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I’ve been asked several times to write about our experiences with cloth diapers, why and how we started to use them. People usually are prejudiced when it comes to cloth-diapers. They are afraid of the washing routine. And last but not least, they have no idea, which ones they should buy as meanwhile there are plenty of brands and systems on the market!<\/p>\n
With my article, I hope to take away your prejudices and gain your attention and interest for cloth diapers. Because it’s really easy, the colours will make you happy and don’t forget: it’s great for the planet!<\/p>\n
I will only write down my very own experiences here because as you’ve already read above, the universe of cloth diapers is huge and so are the options in using them. I can only tell about what I’ve been testing myself with my kids.<\/p>\n
Oh, I must admit that I didn’t know before that cloth diapers aren’t anymore what they have been back when I was a baby myself. I’ve been overwhelmed seeing how awesome they look today and how easy to use they are. Of course one can still use an “oldschool<\/em>” system and fold cloth nappies around babys bum. But it’s much easier using a system that’s closed to disposable nappies. So, I’ve collected some information about cloth diapers and decided to dare the switch.<\/p>\n Indeed, my daughter was already 18 months old (and we could let away those diapers fully two months later) but I thought it’s worth the try. How did I know she’ll use the potty soon after? Maybe because of the cloth diapers, maybe also because I’ve been practising part-time diaper-free (eliminiation communication)<\/a> when she was a baby.<\/p>\n There are various cloth nappy systems on the market and several shops do offer testing bundles. That’s very handy if you don’t know which one to decide for. Of course you can also use different systems throughout the day or week.\u00a0I prefer AIOs (All in One) the most or All in twos. There are several liners with different sucking power. Materials used for are bamboo, hemp or minky. Some do suck more and are perfect for the night. But you can also pair different liners. During the day when I had the time to change the liners, one was enough.<\/p>\n I’ve been also lucky enough with one big liner during the night. This is really individual. It’s something you have to test – trial and error. Each baby or child is individual. It depends on how many fluids it will consume during the night, how soundly it sleeps.<\/p>\n If you use foldable liners, you have the opportunity, folding them as you need them for your baby. Fold them where the pee will get on which might differ with gender… Fold it in front with a boy and in the middle with a girl.<\/p>\n You will find your own way in doing so. Some give it an initial short wash after use – by hand or machine. Use some drops of lavendula in your washing bin to avoid smelling. Or use one with a lid. During warmer days, I just hanged them outside and put it into the washing bin after they had dried. You can also do this inside, of course. I definitely always rinsed the nappies after the night or poo.<\/p>\n On laundry day, please have a look at the washing instructions of the label. And don’t think they won’t get clean with 40\u00b0. They will! Don’t use too much of laundry detergent and maybe you want to choose the “more water” function with your machine. Please don’t forget to clean your machine once in a while and do some hot wash to kill the bacteria.<\/p>\n I’ve got experiences with the following cloth diaper brands<\/strong>:<\/p>\n It definitely depends on the brand and if you’re shopping a limited edition or a normal one… \ud83d\ude09 It’s usually from CHF 25.- up to 30.-. Each diaper usually comes with an instruction and information. Most brands offer bundles with 5-10 cloth diapers with reduced price.<\/p>\n Any questions left? Don’t dare to ask! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Please read also about diaper-free<\/a>, using cloth-diapers as back-ups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been asked several times to write about our experiences with cloth diapers, why and how we started to use them. People usually are … More Why I switched to cloth diapers and never got back<\/span> »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6308,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4293"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9029,"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4293\/revisions\/9029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Cloth diapers advantages<\/h2>\n
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Do cloth diapers have disadvantages?<\/h3>\n
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Yeah, you have to increase your laundry routine, depending on how often your baby has to pee or poo and what system you use. Newborns pee like every 10-2o minutes but during the months it gets less. But you might use disposables during the first weeks or during the night, so… My experience is, that in a household with kids, you generally do have loads<\/em> of laundry. For me it was an advantages having those cloth diapers to stuff my machines. It really paid off. With cloth diapers, I wash every 2-3 days.<\/li>\nCloth diapers systems comparison<\/h2>\n
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\nWith AIOs, the insert or liner is already sewn in while AI2s inserts have to be put into a tunnel or snapped on. That way, you don’t have to wash the whole diaper every time it’s been used. I didn’t really liked systems with nappy covers but some might prefer them during the night or longer car drives etc.<\/p>\nHow to store and wash cloth diapers?<\/h2>\n
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And I’ve tested the following detergents<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n
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I’ve bought my cloth diapers in the following shops:<\/p>\n\n
\nCH-Shops:<\/li>\nWhat do cloth diapers cost?<\/h3>\n