Disana Organic Tie Nappy
Organic tie-on cloth diapers, with no snaps or velcro to irritate baby's soft and tender skin
These are great for night-time and very comfortable for the baby. We
don't use these as much in the daytime because they're a bit more work
to put on than other diapers, but it is worth the little bit of extra effort
for night-time. I love that there are no snaps or velcro with this night-time
system, making it very comfortable for the baby to sleep in. You can lay
a tri-folded prefold on the wrap and then position the baby so that the
ties are in front (baby's head would be on the left side of the photo).
After folding the prefold up on the baby's tummy, then pull the stretchy
back wings of the wrap around to the front on top of the prefold. While
holding that together with one hand, use the other to pull the front piece
with the straps up between the baby's legs and over the wings/prefold.
Then wrap the straps around the back and then all the way around to the
front again and tie them in a bow. You can then add a cover on top such
as the Disana pull-on cover. With this combination you're almost guaranteed
never to have a leak at night. We have about 5 of these knit wraps so that
we can use one each night and then wash them with the diapers every few
days. You can also view the tie-nappy folding
instructions with pictures of a baby.
Bummis Organic Cotton Prefolds
Wow - these are so soft! Introducing Bummis' new ORGANIC cotton
pre-fold diapers! These are a totally affordable luxury. This is
by far the best price we've seen for organic prefolds, and the best quality and softness too!
Tiny Birds Hemp Fitted Diaper, made in China
Our friend LiLi in China is now making our hemp diapers for us using our patterns, and doing a fabulous job! She and her husband are expecting their first baby now too! She is a great seamstress and never fails to impress us with her beautiful work. As with our other fitted diapers, the wing snaps are hidden on the inside to protect baby's delicate skin. The sizing is extremely adjustable, with the size large fitting from roughly 18 months to 3+ yrs (25+ lbs).
Cloth Diapering Information:
Prefolds are old-fashioned cloth
diapers that our moms and grandmothers used. They are still the cheapest
way to use cloth diapers, and can be simply folded inside wrap-style diaper
covers like Thirsties or Sweet Pea, without the need for any pins. If you are new to the wonderful
world of cloth diapers (regaining popularity very quickly!), you can read
some of my reasons for using cloth diapers
and I also plan to have a "how-to" page for beginners soon. The basic
things you'll need to get started are 1-2 dozen diapers (prefolds or fitteds)
and a few diaper covers (plastic or
wool). For newborns you can use a simple trash-can with a pop-up
lid to put the dirty diapers in. Re-useable pail liners are popular
and can just be thrown in with the diaper laundry. I remember thinking
I would have to touch the messy diapers if I tried cloth, but with the
invention of the mini-shower diaper sprayer (which attaches to the toilet),
you can simply hold the top clean edge of the diaper (with the diaper hanging
into the toilet) and use the sprayer to spray downward and get any messes
off easily (even very sticky messes). I've been cloth diapering for
2 years and the mini-shower sprayer is one of my best friends (ha ha).
Seriously it's pretty cool, and diapering only adds 1-2 loads of laundry
per week, which is totally worth it for keeping my baby in natural cloth
and rash-free. How often you choose to change your baby's diaper
is a matter of choice, whether you use disposibles or cloth. Some
moms using cloth diapers like to change the baby every time they pee, and
others leave the diaper on for 4+ hours if the baby doesn't seem to mind
the wetness. If you plan to change the baby more frequenty, you'll
need more diapers because you'll run out of clean ones more often.
What about the chance of leaks? Leaks are not typical of
cloth diaper use (in fact many people have more leaks with disposibles
than with cloth), but leaks can still occur sometimes for various reasons.
For example, the most common cause of leaks is the use of new diapers.
This sounds strange I know, but cloth diapers really need to be prewashed
4-5 times (or more) with really hot water before they will absorb correctly.
If the diaper is not yet absorbing properly this causes the liquid to exit
in a stream through a leg opening or the top of the diaper cover, without
the diaper being fully soaked (you may only see a few wet spots on the
diaper if this happens). If the diaper is completely soaked front
to back and almost dripping wet after use, at that point leaks can also
occur because the diaper has reached maximum capacity so you may need to
move to a thicker diaper or add an additional doubler. Some babies are much heavier wetters
than others, with drastic differences being common even among siblings.
Some babies pee just a little bit every 15 minutes or so (once an hour
is probably more average), whereas others can hold it in all day long (yes
even tiny 3 month olds can hold it a long time!) and then pee all at once
(like a flood) later in the day. For babies that flood like that,
you may not have to change the diaper all day long, but when they finally
do wet the diaper you'll need a really thick diaper and good cover to control
the flood as best you can.
