Before Abby was born my husband and I both decided that we wanted to try using cloth diapers for her.  Both of our parents had each used cloth diapers in the passed and I really liked the idea that she could use them for her whole diaper journey.  The fact that we would be saving a large sum of money and that it was an earth conscious choice also helped seal the deal.  I had heard horror stories about how they leak, that they were tricky to use and that they smell terrible.  I began to look into them in greater detail.  Most of the stories of smell and leaking were user issues or the old cloth diapers.  The new cloth diapers look and work the same as the disposable ones.  It took us a great deal of research before we settled on a brand.  Thanks to my sister-in-law who is also using cloth we were able to use her experience without having to go through any ‘blow-outs’ or other issues. We settled on the Bumgenious 4.0.

Although these diapers were some of the more expensive ones that we found, they seemed to have the best reputation and quality.  We ordered fourteen in a bright mix of different colours.  They seemed easy to put together.  We just needed to slide the liner into the pocket part of the diaper and voila! Abby seems to like them as well.  They must be more comfortable than the disposable cloth ones, the material that touches her skin is very soft.  We decided to still use the disposable diapers at night as Abby is a heavy ‘pee-er’ and often soaks through the disposables ones overnight.

Our fingers are crossed that this journey continues as smoothly (and cleanly) as it began!