Cloth Diapering 101 - The best brand!

So are you still interested in doing cloth diapers? We love it. Overwhelmed with all the different options and don't know where or what to buy? Here is the skinny!! Of course this is our opinion and others may find they do things differently or use a different diaper system.

THE COST BREAKDOWN $$$
One child uses approximately 8 diapers per day give or take - that's 20cents per disposable diaper = $1.60 per day. 3 years of disposables = $1747.20
3 years of cloth (22 cloth pocket diapers at $14.95 each) = $328.90
3 year cost savings: $1418.30 ($472.77 per year average)
So in 205 days you break even. Thats just short of seven months. If you use them on 2 kids you save $$ even quicker!!! Plus the added benefit of not putting those awful disposables on your baby and in the landfill for 500 years. I wish I had done this with our first child but I don't think they had these fancy cloth out then.

PLUS!! you can resell your diapers on ebay after you are done for 50 - 70% of what you paid. Let's say 50% so you sell them for $7.00 each. That's another $154 dollars you save.

OUR FAVORITE CLOTH DIAPER!!!
We tried Fuzzibunz, Motherease, Thirsties, Chinese prefold, and Bummies, and ended up buying the more expensive kind - BumGenius OS. These pockets are so far the absolute best because:

1. They are one size fits all so you can use them from birth to 35 lbs or on 2 children - you don't have to have multiple sizes.
2. They are pocket diapers so they wash easily/ dry pretty fast and you can stuff them as much as you need to, more for naps and nighttime and less for daytime
3. They use velcro so they are easy to put on with a squirmy baby (don't get the diapers with the snaps - it's almost impossible when they are around 4 months and won't stop squirming on the changing table!)
4. The velcro also helps with fitting them right on the baby - tighter for a thinner child, looser if they are chubby.
5. The inner liner is some kind of fabric that wicks away moisture so when the liner is soaked the baby stays dry. Haven't had any diaper rash so far and I did with disposables.
6. Rarely leak - never had a poop leak so far and I had poop leaks all the time with disposables.
7. They are REALLY cute.
8. They are so much better for the environment and for the baby. No harsh chemicals on the babies skin.

For more information about the different cloth diapers check out my blog - Cloth Diaper Brands.