S/O cloth diapers

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You have to wash the whole diaper with pockets. The benefit with them is you can adjust the absorbency to your needs by adding extra inserts, and they dry faster than AIOs.

[catbus]

May 8, 2013 10:04:37 GMT -5 @carmensandiego said:

You have to wash the whole diaper with pockets. The benefit with them is you can adjust the absorbency to your needs by adding extra inserts, and they dry faster than AIOs.

Exactly. I also like that if I wanted to "revitalize" the diapers, I could buy new inserts for much less than buying entirely new diapers. Or if I started with microfiber inserts and decided hemp or bamboo would work better for some situations, I could easily switch out the inners.

[kangaroo11]

AIOs are so easy to deal with and are my fave. Take it off and pop right in the bag. No stuffing after laundry either.

[pugz]

yup you have to wash the whole thing as the inserts are under the microsuede layer, so the whole thing gets peed on

an AI2 system like Flips would allow you to just change the insert and not always have to change the cover, same with prefolds w/covers or fitteds w/covers.

[MamaMaui24]

AIOs are the easiest laundry-wise, but I don't like how they fit (too bulky). Our favorites are BG 4.0s. Some of the cheaper ones (Kawaii) have too many snaps.

Stuffing the pockets isn't that big of a deal. Unstuffing is gross, but it's not that bad.

[Brie]

I kind of love stuffing pockets. It's very relaxing to me.

AIOs are also a pain because they take forever to dry and are harder to spray poop off of because they have weird flaps and such.

But ditto PPs.

[Saudade]

I have found that the BG Freetimes don't take too long to dry. I hang them up at night and they're dry in the morning. I love these diapers.

At first I hated pocket diapers and got rid of my BG 4.0s but since I bought Alvas, I've gotten used to stuffing them.

We used pre-folds with a thirsties cover for the NB stage. These were super easy and you don't have to change the cover at each change.

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We used prefolds with covers when DS was a newborn and going through a lot of diapers - easy to wash and then fold, and you could use the same cover a couple of times with different prefolds. It was also easier to tailor them to his size to make sure they fit him, so we didnt have any leaks (when he was born, we had leaks with the BG and even the fuzzibunz, bc he was longer and his legs didnt fill out the leg-holes - and he was well over 9lbs, so not like he was a small baby).

We thought we would love the AIOs and we aren't really a fan. BG has one that we love - the Freetime - but that is the only AIO we have liked so far. Overall once he hit about 4 months, the bum genius 4.0 became our go-to.

[greekypie]

You will need to customize absorbency; pockets are awesome for that.