Diapers!!! Stash update

 I do not think I have ever seen all of the diapers in one pile before.  Sometimes I forget how many I really have.

The list includes:
30 Sunbaby, OS, pockets
6 Fuzzibunz, Small, Pocket
5 Fuzzibunz, OS Elite, Pocket
1 OS pocket,  I made
8 Kawaii, OS, pocket
2 SoftBums, OS, Omni
4 Rumparooz, OS, Pocket
1 Cocalo, Medium, AI2

13 BumGenus

2 Blueberry, OS, pocket
1 Simplex, OS, pocket
2 Simplex, OS, AIO
2 Little Owl, Medium, snap in
12 misc. China Cheapies, pocket
13 BumGenus, OS, 4.0 pocket
12 OsoCozy unbleached flats
4 OsoCozy Organic Flats
5 Flour Sack Towels
1 Kawaii OS cover
2 Thirsties Duo wrap
1 Rumparooz cover



I have a pretty busy schedule coming up, but I plan on doing a review for all of these diapers in August.

Softbum Omni

Flats and covers

6 FuzziBunz small, 5 FB Elite, 2 Little Owl, 1 Softbum

8 Kawaii, 1 Blueberry, 2 Simplex, 4 Rumparooz

China cheapies, Kawaii, SunBaby

Cloth Diaper Stash Updated.

Now that Charlotte has outgrown almost all of the newborn diapers I have moved on to sized diapers.  I cannot wait for her to fit into the One Size diapers because I have tons of those.

 This was my newborn diaper stash.  I have since sold most of these.

Newborn diapers: (27)

Pictured is

13 GroVia Aio (these fit from birth until 4 months)

2 Bum Genius AIO (these fit from birth until about 8 weeks) 

3 Kissaluvs AIO (she still wears these)

2 lil joey AIO (She wore these until about 8 weeks.  I had 10 originally, these were my favorite for the first couple months as they had the best fit.)

3 Perfect Bum diaper shells with tri-fold inserts

1 gdiaper

4 Simplex AIO (I LOVE these.  She still fits them too!) 

6 FuzziBunz XS pocket (these fit from birth until 4 months.  I loved the fit but it was a little difficult to stuff the insert inside.)

3 Thirsties AIO small (we are currently using these, they did not fit at birth.) 

One Size Diapers: (71)

 All 17 of these are china cheapies except the two Elmo diapers, my favorites are the Happy Flute.  

Below are more China cheapies, The solid purple and pink diapers are Sun Baby and I have one Charlie Banana. 

These are all my OS "name brand" diapers

 9 Kawaii Baby pocket
1 Blueberry pocket
2 Simplex AIO
11 Bum Genius pocket
1 FuzziBunz Elite
5 Rumparooz (The only OS diaper that fits currently, because of the leg gussets)


Sized Diapers: (30)

 12 Thirsties Size 1 AIO (my favorite, can you tell?)
6 FuzziBunz Small pocket (not as impressed with these as I was with the n/b.  Hoping my feelings will change as she gets bigger)
4 Simplex Aio
1 SweetPea AIO (similar to Thirsties, however the velcro kinda sucks on this and the tabs stick to everything in the wash.)
3 Perfect Bum Hybrids Medium
3 Kissaluvs AIO
1 Itty bitti SIO (perfect over night diaper, but not sure how much longer she will fit in it.)

Accessories:

These are accessories, some are essential and some are not.  There are also cheaper alternatives.  

 wipe solution: Thirsties booty luster, and a home-made solution.  I keep one in the diaper bag.

Bottom cream:  Cj's spray and butter.  I love both.  I use the butter more for lotion and the spray for her bottom.

Cloth wipes: I have 6 Thirsties fab wipes and 6 sweetbottoms bamboo velour wipes and a stack of soft regular baby wash cloths.  (we have more of the velour ones we use as tissues.)

Wet bag: I have 4 one my sister made me, two are blueberry (and they are my favorite), and one Grovia (which I don't really care for only because it is draw string.) 

Pail Liner: I have 2 one white one I have no clue the brand and a wooly bug.  One is all that is needed, but I have an extra for when the other is in the wash.

Spray Pal-This is definitely not a requirement, but I always make a mess spraying, so it is required in my house.  

Diaper Sprayer- I have an aqueous sprayer.  I bought it on sale, it was cheap and it does the job without issue.

Detergent- I use Rockin Green.  I started off with this brand and have tried many others, but this works best for me and gets the diapers good and clean.

Funk Rock, I use this maybe once every other month, just in case there is build up from the hard water. 

I have a stack of hemp inserts and a stack of microfiber extra in case I need to add a little more absorbency for over night or car rides.  

I also have 2 bum genius stay dry socks.  You can stuff these with the microfiber inserts and put against baby's skin.  

I finally feel like my stash is complete and I do not need anymore diapers. 

A little addiction

I realized today that I have a slight cloth diaper addiction.  It was not until I took a picture of my diapers for this blog that I realized that I might have an addiction to cloth diapers.  I have recently made several purchases from Kelly's Closet. They are amazing!  They offer coupons weekly for free one-size diapers.  Which has helped feed my addiction and multiply my stash.  

Here are a few pictures of my recent purchases.

These two grovia AIO I received free with my purchase.

Grovia AIO newborn, 2 lil joeys AIO newborn, 2 Kissaluvs AIO newborn, 2 FuzziBunz Pocket newborn, 3 Bum Genius AIO newborn. 

6 Bum Genius One-size, 1 FuzziBunz pocket one-size(free diaper),  2 swaddlebee AIO newborn, 2 lil joey newborn AIO

Bum Genius is currently offering a deal that is available at Kelly's Closet.  If you buy 5 diapers you get one free.  Click here for the Bum Genius deal.  

So, after all of those purchases, here are pictures of my current stash.  

 Newborn diapers:

 3 bum genius, 2 fuzzibunz, 2 swaddlebees, 4 lil joeys, 1 grovia, 2 kissaluvs, 1 perfectbum, 1 happy flute, and 2 WAHM.  

One Size:

11 happy flute, 2 grovia, 1 coolababy, 4 Kawaii, 1 perfectbum, 20 sunbaby, 6 bum genius, 1 fuzzibunz.   Not pictured 2 happy flute.  

The happy flute diapers are a Chinese diaper that I ordered on e-bay.  They go for about $4 each.  They are awesome!   

I cannot wait for Baby girl to arrive and try out these newborn diapers!   

Supply and diaper experiment

Sorry I have been absent lately, not much has been going on, so not much post worthy.  I did take a picture of my supply of cloth diapers.  I also did an experiment to test how much the diapers actually hold and how it feels against the skin.  Now, my method is not very scientific so bear with me.

I did go crazy buying cloth diapers when I thought I was expecting twins.  I had a supply of a little over 60.   However,  I have since given many of those away as I do not need that many.   Here is my supply minus the one on Owen and the three we used already today.    They are all pocket, one-size diapers except the two I bought last week.  There are two (bottom left) that are newborn size and not one-size.

We go through 6-7 diapers during the day.  At night I usually use huggies goodnight diapers as Owen is a heavy wetter and leaks through pretty much every cloth diaper I have tried.  During the day I stuff the diapers with two inserts and at night I use 3-4 inserts if I do not use disposable.

Now, I hear and use the term 'heavy wetter' but how much is that really?  Well I do not know, and I am not going to try to measure.  I did however, decide to do a little experiment to see how much the diapers would hold before leaking.

Because the majority of my supply are pockets I used one pocket and the new diaper I bought last week, the hybrid Perfect Bum diaper.  

I was quite shocked at the results and it changed my perspective on the diapers.  

The pocket diaper I was able to pour almost an entire cup of water on to the diaper.  I then pressed the back of my hand on the diaper.  I could feel that it was wet but didn't really have any water on my hand.

The other diaper I poured only 1/3 cup of water on the diaper.  The insert was swamped.  I again pressed my hand on the diaper and it felt like my hand was in a puddle of water.

Now there are definitely faults with this test.  The inserts in the pocket diaper have been used since May, and washed at least 100 times.  Whereas the other diaper inserts i just bought last week and have only been washed 11 times.

One benefit of the hybrid diaper is Owen feels how wet he is and feels him getting wet as it is happening.  Which would hopefully help with potty training.   However, who wants to be able to feel all the wetness on their skin, and could potentially cause irritation if not changed quickly enough.

Overall I am glad that pocket diapers make up the larger amount in my supply.  They both have their advantages however.  For now they work and I am happy with the supply that I have.

Cloth diapers, diaper review

This post is extremely picture heavy.  However I wanted to be sure you all were able to actually see what I am talking about and my likes and dislikes of each type of diaper.  Now, I have only been cloth diapering since April 2012, so Owen was a bit bigger and my reviews are that of a different experience.  I really wanted to cloth diaper since Owen was born but DH didnt want to deal with it.  He thought it would be messier, more work, and he most of all, did not want to deal with the poop.  However, after I found out I was pregnant with twins I stock piled a whole bunch of diapers.  I figured this would save a bunch of money when the twins came.  I could buy just a few at a time each week so I was not spending a fortune all at once.  I also bought the generic chinese brands on Ebay.  Now, I know these are ripoffs of American types and I should support the American working moms, but money was an issue and so I just went with the ebay ones. I would like to eventually get a couple of gdiapers to try when baby #2 arrives.  I am very interested in learning how these diapers work with a newborn vs a toddler.   Ok, so onto the diapers.

Here is just some of our diapers.  I will try to take another picture of all of them after they are all washed.

First diaper is a GroVia.  These at first were my favorite diaper.  I liked how if the diaper was just wet I was able to pull out the insert and snap a new one into place, with no need to change the shell.  However, I grew to dislike them because some how his little wee wee would shoot urine out and down his legs.   I  do like the shape of this diaper.  It seemed to fit him very well.  There are also many snaps that provide for different adjustments.

The insert is two pieces sewn together.  The bottom is lined with PUL to prevent leaks through the bottom.  The leg gussets help prevent runny poop from coming out the sides of the diaper.  The bottom has two snaps, one at each end that snap into the shell.  

 

This is a generic brand of diapers that I got on Ebay.

 I really like the elastic on both pieces as seen in this picture.  This prevents the insert from sliding out.  It also helps the diaper fit better in the back.  

 Several snaps along the top allow for different waist sizes.  These snaps are pretty standard on most pocket diapers. 

Also has three rows of snaps for different sizes, and a better fit.  

 I ended up adding an additional snap onto all the diapers to prevent wing droop.  

Here is the layout of that diaper.  It has a longer stretch of elastic around the legs to accommodate different sizes.   

Here is a picture to show the added snaps.  They sit on the hip preventing wing droop.  My only concern with the added snap is that when his waist grows to the point we will not be able to use these because of that added snap, however I do not foresee that happening before he is potty trained. 

After, with added snap, no wing droop.

Before, with wing droop

This is another diaper I got off of ebay.  It is a Baby City brand diaper.  These are one of my least favorite, but they still do their job.  And for $2 each I cannot really complain.

The elastic that goes around the legs is not very long.  For Owen this is no problem, he is big enough that the diaper fits ok.  I am not sure how well it fits a newborn.  With the different rises I am not sure if you can really tell or not.  

 The back is my all time least favorite about this diaper.  As you can see there is elastic on the top of the diaper but then there are two flaps.  This does not create an issue with the insert, but I continuously have to tuck the white part in throughout the day.  

Here is the backside of the diaper.  I also think that the fabric used for the shell is not really PUL but some sort of cheaper version, as it feels different.