So, as promised, here is our Fuzzibunz update! We have been
using cloth diapers for 3 months now, and I will say that it has been an
adjustment. It was a steep learning curve, but we are getting the hang of
things! All I can say, is I wish we would have done this sooner!
We have added four new pocket diapers to our collection- Go
Green pocket diapers. The biggest draw to trying these out was their price,
they were $9 each, much cheaper than Fuzzibunz! And, they came in cute patterns
and fuzzy fabrics. They are a very basic pocket diaper, snaps for the legs
instead of elastic like the Fuzzibunz, but over all I have been very pleased
with them! Nothing can compare to our Fuzzibunz, but they work and have been a
great asset to our CD stock!
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| Our cloth diaper supplies! |
We have gotten our CDing system down pretty well. You can
see from the picture how we’ve set up her diapers in her room. Her changing mat
is on the ground (after a nasty bump on the head from a roll off accident!) and
all of her diapering supplies are on a bookshelf next to the mat. I don’t
pre-stuff my diapers because I like to rotate the cloth inserts (we still use
both the “newborn” and regular inserts interchangeably and haven’t had any
leaking issues!). The Fuzzibunz diapers go in a metal basket, Grovia shells and
Go Green diapers and their inserts go in another metal basket. The microfiber
inserts for the Fuzzibunz go in a cloth bin with the flushable rice paper
liners (makes changing a poopy diaper a breeze!). Used diapers go in our
hanging wet beg on MK’s closet door and we keep some Rockin’ Green pail
freshener on the bookcase to ward away any stinkies! I must say that cloth
diapering doesn’t produce as much “stink” as using disposables. I used to gag
going into MK’s room if her disposable diapers had been sitting in the diaper Dekor
for more than a day. Now, the cloth diapers can sit in the hanging pail for a
day or two and there is barely any stink!
We’ve got a good laundering system down too. We are using
Rockin’ Green detergent (although, once this runs out I’m going to be looking
for something cheaper!) which seems to be doing the job. We wash our diapers
every two to three days…I love doing laundry and probably do a load that often
anyway, so this wasn’t a huge change for me! We have a standard 5ish year old
top-loading washing machine that has pretty basic settings. To wash our CDs we
do a cold pre-rinse (sometimes with Funk Rock, an ammonia buster if there is a
stinky pee diaper!) followed by a hot rinse with 2 TBS Rockin’ Green, followed
by a cold rinse. When it was hot and sunny outside, we sun dried our diapers.
Now, we just put them in the dryer on low heat for 30 minutes!
To sum up our short experience with cloth: it’s just as easy
as disposables and not nearly as “yucky” as I thought (rice paper liners= no
poop in the washing machine!). We have only used disposables a handful to
times- when we have a babysitter, at church and recently when she had a nasty
stomach bug!
Happy cloth diapering!
Love,
The Vogs
In an effort to save our family thousands of dollars (literally!), we've decided to start cloth diapering! I wish we would have done this sooner, but it's never too late! MK will be in diapers for at least another year,maybe even two... and these diapers will be used for our future Vogelaar babies. So, out with the disposables and in with the cloth. 
