CD chat

[Leanna]

You save a lot more money. Lol. Other than that.... that is a lot of poop, okay... a lot.

 

[angelsgirl]

Poop, smoop... it's amazing what you get used to as a mother!

When Maddie was little and still breastfed, she used to poo at least once every feed! She was awesome at producing poop!!!
Thankfully it has calmed down (mainly since she went on formula) to 1 or 2 a day!

In those first 2 months I didn't use cloth. I was changing her WAY too often!!!

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Just ordered the bulk of my CD stash.

he best part- I ordered from http://www.babycottonbottoms.com and they were having a 10% off sale!!! So I saved nearly $30

Here is what I got!

2- 12 packs Infant Chinese prefolds
1- Thirsties Candy Pink, X-Small
1- Thirsties Melon, X-Small
2- Thirsties White, X-Small
1- Thirsties Raspberry, Small
2- Thirsties White, Small
1- PurpleSnappi
1- PinkSnappi
1- WhiteSnappi
1- bumGenius 3.0 Blossom
1- bumGenius 3.0 Butternut
2- bumGenius 3.0 White 2
1- Fuzzi Bunz Bubble Gum, Small
1- Fuzzi Bunz Lavender, Small
1- Fuzzi Bunz Red, Small

I got everything for $240, that includes shipping.

Also they have a money back guarantee if I am not happy with my purchases (even if they've been used)

Now I have to be patient while I wait for 4-10 days shipping

 

[angelsgirl]

That is the worst part... Waiting for your fluffy mail!!!

 

[Hadassah]

Wow, that is an awesome deal SOTFB!

Last night I took a nap and my DH did the diaper stuffing... I had two loads of diapers to stuff, and only 6 diapers left on our bathroom shelves.

I woke up to him stuffing diapers and said sleepily "did you stuff the ones that were in the basket too?" He said "Did you not just walk past our room to the bathroom?" To which I replied "Yeah, but what does that have to do with it?" -- He'd stuffed 24 diapers and left them sitting on the bed and I didn't even see it when I walked by. LOL!

I'd just been too tired, shot and having to wear or hold JD so much (and not do anything else due to his mood) to be able to actually stuff them after washing.

The good thing about having a large stash, you can wait until you have a full load to go in the washer before washing them. That's about 18-24 diapers... for us about 3-5 days worth of diaper changing depending on the weather.

We just rinse off the poopy diapers and put them in a pail, and the wet ones I seperate and put in with them. When it comes time to wash, I do a short wash cycle to rinse them, then I run it on a full cycle with extra rinse.... Since our soap is a compacted form, I use 1/8th of what they reccommend (it really goes a LONG way) when washing so we don't have an overload of soap on them.

I have found we can hang them out to dry on our balcony rack, OR we have a rack in the bathroom over the tub that works equally as well. Depending on my day though, I might throw them in the dryer. This week I was short on time so that's what I did.

For me the biggest/best payoff is knowing JD is happy, enjoys his diapers -- and it was a onetime investment for more than one child.

 

[angelsgirl]

oooohh... HadassahSukkot, I'm so jealous of your huge stash!!!
I SO want to buy more nappies for Maddie... *sigh*

 

[gracepaints]

You call that a stash? Here's my stash - and this is ONLY the things I am currently using. I have newborn stuff in storage.

DS is 8 months old, 17+lbs, full-time EC'd and we have been cloth diapering since birth.

Prefolds and Fitted Diapers
1 dozen Premium-sized unbleached Indian prefolds from Little Lions
6 medium All Together Diaper fitteds
2 one-sized Dingleberryz fitteds
2 medium Dream-eze fitteds (our nighttime dipe)
1 medium Happy Hempy fitted (our other nighttime dipe - it's a pocket, we stuff with 1 microfiber and 1 hemp insert)
1 size 2 Kissluvs
1 one-sized hemp Baby Beehinds

Covers
1 medium wool interlock LoveyBums wrap
2 small wool interlock soakers (one Royal Buns, the other Dunk n Fluff)
1 pair of wool interlock Peenut Pants shorties
2 pairs of crocheted wool shorties
2 small Thirsties (out but not really being used at all)
1 medium new style Gdiaper cover with two liners (for when we are out and about)

Pocket Diapers (mostly out and about dipes)
1 small new style Fuzzi Bunz
3 medium old style Fuzzi Bunz
3 Bum Genius 1.0
Stuffins - 3 Cotton Babies microfiber inserts, 2 CB socks, 1 CB one-sized, 4 BG microfiber, 7 Jamtots hemp inserts

Doublers
4 Cotton Babies StayDry doublers
3 SMJAE fleece-topped hemp doublers (these go in our Dream-eze for nighttime)
3 medium Babykicks Hemparoos
2 wool liners

Accessories
1 Snappi - old style
2 dozen flannel wipes from SMJAE
2 Wahmies wetbags (one regular and one all day)

My primary diaper bag is a Jeep Baby Traveler bag. I also have a Land's End Do-it-all, but I don't use it much.
My diaper pail is a Costco 1 Step which I line with Ruffles Vanilla Scented trashbags.
My detergent is Purex Free Clear. I lanolize my woolies with a Ewe Need It wool wash bar then spray them with woolie spray.
My wipes warmer is by Munchkin. I make my solution using baby wash, Burts Bee Apricot Oil and tea tree oil.
My bum treater of choice is Earth Mama Angel Baby Baby Bottom Balm. I also sometimes use Aveeno Calming diaper cream.
We EC with a white Baby Bjorn Little Potty (and the big toilet...and the sink... )


Now, that's a stash.

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Wow... I'm gonna have to get a second job if I plan to keep this up

 

[Leanna]

Yup I keep it as cheap as I can while still getting the quick diaper changes of the pockets/aio.

 

[jessesgirl]

Ugh. My stash just keeps getting bigger. Why? I have to stop. LOL

 

[gracepaints]

Wow... I'm gonna have to get a second job if I plan to keep this up

What with buying used or in co-ops, swapping/trading and reselling what I didn't like, my entire stash (including the newborn stuff that's not listed) still cost less than $300.

I did just order my first custom wool interlock soaker though, so I'm probably over $300 now.

 

[jessesgirl]

Ok, let's see. My stash....

4 BG 3.0 OS
4 Monsterfluff fleece covers
16 fitted Imse Vimse
2 Wahmies
1 large superman greenacres
3 various WAHM airplane pockets
2 chubby cheeks fleece covers (1 airplane, 1 helicopter)
3 thirsties covers in color, 3 in white
30 premium/toddler prefolds
3 wonderworks OS pockets
1 chunkymonkey pocket
1 preston pants pocket
1 starbunz lion pocket
1 RAR pocket
1 swaddlebees
4 toddler snappis
LOTS of diaper pins
1 justducky lime green pocket
1 verybaby AIO
SO MANY various inserts and doublers it isn't funny! Imse Vimse, VB, BG...all kinds.


2 wetbags
2 fleece longies
I have the fleece wipes, but I don't use them! I still like my disposable wipes. I also keep Imse Vimse flushable liners handy. I have a diaper sprayer for my toilet, too.





And a happy heiney that is floating around in the mail world somewhere!!!

 

[jgonz]

It's times like these that I wish I'd saved my cloth diapers. *sigh* I actually had some fuzbaby diapers and 2 fuzbomb wool covers. I can't believe I sold them...

 

[jessesgirl]

Aaaw...are you not cd'ing your newest addition, Jan?

 

[angelsgirl]

gracepaints... WOW!!! What a stash!!!

My stash is piddly next to yours!
Here it is:
2x Babybeehinds AIO
2x BabyBeehinds fitted (1 hemp, 1 bamboo)
1xpul cover
1x wool cover
3x Peapods pocket
10x ittibitti AIO

What exactly are wetbags??? I've been using a plastic bag to bring my soiled ones home in when I'm out. Otherwise I rinse straight away and put in a bucket.

 

[jgonz]

Aaaw...are you not cd'ing your newest addition, Jan?

No. I thought about it while I was pregnant, but was overwhelmed with just getting used to having Another child. Then I Had Abel, and with all the pumping and bottle feeding and stress I thought "thank God I'm Not cloth diapering"... but then my oldest DD told me that she & her DH were talking cloth diapers for their new baby (due in Nov.) and asked me for links. So I started looking around and am feeling the bug to go cloth again.

DH has flat out said no this time though. He's worried about me doing too much (which he has a point) because pumping every 2 hrs or so and doing bottles In Addition to all the new baby stuff IS rough. I'm not sure how long I'm going to do this though... I bought a Medela Lactina (off eBay) and will be able to resell it for probably more than I paid for it, so I'm thinking when that time comes I'll have the money to cd and Dh won't mind anymore 'cause I won't be pumping full time anymore... anyway that was more info than you asked for. lol

If I was going to buy cd's today though, I'd go with Imse Vimse contour diapers with a couple different wraps (probably Imse Vimse & Bummis or Bumkins). I also saw some Sugar Peas snap-in-dipes with wool covers that looked so fun!

I totally understand the addiction to cd'ing. I had it Bad when I was using cloth full time with one of my boys. lol

 

[jessesgirl]

Yeah, I totally understand...COMPLETELY! You have your hands FULL, momma!

The Imse Vimse contour are AMAZING! I'm slowly selling off all my pockets and replacing them with covers for my IVs...I LOVE them!!!

We do the monster fluff fleece covers...they are so adorable!

Jesse said no....until I told him I'd be able to (for the most part) turn around and use themfor the next LO (if we ever have another one)..and he was sold. We considered PTing J but he just isn't ready.

 

[jessesgirl]

This is J in his WAHM babylegs with a Monster fluff soaker over an IV contour. We heart babylegs!

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

I love babylegs! they are so cute. A friend gave me 1 pair but I'd like another pair in a more girly colour

 

[Assisi]

The world of cloth nappies seems to be a big one. Until a month or two ago I didn't know there was anything other than terry toweling nappies available. I have one itti bitti d'lish nappy that fits, one that's still too big and two pea pod nappies which we were given but are still a bit big around the legs (they work for wee, but not for poo). So I usually use terry toweling nappies with a snappi and some plastic pants over the top. I always feel sad putting his plastic pants over his nappy because he looks so cute with the nappy on.

I'd like to get a couple more fancy nappies because the terry toweling are so bulky. But I will still use terry toweling, at night in particular because they never leak.