Cloth Diapers - Friendswood,TX

I have found some great reviews on cloth diapers on this site:
http://www.clothprefolddiaper.com/clothprefolddiaper/

:) yay for cloth!!
Ok I would start with prefolds and a cover for a newborn. They go through SOOOO many diapers in a day, that this is the cheapest way to go. After about 2 months maybe, I would switch to a brand like Fuzzibunz! I love mine! Bumgenius is also a very popular one, but I haven't tried them out yet.

I also have some Sposoeasies and they are great All In Ones (AIO) and are great for dad's who refuse to cloth diaper, or don't want to deal with stuffing diapers or using prefolds. Or for hesitant grandma's who don't even want to think about cloth diapering. Most cloth diapers have a good following, but I so far haven't come across any that I would say stay away from. I think it's more of an experimental thing with which one works for your babies body. There is a lady on FB that is a WAHM and she makes cloth diapers. They are called Diapeze. She can make them custom to your babies shape and size. She also can make them out of any fabric you want! I am currently waiting for my Thomas the Tank Engine diapers for my son. I can't wait to get them!

I would highly suggest a wet bag for when you go out and about. That is where you carry a dirt diaper till you get home and can put it in you pail.
A diaper sprayer is nice, not necessary, but nice to have when cleaning of dirty diapers. If you breastfeed exclusively then you wont need to get rid of the poop. You can just toss it into the washer and it will dissolve.

I have a blog that you can check out if you want.
largebummies.blogspot.com
I have reviewed several different types of diapers. It's just a fun thing I do on the side. It's kind of fun :) If you have any question, feel free to personal message me!
**Oh I'm about to try gDiapers out so in the next couple of days you can read the review on my blog :)

I love the BumGenius One-size. We started cloth diapering DS #1 when he was 10mo old (he's now 3 1/2 and been potty trained for about a year). When we started we used prefolds with snappi's (instead of pins) and covers (Bummis & Thirsties). They were the cheapest way to go, but if you've got time you can build your stash slowly of the more expensive ones. I also got some used Fuzzi Bunz (another pocket diaper) for the grandparents to use. The Fuzzi Bunz have snaps so I don't like them as much as the BG (which you can get in velcro or snaps). I feel like I can't adjust the snaps as well as the velcro - more like a regular diaper. We also used Flushable Liners to catch the BM's. We used disposables for night time and really long car trips. We will be using cloth diapers on DS #2 in the next month or so. He's 4wks old and was tiny at birth, so he's not quite big enough for the cloth, but should be soon. Plus it's tough having to handle the washing (we did every 3 days or so) and a preschooler and a newborn - and still manage the other household chores :) Also, remember you can only use certain detergents with cloth diapers (no water softeners or dryer sheets).
If you have any more questions feel free to ask!

Thristies covers with cotton prefolds with a "snappy" to hold the diaper in place if necessary. This is a very economical and easy set-up. We also cut up fleece (PILL FREE) for baby wipes--just run them under warm water and nice warm, soft wipes for the bottom. We keep the dirty diapers in a dog food container that is completely plastic (no metal that might rust) and has a nice airtight seal at the top. We're using our diapers on baby #2 and everything still works great.

I think 6 covers (thirsties have covers that adjust in size so they are good from about newborn to 5 months) and about 36 prefolds would do you.

We liked BumGenius All in Ones.

I love G-diaper inserts...and their covers. I have also tried everything from fuzzibuns i think thats what they are called to egytian cotton, wool covers, ImseVimse,theses are my favorite all together they have newborn clothes to toddler training under pants. Also they make the BEST little reuseable swim diaper for newborn on up. good luck...I got back and forth with my clothes...more if we cant afford regular diapers...I always have a ready stash of cloth.

good luck and congrats,
-Libby

Everyone on here is going to give you a different favorite diaper- but I would guess that most of us have changed favorites as our children have aged. Our favorites also probably vary based on the shapes and sizes of our babies.

I would suggest not making any major investments prior to your baby being born. Do some research on newborn cloth diapering and buy only enough diapers for 2 days (~26 diapers- I personally would buy 4 covers (I like Thirsties), 18 prefolds (Cheap!), 4 fitted (Kissaluvs size 0's have a snap down for the cord), and a couple of pocket diapers, and 2 snappis for the prefolds). Make sure to buy them used as newborn diapers only fit for a short period of time. I recommend purchasing newborn/infant sized fitteds and prefolds along with size appropriate covers, but a couple of pockets (Thirsties size 1 duo diaper is fantasict!) are great too. Before your baby is born, practice diapering a teddy bear or other infant sized things. There are all kinds of videos online to help with this. I learned a lot about what I would like and wouldn't like diaper wise by just practicing on the bear. Once baby arrives, buy one or two of anything you think you might want to try and have fun. CD'ing is an art, not a science.

Also, research washing. Do you have hard or soft water where you live? Based on that, there are recommended detergents. I personally like Rocking Green which has hard, soft, and regular water varieties.

Websites that help:
http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com
http://www.diaperpin.com

I'm due in July with #2 and want to cloth diaper this time around also. I've decided to buy 2 diapers from 5 companies. Once I use them for awhile, I'll have a better understanding in what I'm looking for and which I"d like to invest in. I'm leaning towards Pocket or AIO diapers... not sure if I want to have prefolds with just a cover... tho who knows!

My best suggestion is to buy some used diapers via myuseddiapers.com or diaperswappers.com. This way you can try some of the various kinds/brands w/o breaking the bank. If you start now checking the kids consignment shops in your area, you can sometimes turn up used cloth diapers there.

For the least expensive way, it's hands down prefolds & diaper covers (we bought Prorap "seconds" for the covers--they are functionally fine but sometimes have a slightly off color to the cover or velcro or other non-functional "defect"; they are $5.25 each). For easy of use, either AIOs (easiest, imo) or pocket diapers (2nd easiest, only bec. you have to "stuff" them). Less expensive than pockets or AIOs are fitteds w/ a cover. We opted to do both: DH uses the AIOs/pockets and fitteds, and I use the prefolds.

The must-have: flushable diaper liners. This means very minimal handling of the poop (no spatula or water/hose thing attached to the toilet).

I'll be honest, I haven't found a lot of difference amongst the diapers--there are some design differences of course, but they all seemed to work equally as well. I will say the MotherEase one-size-fits-all fitteds are nice, but their diaper covers seem to "hold" the smell, so I mostly stopped using them.

I recommend Charlies Soap for diapers (actually we use it for pretty much everything).

This blog has a lot of good items.

http://www.babyrabies.com/tag/cloth-diapers/

I experimented with many brands on my 4th baby. I boiled it all down and decided to stick with indian prefolds and Econobums covers from www.cottonbabies.com with my 5th baby. It's the most economical, and easiest to launder system, although it's not considered the most babysitter or Dad friendly system. (My dh has no problems managing them at this point.)