Recently, we purchased a gDiaper starter kit in medium from Whole Foods.  I thought it was the perfect solution for a “diaper on the go”.  We could keep the kit in the car and we would have a change of diaper for each kid (since both Evie and Liam fit in the mediums… go figure!).  And it got me to thinking about our first gDiaper starter kit that we got when Evie was just a month old.  And how excited I was to try it on her!  And how it made me take a good long look at cloth diapering.  And how, from that moment on, I never looked back.  I bought my first bumgenius diapers and that was that.

I will always regard gDiapers fondly, as they were our “gateway” diaper.  I didn’t like the cost of the refills, as one of the reasons I wanted to cloth diaper was to save money.  And it would be more expensive to keep buying the refills than it would be to buy the cheapo diapers we were using at the time.   So I started looking online for resources on making your own reusable refills to use with the gDiapers.  And since I don’t own a sewing machine or even really know how to sew, it looked like a pain in the rear.

But in all that research, I did learn more about cloth diapering and what was available out there.  I found Diaper Swappers and countless “Why Cloth” articles and I was enchanted.  We used up the rest of our starter kit refills and when Evie outgrew them, I sold the pants and liners on Diaper Swappers.  I owe a lot to gDiapers.  In that regard, I was very happy to purchase another starter pack to keep in the car.   I know we’ll get some good use out of them.

So what was your “gateway to cloth”?  Did someone give you some hand-me-downs?  Did you receive a diaper service as a shower gift?  Or did you just get curious one day?  What was your FIRST cloth diaper?

Tags: gateway, gDiapers, starting out

As I said, we’re very new to this whole cloth diapering thing.  New, but EXCITED.  Or, actually, I am.  My husband is mildly interested.  But, considering Evie wore only ’sposies on Mother’s Day when it was his job to change her diapers all day, I’m guessing he has some catching up to do.  Then again, he might be more interested once we get more “convenient” diapers in our stash.

Yesterday, Evie spent the day in infant prefolds (folded with the “bikini twist fold”), a homemade fleece liner and prorap covers.  I thought it went pretty well.  We only had one pee leak early on in the day and I think that was because I hadn’t made sure that all of the prefold was tucked into the prorap.  Oops!  I also think I need to perfect my fastening technique.  I think I’ve been making it too tight for the little dear as she has, at times, seemed uncomfortable.  And, well, the prefolds aren’t as comfortable as they could be.  I think they could stand a few more washings.

We put her in a BG 3.0 for bedtime and that worked great.  Not even the barest hint of a leak all night long.  And she had a significant poop overnight that I wasn’t even aware of until I changed her diaper this morning.  Whoops!   But I don’t think she’d sat in it for too long, which is good.  I was impressed that the diaper held up as well as it had.  Just as impressed as I was Saturday night she wore a BG 3.0 to the drive-in and had an Epic Poop and it was easily contained.  Now that’s something even your average ’sposie has trouble with!

I did some laundry last night and washed the pail liner I’d purchased at Walmart with the diapers.  Unfortunately, it was a pretty cheap liner.  It bled blue dye on the microfiber inserts and some of the prefolds.  To top it off, a big hole tore open in the side during the wash cycle.  Ugh.  That’s what I get for being cheap.  So I went over to Diaper Swappers and got a Wahmies pail liner off of FSOT.  It’s what I should have done in the first place.

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In other news, I got an email this morning that gDiapers has released their new little g pants.  The new colors are Golly Molly Pink, Grasshopper Green and Goodnight Blue.  They look really cute, too!  Also, you get get flushable liners for 10% off for the next three days only.  That’s definitely a good stock up opportunity!

Tags: bumGenius, Diaper Swappers, Epic Poop, FSOT, gDiapers, little g, new, prefolds, prorap, sale, Wahmies