my cloth diapering experience - 3 months, 2 weeks, 6 days...

and we have our first blow-out! for the first time, Cole poo'ed up the back of the diaper, and I had to change his clothes.. I guess that's a pretty long time, but I was kinda hoping it'd never happen. I think it may be because of his growth spurt and his gDiapers not fitting exactly right - you need to be able to get in the creases for them to work, and he just has so many creases!

So, for the most part, I love his gDiapers. They're super cute, nice and trim fit, not sitting in a landfill, and I'm not out buying disposables all the time! We use cloth inserts, and I have one extra medium sized load of laundry every 3 days or so. I use cloth wipes, too, so it's really quite easy! I have my old kitchen trash can sitting next to the changing area, and used wipes and gCloth just go right in! My cloth wipes are in the little basket of the changing area on the Pack-n-Play. The gPants are all around the side, I just sort of hang them there to air out. The liners are all attached, and when I have a few minutes I load gCloth into all of them to have them ready. A change is just like any other cloth or disposable, with one extra step - the creases! Push the liner into that main crease between the pelvic area and the leg, and it basically "seals" all of the pee and the poo in. The pee will all get absorbed into the gCloth, and the poo mostly sits on the cloth, but some will get in the liner. It (USUALLY!) doesn't get out, so for the 1 or 2 poopy diapers a day, you just snap out the liner, toss it in a lingerie bag, and snap in a new liner!

Cole doesn't get rashes because the gDiapers have no plastic, no chemicals, and are breatheable, but I still like to use Angel Baby Bottom Balm, which is cloth-dipe safe, especially at night when he'll be in a dipe for longer than a couple of hours.. instead of keeping the wipes wet, which can grow bacteria, I keep a bottle of Honeychunks solution next to the wipes and spray him before I wipe. It smells and works great, is all natural, and cheap!

I haven't tried any other brands of dipes because I bought the package of g's and really haven't had problems with them. I know lots of others do have problems with them, and have to switch to another, but if it isn't broke I'm not trying to fix it, so I'm sticking with our gDiapers!