Since we'll have our own washer/dryer, I'm finally taking the plunge and going full-time to cloth diapers. I tried cloth briefly with both Zaylee and Thomas, but ended up getting too frustrated with the coin-op laundry situation and the difficulty of using cloth diapers.
I have lots of prefolds from Michelle that will work great for when the baby is small. But I have learned that cloth diapers come in so many more shapes and sizes than just prefolds, even when they're very high quality prefolds (not the Gerber cheap-o's you get at Wal-Mart that are pretty much only suitable as burp cloths).
So I'll be making a nice big stash of cute pocket diapers - elastic around the legs for a better fit, and a pocket in which you stuff an absorbent insert. Since this particular pattern is one-size-fits-most, it will work for both the baby and for Thomas. Easy to make, easy to use, easy to clean, and waaaaay cheaper than disposables. It can cost a lot of money to buy quality cloth diapers, but since I'm making them myself I can save a ton of money. I hit up D.I. today and came home with all this:
These fabrics on the left are flannel sheets that I will use to make the diapers themselves.
These three fabrics on the right are fleece blankets that will become the diaper covers. Did you know that fleece makes good diaper covers? The fabric is water resistant, so the pee won't leak through. If you pour a bit of water onto fleece, it will just bead up instead of soaking in; that's what makes it a good fabric for covers.
The total cost of all this fabric was about $25. That's what we currently spend on two boxes of diapers for Thomas, which last only about a month, maybe a month and a half. These diapers will last for years! I will need more than what I have here, to have enough for both baby and Thomas, but this is a good start. And as an added bonus, I can use the scraps to make wipes and bibs, saving even more money. Woohoo!
I have printed, cut out, and pieced together the pattern for the diapers, but will need to wash the fabrics and buy some elastic before I can start actually making them. Super excited to start my stash of super-cute homemade cloth diapers!
2 comments:
You are more ambitious, more earth-conscious, and more frugal than I. I'm willing to sacrifice something else so that I can use disposable diapers. I guess I'm a wimp. But I love the fabrics you've chosen! So cute!
Those are really cute fabrics! And you are braver than I am.... just the thought of even more laundry than I already have to do makes me want to go back to bed.
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