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Have you ever had a dckid or your own child use cloth diapers? I haven't had any experience with them and am thinking about switching DD to them. She has sensitive skin, but doesn't get diaper rash, and I think she's reacting to the disposables. If you've had any cloth diaper experience (the good, the bad, or the ugly), I'd love to hear about it!
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I have never used, I wish I would have but dh was like no way!! They do have in some areas cloth diaper services.... Meaning the will bring a week supply and take the used one and wash then... They have great option now, just do your research!!! It's really not that bad to soak in a cleaning solution and then wash them your self!! Go to esty.com and search cloth diapers. -
you're brave!
my daughter had extra sensitive skin. she didn't have diaper rash, but had this awful looking outbreak on her backside that looked like bug bites and she'd dig at them.
i took her to the doctor and she had eczema. he recommended a really good lotion like eucerin or lubriderm which is a little cheaper. i just drenched her in lotion and let her go without a diaper whenever i had the chance and that worked great.
she's 6 now and i still have to use tons of lotion. i can put it on her (her whole body) before she goes to sleep and she wakes up literally digging into her skin because it's just so dry.
cloth diapers could be a good solution. i just couldn't deal with that.Comment
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I use(d) cloth for all of my kids, and it's much easier than it seems! I use a combination of prefolds & covers (cheaper), and pockets (easier for dh and when ds goes to a dcp so I can take classes). If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.Comment
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I cloth diapered mine too. It's not bad. You could get some prefolds and covers pretty cheaply. But avoid the cheapie Gerber ones they carry in the stores like the plague. They are good for changing pads or burp rags, but that's about it. I ordered my prefolds and covers from this site: http://www.diaperjunction.com/discou...d-diapers.html They were awesome. After breaking them in they fluffed up to be huge and super soft while the gerber ones were still flat and rough. If you have the money Fuzzi Bunz or BumGenius pocket diapers are really nice too. You can get the Fuzzi Bunz with minor defects here for a nice discount: www.fuzzibunzseconds.net They have pics of the defects and when I ordered a dozen I only had 2 that I actually figured out that there was anything wrong with it. I had what looked like a red pen mark on it and another had uneven elastic, so I just snapped it tighter on one side. All usable and really nice looking. If you have any questions for me feel free to ask or PM.
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I cloth diapered both of mine and have had one dcg with sensitivities to disposables that we had to use them on. No big deal for mine but the dcg it depended on the ages of other children in care. It was because of the little bit of extra time it took to deal with. Overall no problem at all.I see little people.Comment
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Just a heads up -- I have one dcb that normally wears cloth diapers. However, when he has a rash, mom has to switch him to disposables til it clears up. For most kids, it's just the opposite. You may want to think about buying just a few to give them a trial run first ...Comment
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Yeah, the pocket diapers are better at keeping the wetness off the skin than the old fashioned prefolds are. You pay more for them though. And that reminds me. I had one little dc boy who got rashes from baby wipes. Are you sure it's the diapers and not wipes? Much cheaper to buy cloth wipes or wash cloths if that is the issue.Comment
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We used cloth diapers for our twins from birth until PTing and LOVED them!! We started out using them for financially reasons but then loved what we where doing to cut down on our trash and the benefit to the environment.
We used everything from pockets to AIOs to fitted diapers and covers and settled on just basic prefolds with snappis to close them and covers.
It can be addicting getting all the cutsie dipes and matching dresses, tops, etc. but then you're defeating the purpose of doing it to save money
. So we stuck with just pfs and covers for the last year or so.
Love them! If you have any questions don't hesitate to pm me.Comment
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We have a 2yr old in cloth diapers. The pre-fold, with snaps. They're just like disposable, except, they're cloth, and we dump the extra in the diaper pail, then bag the soiled diaper to send home.
I personally think cloth diapers aren't good for a daycare setting, as it seems as soon as he wets, it leaks. If he sits down on our lap, we get wet. Anything he sits on gets urine on it unless we notice he's wet in time. But usually, it's as soon as he wets, so we don't know til too late. And the poopy ones? The loose stools in the diaper pail make for a nice fresh smelling daycare (yeah right...
), and as soon as he dirties his diaper, it starts droping out, so as he walks, he's losing pieces. That usually lets us know he's dirty before even the smell tells us! So I find it a pain... and unsanitary. No matter how often we change him (since we can't anticipate the exact moment he wets or dirties).
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This has been my experience with cloth. They are definitely more work than disposables. I have had some parents request them and I just tell them that it will be an additional $2.50/$3.00 a day for that service. That will cover the extra staff time daily to do the work of managing them and the inevitable clothing changes. Haven't had anyone take me up on that offer. The cost of managing them is more than the cost of the diapers.We have a 2yr old in cloth diapers. The pre-fold, with snaps. They're just like disposable, except, they're cloth, and we dump the extra in the diaper pail, then bag the soiled diaper to send home.
I personally think cloth diapers aren't good for a daycare setting, as it seems as soon as he wets, it leaks. If he sits down on our lap, we get wet. Anything he sits on gets urine on it unless we notice he's wet in time. But usually, it's as soon as he wets, so we don't know til too late. And the poopy ones? The loose stools in the diaper pail make for a nice fresh smelling daycare (yeah right...), and as soon as he dirties his diaper, it starts droping out, so as he walks, he's losing pieces. That usually lets us know he's dirty before even the smell tells us! So I find it a pain... and unsanitary. No matter how often we change him (since we can't anticipate the exact moment he wets or dirties).
I have a "no cloth" in my policies and we only accept certain diaper brands BUT I definitely would consider it for an additional fee. I could cover the cost of a nap disposable and make a little more for the extra work.
In my first few years of day care I offered cloth diapering for a dollar a day. I bought a bunch of old school Kushies and did the work myself. I soaked washed, and line dried them. It was a way to make money but it was work to manage them. The washing/drying was cake but the clothing changes and equipment clean up with the leakage was a pain. I would definitely do something like that now if I could find a good brand of diapers that really worked.
My biggest problem with them was my staff assistant sending them home on the kids instead of a "go home" diaper. That ****ed because they were very pricey with the diaper and liners. I wouldn't know about it until a parent returned them. I ended up with ten or so less than I started with when I quit doing them. I had a bunch of parents not return them.
That would be my biggest risk of doing it now as a service.
I ended up selling the used ones on Ebay back in the day. I actually got the money from them that I paid for. People were into the old school kushies in those days.Comment
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Cloth Diapers in Daycare
We also had a previous article on Cloth Diapers: https://www.daycare.com/news/cloth_diapers.htmlComment
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That's a good article. I am betting the costs now are higher than stated in the article. Over the years I have done care the quality and size of the diapers have decreased dramatically. A size five diaper is now the size of what used to be a size three or medium. Everything on the diaper is smaller now.. the whole perimeter of the diaper is smaller, the clasp are a third of the size they were a few years ago, the top of the diaper that goes under the belly button is not padded... just a thin layer of plastic material.
The cost per unit is also markedly higher. When my son was diapered in the year 2000 I was able to get diapers for him for fifteen cents a piece on sale. I don't know what the current cost is of the name brands but I'm guessing around fifty cents a piece? The total cost is increased also because the quality requires much more frequent changes.
For providers with their own small children in diapers... what do you pay daily? Has anyone figured that out?
The diaper companies really don't have much further to go to cheap them down. Parents diapering toddlers five years from now will be used to buying size 7 or 8. The only way for them to go is to increase the sizes beyond six. At some point they will be cheapened down to the point that even with every two hour changes they won't hold the urine or poop. With the trend they have now I think cloth will become more common because even the expensive diapers are of such poor quality that they won't be worth the expense.
I have a pretty big stock of disposables in my garage from five/six years ago. You guys who are newer to diapering wouldn't BELIEVE the difference.Comment
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That's not right! Those diapers aren't fitting him right for poop to be dropping out. Gross! The cover is supposed to grab securely all the way around his leg. If you have them fastened as tight as they go around his legs and there's a gap then they just plain don't fit. I'd insist on better fitting covers and disposables until the parents can find them. You are right, that's just unsanitary!We have a 2yr old in cloth diapers. The pre-fold, with snaps. They're just like disposable, except, they're cloth, and we dump the extra in the diaper pail, then bag the soiled diaper to send home.
I personally think cloth diapers aren't good for a daycare setting, as it seems as soon as he wets, it leaks. If he sits down on our lap, we get wet. Anything he sits on gets urine on it unless we notice he's wet in time. But usually, it's as soon as he wets, so we don't know til too late. And the poopy ones? The loose stools in the diaper pail make for a nice fresh smelling daycare (yeah right...), and as soon as he dirties his diaper, it starts droping out, so as he walks, he's losing pieces. That usually lets us know he's dirty before even the smell tells us! So I find it a pain... and unsanitary. No matter how often we change him (since we can't anticipate the exact moment he wets or dirties).
For the leaking urine I'd double up his dipes you're using under the cover. Are you trifolding a single prefold diaper? That usually wasn't enough with mine. I'd have 1 trifolded prefold along with 1 or 2 smaller ones folded inside of that for extra absorbancy.
And if the parents are using fabric softener on them then the urine may not be absorbed fast enough and this will cause them to leak as well. They should be washed on hot every time with minimal detergent and never any fabric softener.Comment
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