The world of cloth diapers can be confusing. There are just so many options. I share the best cloth diaper covers from my experience with cloth diapering five kids over the course of nine and half years.
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Back in 2008 when I was pregnant with our first child, I stumbled upon an advertisement for cloth diapers in a magazine. Yes, a magazine! That's what folks did back in the dark ages pre-Pinterest. They're like these paper things with stories and articles and....oh never mind. Ask your grandma about it.
Anyway, back then we were extremely frugal. Like even the thought of paying for diapers was completely out of the question. I saw that ad for bumgenius reusable diapers and I finally found my loophole. Prior to this, I thought cloth diapering was cotton origami with pins and plastic pants. After seeing a cute fluffy diaper that appeared to go on just like a disposable, I knew I had to try it.
I wish I could say I was motivated to keep plastic out of the landfill, and toxins off my baby's bottom, but instead the cloth diaper obsession was more about the bottom line. Fast forward nine years, I stil use cloth diapers, but its because I can't stand to read all the horrible things that are in disposables. Sure, the cost savings is nice, but I would forgo that all things equal.
Safe to say there are plenty of great reasons to invest in cloth diapers.
But, there are as many options for cloth diapers as babies. Maybe not quite, but I bet its close. So, which ones are best?
Now, obviously, I haven't tried every brand available on the market. I have, however, tried every different kind; AIO, AI2, flats, prefolds, pockets, contours, hybrids, yada, yada, yada.
If that looks like a foreign language, you obviously haven't been hanging around Baby Center cloth diaper groups.
I've tried it all, my friend.
Now, instead of explaining every different kind of cloth diaper in depth, I will save you the headache and just jump right to my favorites.
Problem #1 with cloth diapers, in my experience, is leakage. And I have dealt with my fair share of it.
All in one diapers don't have enough absorbent layers. All in twos are a pain to stuff. Prefolds are just a pain in general.
The best solution I have found, by far, is a snap diaper cover with a double absorbent layer. My sister is a cloth diapering mama of four kids and she agrees with me here. So that right there is a combined total of nine kids, and we finally found what works!
The cover is a waterproof shell. You can put inside of that shell any kind of absorbent layer that you prefer. I like to use homemade flannel inserts in combination with organic cotton prefolds. The beauty here is any absorbent inserts will work, and the cover system allows you to put in as many layers of absorbency as you want.
Best cloth diaper covers
Flip- The best cloth diaper cover that I have tried is the Flip brand. I like that it has a double layer of snaps across the top for an excellent fit. They are adjustable, so they fit any baby from about 8 lbs until potty training.
Econobum- They are a more economical and stripped down version of the Flip. They only have one layer of snaps across the top. They also don't have the flaps ... farmhouseonboone.com/farmhous... ‎
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