One of the things that The Man and I have decided to do for Munchkin is to put her in cloth diapers. I have several friends, both in real life and online that cloth diaper. After doing research and talking about it, we decided that this will work for us.
We decided to go this route for a few reasons. One is that we hope to have more children. I’d love to be able to reuse diapers instead of having to keep buying them. I like that there will be less chemicals against Munchkin’s sensitive skin. While I’m not super crunchy (I like to say I’m crunchy around the edges) I like knowing that I’m not contributing thousands of diapers to landfills. Now if you use disposables, awesome. I am well aware that cloth diapers are NOT for everyone. I am not judging those who use disposables…when you’re mom (or dad) you do what you gotta do. As long as your little one’s bum is cleaned on a regular basis then I’m happy!
My Mom has been more supportive than I thought she would be. She’s not sure how long it will actually last (I’ve had several people say that!) While I was in MA we took a class at the local quilt shop on making nappies (nappies=diapers.) It was fun though I don’t love following a pattern that you have to use to cut out the pieces. Mom did much better with it since she used to sew clothes. Maybe that’s why I don’t like sewing clothes…
Anyway I made one diaper and Mom made two. I’m hoping she’ll make me a couple more in a few other sizes. I need to start making more too!
I made a diaper using the purple as the inner layer and the green and purple squares at the outer (with PUL in the middle.) Mom made one out of the red material.
Mom cutting out material
My finished diaper, size small. It’s really a diaper cover. I’m going to buy some inserts to use with it (or use some of the prefolds that I have.)
