I would urge new parents to try cloth diapering! It can seem daunting at first with all the terminology, but no more so than learning to diaper with disposables. There are some great resources out there that help break everything down. It’s how people have been diapering babies for centuries before disposable Pampers came along in the 60s.
For our first, I’m planning on trying cotton prefolds under wool covers. It’s more of an upfront cost investment (a few hundred bucks, depending on where you buy them), but will save us money over the long run, not having to buy tons of boxes of diapers. Plus we’re planning on reusing the same set for our second.
If anyone needs resources or has specific questions, let me know!
tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Unfortunately negative reactions to different brands exists, though. So, not everyone gets a choice. Fortunately for us, Huggies is what gave my daughter rashes. So that was an easy out!
ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yeah, diapers are not like some other products, where the generic is just as good. When my kids were babies, we tried multiple cheap brands and they all leaked. Meaning pee and poop went everywhere outside the diaper. It was a less-than-ideal feature for diapers, so we typically went with LUVS, if I recall correctly.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Also some brands caused rashes with ours, and some seemed to not cause as many, our first was Huggies, second was pampers.