So, I have decided to give the whole cloth diapering thing a try. I had always wanted to try it with my now 2 1/2 year old, but never did. Now that I have a 5 week old at home I'm going to try. Between trying to save a little money (ok, a LOT of money) and contribute less to the landfill, I'm really excited to try this.
I have purchased some Gerber prefolds and some flatfold diapers to start with. (Actually, I already had the flatfolds for craft projects. I started making my own burp cloths and changing pads from flatfolds a few months ago and absolutely love them. But more about those later!!) I've been practicing folding them and letting her "try them out". I like the origami fold for the flatfolds and think I've finally gotten the hang of it. I tried a prefold on her, but it seemed WAY too big for right now. Maybe to go in a cover or soaker it would be better, but not for folding and pinning just yet. I don't have any covers yet, so I haven't been able to really start using them. But, I think I'm going to like them!!
I am going to try to make my own covers. I found a couple of free patterns online for wrap style covers that I'm going to make out of PUL. And I've also found some patterns for knit & crochet soakers. As soon as I pick the ones I am actually going to use, I will post links to the patterns.
So, I guess it's time to get busy!!! Keep checking back to see how my Cloth Diapering Adventure turns out!!
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