load every day, or every other day.  For particularly nasty times, I've scrubbed mine with a bit of Dawn dish soap or, if pressed for time, let it soak in a bucket and rinsed later, before tossing it in the wash.

Cloth diapers aren't easiER, they are just as easy as disposables, and they pay for themselves within weeks, besides being gentle on the environment.  When I was using disposables, I felt like c**p (no pun intended) knowing that every time I threw a diaper away, it was going to sit in a landfill for 500 to 2500 years before it even began to break down.  Even worse, I learned that a baby produces over ONE TON of waste from infancy to age two, if they are in disposables.

Finally, they are just more fun.  There are websites and forums devoted to cloth diapering, so that women can make friends, compare notes, and trade ideas and patterns.  You can make your own, or support small SAHM businesses by purchasing hand-made diapers, liners, covers, soakers, etc.  There are zillions of kinds available, with all sorts of fun designs on them.  You won't get that from a $25 pack of Pampers.  All you get from them is a coupon, to buy more Pampers.

Answer 3

Plastic pants? They still MAKE those? Nobody uses those LOL. Cloth has definitely improved since the vinyl pants era.

I get much, much less leaks and poo explosions when I use cloth. Try some brands like bumGenius (cottonbabies.com) and Kissaluvs. Jillian's Drawers and Nicki's Diapers are some other online stores that offer a variety and tons of tips on getting started with cloth.

When you're out an about, you put soiled diapers in wetbags. They can be really cute, or you can get cheap ones, too. You can get flushable liners (Kushies and Imse Vimse) and you have less mess to worry about since you can flush the poo down the toilet.

I wash them every two days with a simple laundry routine. One cold wash with a bit of free & clear detergent, and then a second wash, hot this time, with an extra rinse. Simple and not much work at all.

Answer 4

I have had fewer blow outs and leaks in cloth then in disposable. They have a plastic liner that keeps wetness in. There used to be just one kind of diaper, now there are tons of options. They have fabrics that wick the wetness away from the babies skin, flushable liners for the p**p, and one piece diapers that work just like disposables. I keep a plastic grocery bag in the diaper bag with me to keep dirty diapers in, they make special "wet" bags though. My mom has been great and paid for us to have a diaper service so all I do is toss the bag of dirty diapers outside once a week and the service brings me clean ones. To wash them though you just toss them in the washer like any other clothes only you want to wash them seperately in a cold/hot cycle and with only a little soap.

http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/howt...

Answer 5

They leak but you buy plastic pants that fit over them.

When they p**p you rinse them out in the toilet and put them either in a sealed bucket/storage until you are ready to wash them in bulk (I used to put a lil lysol water in there with them) or into the washer to wash.

When out: Put the soiled ones in a zip-lock bag and then into the another bag to take home with you. I had a canvas bag that I would toss into the wash with them.

Wash them on hot, you can bleach and use oxiclean, but then I'd do an extra rinse to get the harsh chemicals out.

They are easy to do once ya get used to them.

Answer 6

I hate p**p but I LOVE my cloth diapers!  I wish I had started sooner... Mine don't leak, but you have to wash them in special detergent (just a tiny bit) so that they don't get coated in soap and stop absorbing.  When my baby poops I dump the solids into the toilet and the rest washes out.  I wash them in cold first to get all the poo off, then in warm to actually wash them.  I do all this in the washing machine.  I have a wet bag that is waterproof and pretty smell proof to hold the dirty diapers until I am ready to wash.

I use Bungenius brand, which has a soaker pad that you stuff between the soft layer on your babies skin and the waterproof outside layer.  They are awesome.  Check them out at

http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info...

They are one size and you can adjust them from newborn to 35ish pounds.