{"id":1279,"date":"2010-10-27T14:41:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T21:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2010-10-27T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T21:44:32","slug":"our-cloth-diapering-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"Our Cloth Diapering Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we recently switched Davy over to cloth diapers. It&#8217;s going well: we&#8217;re using FuzziBunz, which are one of the new generation of cloth diapers. No pins, no folds&#8212;instead they look like this:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  \"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siduri\/5121731262\/\" title=\"fuzzibunz by Jo Shannon Phillips, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4154\/5121731262_51b5304c35.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"311\" alt=\"fuzzibunz\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The one on the right is outside-up, the one of the left is inside-up, and in the middle is an insert. The inserts, as the name suggests, go inside a pocket in the diaper, like so:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  \"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siduri\/5121734202\/\" title=\"insert by Jo Shannon Phillips, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1211\/5121734202_8f77f19f9b.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"insert\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s what it looks like when Davy is all diapered up:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  \"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/siduri\/5121737576\/\" title=\"fuzzibunz model by Jo Shannon Phillips, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1367\/5121737576_e779918445.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"fuzzibunz model\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re a little bulkier than disposable diapers, but the fabric feels like it would be a lot nicer to have against your skin. In fact I have to admit that the main reason I like cloth diapering so far is because it turns diaper-changes into a much more pleasant visual and tactile experience. Poop is still poop, of course, but Davy only poops once or twice a day; most of his diapers are wet, and handling wet cloth isn&#8217;t really so bad. The FuzziBunz come in a whole range of colors, so it can be at least a little bit fun to decide which color I&#8217;ll put him in next, and they&#8217;re extremely soft and, well, fuzzy, so it feels nice when I snap the baby&#8217;s clean butt into a new diaper. Dirty diapers go straight into the diaper bag, which I dump into the laundry every morning. They get a rinse cycle first, then a hot wash on delicate cycle, then a lot of drying (because they&#8217;re so absorbent, they take a while to dry). I&#8217;ve been using our regular Method detergent, although I just put in an order for special <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rockin-Green-Laundry-Detergent-Orangevana\/dp\/B003N0JXNY\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1288215103&#038;sr=8-1\">Rockin&#8217; Green<\/a> detergent designed to be used with cloth diapers. I also got a stack of cloth wipes.<\/p>\n<p>The FuzziBunz require a significant up-front outlay of cash (they cost about fifteen bucks apiece, and we bought a dozen, which is about what we go through in the course of a day). Because we were paying as much as is humanly possible for the Whole Foods brand of disposable diapers, I figure that it would only take a few months for the FuzziBunz to start paying for themselves; unfortunately, Davy is going to need to graduate from the &#8220;small&#8221; to the &#8220;medium&#8221; size well before that. I didn&#8217;t quite time our entry into the cloth diapering world perfectly, but it doesn&#8217;t really matter as I&#8217;ll be able to reuse the small diapers for the next kid. FuzziBunz also makes a &#8220;one size&#8221; line of adjustable diapers that you can supposedly use throughout your kid&#8217;s diapering career, but I was a bit afraid of leaks, so I went with the sized model. And we haven&#8217;t had a problem with leaks, so I&#8217;m happy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we recently switched Davy over to cloth diapers. It&#8217;s going well: we&#8217;re using FuzziBunz, which are one of the new generation of cloth diapers. No pins, no folds&#8212;instead they look like this: The one on the right is outside-up, the one of the left is inside-up, and in the middle is an insert. 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