I intended for this little series to be much longer. But due to unforseen circumstances the cloth diapering has been put on hold indefinitely. Here's the scoop:
I recently ordered three diapers from Fuzzi Bunz. The shipping was superfast and the diapers were so cute (I ordered one in red, apple green, and a purplish-blue). They are also SO soft. If they made them big enough, I would probably give them a whirl myself! Fuzzi Bunz have snaps, which is nice for a toddler than has figured out velcro (and has a fondness for being naked). Brenna wore this diaper for a few hours, kept her dry and wasn't too bulky! Over all I was pretty happy with the performance of the diaper. However, after using these diapers she ended up with a really bad rash. It wasn't a diaper rash and it wasn't on her baby booty, it was like severe baby acne on her hips. To be completely fair, I also had changed the type of disposable diapers we were using, the type of detergent we were using on the cloth diapers (although I don't that was the issue, I'll discuss the detergent more in a bit) and Brenna is extremely fair with very sensitive skin. So who knows what actually caused the rash. But after a few days of lathering her hips in creams trying to get it to heal, we decided to just go back to disposables. In fact, she is now wearing pretty Princess Pull-ups to help move along the potty training!
Here's a quick review of some of the other products I've tried:
- Bum Genius AIO 3.0's are probably my favorite cloth diaper. They are super easy to use and we never had an issues with leaks. At night we did have to double up on the inserts, but that's pretty expected with a toddler since they are heavy wetters.
- Rocking Green detergent well, ROCKS! It's formulated for cloth diapers, but can be used on anything. I've used it on towels that have been wet at the bottom of our hamper and it got the 'funk' out! There are tons of online shops you can buy it from, or buy directly from the website. Their shipping is pretty quick!
I like having my stash of cloth diapers as kind of a back-up. And I'm still tempted to put the cute things on her occasionally. But for now, we aren't cloth diapering. So, sorry Al. Someone else will have to save the world from the millions of disposable diapers! 
I am having the same problem with the Velcro diapers (toddler who wants to be naked). I wish I had gotten snaps at the beginning! I may actually have my BGs converted to snaps.
ReplyDeleteThat stinks about the rash, though! Sorry!
I hate that she had rash issues!! Hopefully your new little one won't have any issues!! I am loving cloth diapering so far, the BG are my favorites because they are so easy (& my hubby prefers them too!)
ReplyDeleteI hope things are going well with your pregnancy!!