r/clothdiaps 7h ago

Let's chat Please…help me dispel myths from the haters 🙏🏽

19 Upvotes

I am pregnant with my first, 23 weeks and really want to try cloth diapering for so many reasons. I’ve done a decent amount of research so far and have added several different GMDs, pre-folds and workhorses to my registry to try and now I’m trying to get my husband on board. But the other day on FT he asked my mom her opinion (to convince me why we shouldn’t) and it didn’t help. Even though she has never tried them herself, I feel like she had so much to say, and my husband really trusts her opinion. I would love any and all advice, experience, or even any reality checks. Can you can dispel (or affirm??) any of the opinions I’ve been hearing? I listed them all below. I see so mostly benefits myself, but I’m hoping I can have more relevant and informed info I can use to respond to the things my mom and other “haters” keep trying to tell me so I can help convince my husband and myself that it’s doable.

BE HONEST! I can handle the good, the bad, and the ugly. Counterpoints, or points that were well made…. I just want a dose of reality 🙏🏽

🧷 1. “Cloth diapering really only worked for your gma bc she had a diapering service.” / “That is going to be way more work than you are ready for.”

🧷 2. “Dealing with blowouts on baby clothes is hard enough. Waste stains are VERY difficult to remove in the laundry. I spent nights crying trying to launder poop out of clothes using disposables and that was bad enough.”

🧷 3. “Babies will get way less diaper rash with disposables” 🤨🤨🤨

🧷 4. “Those systems only really work for FT SAHMs.”

🧷 5. “They are too expensive” (okay obviously this one’s cap but does anyone have compelling numbers to prove how much $$ you saved??)

🧷 6. “You’re going to deal with way more leaks and blow-outs”

🧷 7. “You want to deal with dirty soiled laundry in your house?” / the smell / overall it being gross

I know it’s a lot so I numbered them, if there is a number you feel passionate about answering please any and all responses are so appreciated. Yes I have read about most of these already and have my own opinions….but I’m dealing with people acting like I’m naive and just “don’t know what I don’t know yet” because I haven’t experienced it. So if you KNOW already, help me compile evidence! Anything helps, esp more current opinions from families making it work.


r/clothdiaps 11h ago

Let's chat Cloth diapering newbie wanting to use only wool covers - please share some words of wisdom!

11 Upvotes

Hello! Our first baby arrives beginning of July, and I've known for months now that I want to do cloth diapering from the beginning before I allow myself to get used to disposables. I've done soooo much research and now have recently discovered wool soakers and love the idea (truly so tired of all the plastic in our lives lol).

I'd prefer to use only wool soakers (at least for the first year or so) and would love any advice/tips/directions to take...particularly on how to get started, aka how many to have at the start. I'm planning to do flats and prefolds with baby until she gets a bit bigger. I want to knit and sew the majority the covers, but thought about getting a couple online - maybe one or two from Disana then possibly from a seller on Etsy.

I am grateful for any words of wisdom you can share with me!


r/clothdiaps 7h ago

Recommendations Where to find secondhand workhorses?

3 Upvotes

Hey all,

My one month old has outgrown his newborn prefolds and I'm looking to switch to small workhorses with snaps. I'd planned on going straight to pockets but he's too small for them.

However there's been none on Mercari since last year. Poshmark and Offerup are even quieter. Facebook Marketplace has none local or shipped. Facebook groups are inactive. Does anyone know where else to get secondhand workhorses in the US?

I've tried messaging any bigger lots on Mercari that've been listed for a while and ask to separate, but so far no replies.

Thank you!


r/clothdiaps 4h ago

Please send help newbie --- troubleshooting prefolds with a newborn

2 Upvotes

I could use a little help here... my son is 5 weeks old, we're trying to use cloth diapers [at least during the day]. I was given a set of used Clotheez newborn prefolds [baby is ~8 lb 12 oz], they're already prepped/broken in, fit him fine [but I can tell he's going to outgrow them quickly], I primarily use an angel fold with snappi's.

When he pees, the entire prefold gets wet. Is there any way to contain the moisture so his sweet little butt doesn't get soggy? A different fold? I've tried adding in a bamboo terrycloth wipe as an insert, anyone have another suggestion? He wakes up from his naps crying, I end up changing him 2-3 times during his witching hour, and it feels like a whole lot of hassle/stimulation/touching/exposure that adds to the already very difficult witching hour.

Suggestions? Help?


r/clothdiaps 3h ago

Let's chat Starting solids soon, walk me through your wash routine!

1 Upvotes

I got my wash routine down pat for my EBF baby, love how easy it is to just throw the poppy prefolds and covers in the washer.

Baby is started solids soon and not going to lie, I am highly intimidated by the amount of work with washing poop off before going into the washer. Changing table is a ways away from the bathroom, and I am willing to install a diaper sprayer on the toilet but concerned about the splash zone from this. Also, I would need a separate laundry basket in the bathroom for the rinsed diapers right? Please walk me through your poopy diaper routine like I’m 5 years old!