6 Ways To Save $$$ On Cloth Diapers

Yes, we all know that cloth diapering can save us money over disposable diapers (most of the time), but I thought we'd have a little fun and check out some of the ways you can dig in deep to save even more.  Oh yes!  I broke out the crayons and stick figures for this post.  This is one high tech post I have in store for you.  You are sure to laugh ... and hopefully not just at my horrible drawing skills.

#1 Cloth Diaper Giveaways

If you have the time to enter giveaways then they're a great way to get some free fluff (and other stuff).  I've seen moms on here who enter every giveaway out there with every entry possible and they win tons of stuff! If giveaways are the way you want to go then be sure to check out my Current Giveaways.  If you get done with those then check out my Super Sunday Giveaway Linky which has tons of giveaways going on all over the web.  If you get done there ... and aren't too tired yet ... then check out my Great Giveaway Linky List for a list of other sites that will have their own lists of giveaways all over the web.  That's enough to keep you busy for a lifetime, so you can win a couple lifetimes worth of diapers.

#2 Cloth Diaper Sales

Sales are my game.  I always buy my fluff on sale ... ok, most of the time.  There's always a great sale going on.  The best times to find great fluffy sales are holiday weekends.  I bought most of my newborn stash on Labor Day weekend.  Another great one is Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving).  If you don't have time to wait for a holiday then try deal a day sites like Zulily or Totsy.  They always have great sales on cloth diapers.

#3 Reuse Your Diapers With Each New Child

If you have more than one child then passing down your diapers is like cloth diapering each child after the first for FREE!!!  You can get much more of a deal than that.  Too bad Brian and I aren't hurting for a deal enough to have another baby.  We're done at three.  Funny story.  I asked Brian to scan these images for me because the printer won't work with my laptop.  He almost had a heart attack when he came to this image.  He thought it was a sign that I was pregnant.  Haha!

#4  Sew Your Own Cloth Diapers

Ever since I got pregnant with Lincoln I've been a sewing freak, and that includes cloth diapers.  I wasn't the greatest at sewing pocket diapers, fitted diapers, and covers, but I loved sewing all my Upcycled T-Shirt Easy Winged Prefolds!  They were so easy and I could use up all those shirts in our closet that weren't getting used anymore (or so I thought they weren't being used).  I also loved sewing Extended Tabs on Prefolds.  Another easy project if you're looking to vamp up your stash for next to nothing.  If you're the crafty type keep your eyes peeled for my Simplifi Fabric giveaway in June.  OMG!  A double savings with a giveaway and sewing your own diapers.  Bonus!

#5 Buy Used Cloth Diapers

My husband has a phobia of used cloth diapers so I didn't get to take advantage of these great savings, but I did buy one used Ragababe cloth diaper because they're so hard to get (Shhhhhhh!  Don't tell Brian).  There are so many great sites out there to get used diapers.  Diaper Swappers, Spots Corner, Ebay, Craigslist, & Facebook.  I personally like Cloth Diaper Swap on Facebook.  I don't buy used diapers often, but I definitely sell a lot (another great way to save on cloth ... sell and make your $$$ back).

#6 Line Dry Your Cloth Diapers 

*Bonus* - Find Other Uses For Your Cloth Diapers

I always dry my diaper covers and pocket diapers, but if you really want to save some money and the sun is shining outside then feel free to hang all your diapers and inserts outside.  Not only will you save money by not using your dryer, but you'll also get the added benefits of the sun making your diapers whiter and brighter at the same time.  You can hang your diapers using a clothes line, freestanding drying rack, or make up your own system.  How about hanging them on the outside edges of a table umbrella?  Extra bonus?  Cloth diapers look so pretty hanging in the breeze that you might as well use them as party decorations.

Want more information?  Check out my post on Ways To Save $$$ While Building Your Diaper Stash.  This post is a part of the Real Diaper Week 2012 blog hop.  If you would like to read other great posts about cloth diapering then feel free to hop around to these other great blogs.  Better yet, join in on the fun and link up your own post.  Cloth diapers are reusable, eco-friendly, non-toxic, economical, simple, stylish, fun, healthy, and modern.  Basically they are Real Simple. Real Diapers.  Read up and have fun! 

The Perfect Cloth Diapering Jeans!!!

When I first started researching cloth diapers I remember several moms telling me that when it came to clothing I should stick with stretch pants and forget about the jeans.  Then when I finally got the chance to start using cloth diapers on Lincoln I realized exactly what they meant, and if you cloth diaper then I'm sure you know exactly what they were talking about too.  Despite the advice I had several pairs of jeans for Linc.  Every time I put them on him ... let me rephrase that.  Every time I TRIED to put them on him I tugged.  I pulled.  I bounced Linc up and down and tried to squeeze his big fluffy butt into those tight unforgiving jeans.  Yes, I did get them on, but not without a lot of work.  Why couldn't there be an easier way????  I'm a jeans type of girl and I just know Linc was meant to be a jeans type of boy.

Fast forward a couple months.  My sister in-law got Linc the cutest little outfit for Christmas.  It was a light blue shirt with sneakers on it and a pair of GUESS jeans.  "Oh no!" you think?  "Not jeans!" you say?  Well let me tell you these are no ordinary jeans.  These are AMAZING jeans!!!  These jeans were meant for a cloth diaper booty.  Think pajama jeans (the infomercial jeans), but in mini form.  They're jeans that look like blue jeans, but feel like stretchy pants.  They're oh so soft, oh so stretchy, and oh so cute!  These jeans fit Linc sooooo perfectly and I wish I had a million pairs.

BUT ...

I wish I had told you about them a month or two ago.  I just went on their site and although they still have a few of the boys jeans outfit, the boys sweatshirt jeans outfit, and the girls sweatshirt jeans outfit, they don't have all the sizes anymore.  I'm bummed because I really would have loved to get bigger sizes for Linc.  I searched high and low online and can not find any pants that compare to them.  I think it's time for someone to capitalize on this great idea.  We need jeans for the cloth diapered booty!  Anyone up to the task?  I did find a tutorial on the blog Running With Scissors that showed How To Make Baby Jeggings (Jeans+Leggings) that looked somewhat similar, but not quite.  If you're the crafty type then it's worth a shot to test them out.  Let me know how it goes.  Maybe Linc will give me a few hours free time to make him a pair, but till then I hope he never grows out of his GUESS jeans.  I just had to tell you about them!  If you have a little one that can fit into the sizes that they still have available I would run over there and scoop up as many as you can get.  You won't regret it!

Ways To Save $$$ While Building Your Diaper Stash

 For some reason I cringe every time my husband Brian opens up our credit card statement.  He'll go down the line and list off all the diaper purchases that I've made for that month.  Cotton Babies?  Yep.  Diaper Junction?  Yep.  SweetBottoms Baby? Yep.  Fluff Envy?  Yep.  They were all me.  I know I'm saving money by going the cloth diaper route, but I'm also starting to wonder what I can do to save even more money.  In the beginning I had planned on buying everything new off of regular websites and I even created a spreadsheet noting down all the retail prices, fully expecting to pay those prices.  I had certain diapers I wanted and with each diaper type I had a certain color or print that I wanted it in.  Now I'm realizing that with a little compromise and patience I can find a lot of great deals, and who doesn't love to save money???

Here are some of the ways that I've found to save money with cloth diapering.  Some methods require more time than others.  Some require more patience than others till the opportunity comes up.  Some require more compromise than others on the exact product that you will get.  Some require a sacrifice of quality.  It's all up to you on what you are willing to do in order to save some money and get some cute fluff.  

FREE SHIPPING

This was my first effort at saving money without sacrificing time or quality, or compromising on the products I wanted.  Quickly you realize that there are a lot of sites that offer free shipping and there are a lot of sites that do not.  Some will give you free shipping no matter what you buy or how much you spend.  Others will offer free shipping if you surpass a certain dollar amount.  Then there are those companies that only offer free shipping as a special promotion for a limited time.  My favorite sites tend to be those that offer free shipping all the time no matter the dollar amount since I like to buy one or two items here and there.  The only tricky part to this is that at the same time I like to make purchases out of state to avoid the sales tax, so that eliminates a few companies for me unless they're having a great deal that makes it worth it.  Here are a few companies that offer free shipping.  My list keeps growing so always check my Resources page to get the most current list.

Abby's Lane - *Free Shipping*
Cotton Babies - *Free Shipping*
Diaper Junction - *Free Shipping on orders over $49*
Fluff Envy - *Free Shipping on orders over $35*
Kelly's Closet - *Free Shipping on orders over $49*
Mom's Milk Boutique - *Free Shipping on orders over $25
Nells Natural Baby - *Free Shipping on orders over $39*
Sew Crafty Baby - *Free Shipping*
Sweetbottoms Baby - *Free Shipping*

COUPONS / SALES
Another great way to save money is to look out for coupon codes and sales.  This requires a little more patience on your end to get the deal.  Some sites list these codes right on their sites.  Others you need to look a little harder for.  A great place to find coupon codes and sales is on Diaper Pin.  They always have an up to date list of companies that are having specials and what codes you need enter in order to get each deal.  Another great place to look for sales is on each company's Facebook page, Twitter page, blog, or newsletter.  These specials are sometimes way better than what you would find on their website or Diaper Pin, because they want to reward their followers.  You could also just Google "Coupon Codes for ...", but I don't always have a lot of luck with this method.  Sales and Coupons can happen at any time, but a sure bet time to look for specials is around any holiday.  I always scour every site around the holidays.  Here are a few specials that are going on right now.  I just took advantage of the Diaper Junction sale this weekend and I can't wait to find out what diaper they give me for free!

Diaper Junction - Free OS AIO w/ each order over $59 (Codes GIRLAIO or BOYAIO)
Kelly's Closet - Free OS diaper w/ each order over $59 (Code BARBQUE)
Fluffy Cheeks - 15% Off All Orders (Code MOVING15) 20% Off Orders over $100 (MOVING20)
Blueberry Diapers - 25% Off (Code BABYSTEALS811) or $10 off + Free Shipping on orders over $49 (Code 10OFF)

DEAL A DAY SITES

I LOVE "Deal A Day" sites!  They're actually quite addicting.  These are sites that feature one or a few great deals each day that last anywhere from one to three days usually.  On these sites you can get products 40-90% off of retail price.  I usually see them about 50-60%  off though.  There are a couple sacrifices with this method of saving money though.  You have to stalk these sites daily.  Each site has their own time they  post their deals and some deals sell out FAST!  Product choices are very limited.  Each product may have only one or two colors to choose from.  These sites also normally charge shipping.  You have to calculate your savings carefully because you might be able to save more going to a site with free shipping and a percent off coupon code.  Totsy actually gives you free shipping on your first order (*as long as you make it within 30 days of registering).  A lot of these sites also give you credit for your account when you get a friend to sign up and make a purchase.  I've already got $30 racked up on my Totsy and Zulily accounts.  Now I just need to wait for the perfect deal.  Here are a few of the Deal A Day sites.

Baby Earth GaGa Deals - A new deal every hour.  This is a timing game so it's kind of a rush.
Baby Half Off
Baby Steals
Diaper Junction - Daily Diaper Deal (Located at Top Right Corner of Page)
Eco Baby Buys
Green Baby Bargains
HauteLook
Hippo Bargains
Kids.Woot
Mama Bargains
Totsy - Use the Coupon Code: VIPMOM for $15 off your order of $60 or more
Zulily

GIVEAWAYS

You can find giveaways everywhere for just about anything.  I didn't do that many giveaways in the beginning, but now I do them all the time.  You can find them on blogs or you can Google them.  There are websites out there that just list millions of giveaways and you can search for what products you're wanting.  Sometimes I just Google a diaper I want and the word "Giveaway".  Chances are someone is giving one away right now.  I still have yet to win one, but I know if I enter enough I'm bound to win one or two ... right???  They do take a bit of time if you try and enter as many times as you can.  Don't forget to check out my Giveaways.  I'll try and have one at least once a month.  Here are some great blogs to check out for Diaper Giveaways, but there are millions more.

Adventures In Fluff - That's a Given Of Course!
Change-Diapers.com - She also does a list of giveaways on other sites as well on Fridays
Cloth Diaper Blog
Kelly Wels Blog
The Cloth Diaper Report - Also does a list of giveaways on other sites as well on Fridays
The Cloth Diaper Whisperer - A giveaway every Friday!

PACKAGE DEALS

Package deals are a great way to save money if you want a few (or a lot) of the same diaper.  You get them for less money this way and in some cases you also get a free gift for ordering in bulk.  I've received a free diaper cover for ordering my Kissaluvs fitted diapers in bulk on Thanks Mama.  They have tons of Package deals.  Just Google the diaper brand or style you're looking for along with "Package Deal".  Most online stores will have them.

SECONDS

I'll admit that the thought of seconds was a little scary to me at first.  Seconds are essentually products that the manufacturer can not sell for full retail value because there is some cosmetic flaw to the product.  With cloth diapers it's usually uneven seams, a dirt mark on the fabric, or some other defect that should not affect the performance of the diaper.  In most cases you can't even tell what the defect is.  I did receive one diaper that I was unsatisfied with from Cotton Babies, but they quickly remedied the problem by sending me out a new seconds diaper and paying to ship the other one back.  Also note that pocket diapers that are seconds don't usually come with the inserts.  Factor this in to your money savings before you decide to buy.  The trick to gettinging seconds is to check websites often for them.  Usually these diapers go up fast and are sold really fast.  In some cases you can sign up for their newsletter so that you hear about the sales as soon as they go up.  Here are a few links where you can find cloth diaper seconds.

Cotton Babies - Bumgenius Discontinued and Seconds
Thirsties Outlet - Thirsties Seconds
The Cloth Diaper Outlet Store - Seconds, Discontinued, Overstocks, & Gently Used
Baby Eco Mart
FuzziBunz Seconds Factory - Fuzzibunz Seconds
Cloth Diaper Clearance - Seconds, Discontinued, & Overstock
Tiny Tush - Tiny Tush Discontinued and Seconds
Green Mountain Diapers - Seconds and Sales
Heiny King - Seconds and Like New
Kissaluvs - Kissaluvs Seconds are mixed in with their regular store
AppleCheeks - AppleCheeks Seconds
Gen-Y - Gen-Y Seconds

TESTERS

I've only been a tester for one diaper company and that's RearZ.  I just received the diaper and can't wait to test it out on our little guy this fall.  Being a tester just means that after you've received the diaper and used it for a reasonable amount of time (about 2 weeks), then you fill out a questionnaire describing how the product worked for you.  I found out about the RearZ testers slot on their Facebook Page, but you can also Google "Cloth Diaper Testers".  I've found a lot come up that way as well.  Don't be afraid to contact a company to ask if they need testers too.  Some might send you the diaper for free.  Others might charge shipping.  Others yet might charge a nominal fee plus shipping to test their diaper, but it's still usually a great deal.  You never know.  You might just find the next best diaper before it hits the shelves.

DISCONTINUED

These are prefect diapers, only they are in a discontinued color/print or style.  I have some discontinued RearZ diapers that I think will work out great!  You can find links to a lot of discontinued diapers above along with "Seconds".

USED

Last, but certainly not least is that you can get a lot of your stash used.  This was another area where I was a little hesitant... and my husband was a LOT hesitant.  Don't get me wrong.  I've shopped at thrift stores many times (not sure if my husband has).  It's just that this is my little baby and I want something new to put on his bum.  I've since then changed my thinking though and will be looking for great used diaper deals as well.  Most of the time the diapers are still in great condition and work just as well as a brand new diaper.  One extra perk of a used diaper ... You don't have to prep them!!!!  The thought of that is awesome.  Especially when it comes to prefolds or natural fiber diapers that you have to wash a million times.  Before buying check to see if you're getting the inserts.  If not then you need to factor that into your cost savings to see if it's really a deal or not.  There are lots of places you can get used diapers.  Here are just a few.

Craigslist - Not Diaper Exclusive
eBay - Not Diaper Exclusive
Freecycle - Not Diaper Exclusive
Diaper Swappers
Re-Diaper
Spots Corner
Diaper Junction - Under "Preowned Diapers"
The Cloth Diaper Outlet Store - Seconds, Discontinued, Overstocks, & Gently Used
Kelly's Closet - Look under the "On Sale" heading
Jillian's Drawers

I hope all of this information helps you out on your search for great ways to save money with cloth diapering.  I know I have and will continue to use of lot of these methods and I already see the dollars melting off of my cloth diaper spreadsheet that I've made up.  It makes me happy every time I can enter a number that is less than retail.  Oh, yes!  Just another happy moment in my Adventures In Fluff.

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Cloth vs Disposables: A Real Life Cost Study

I've had quite a few people interested in cloth diapering ask me how much I'm spending on all this cute fluff, and how much I'm saving by not using disposables.  How could such cute diapers cost less than ugly white paper and plastic ones?  Good question!  This got me thinking.  I really hadn't done a full cost breakdown of how much I was spending or going to spend in the long run.  I was mostly interested in researching all the options and making my selections of what diapers and accessories I wanted to buy.  I knew I was saving, but how much am I really saving?  I know I'm not going the most expensive rout, and definitely not the least expensive by far.  I figure I'm probably at the upper middle end of the spectrum heading towards the lower high end.  But how much?  Yes, I was going to take on the challenge and really crunch the numbers and see where I stand.  This would be by far my most time intensive post.

Time to get to work.  I'd already started a basic spreadsheet so I would know what I needed to buy.  That was a good starting point.  I just copied that list over to a new spreadsheet and worked from there.  All the other studies that I had found just took into consideration the cost of the diapers and maybe the wipes.  What about all the accessories that come along with cloth diapering?  That needs to be factored in too.  I went line by line and made sure that my pricing was correct, and my quantities were in there based on a 3 year supply (mind you, this was being on the safe side since babies that are cloth diapered tend to potty train faster than those who are not).  I also went over all the diapers I had chosen.  Which ones were one size and would last the entire time, and which ones were sized and I would need to buy additional diapers to size up?  This all had to be factored in as well.  Another big factor I wanted to include was resale value.  Cloth diapers have a great resale value.  You can normally get anywhere from 50% to 75% of your cost back if you re-sell your diapers after you are finished using them.  Of course how much you will get depends on how well you take care of them and how long you use them so I factored all diapers at 50% just to be on the safe side.  I'm almost positive I could get more from the newborn stash since I'll only be using that a couple months at the most, as well as the sized diapers that will also only be used for a short amount of time.  I factored any accessories that I thought I might sell at a 25% resale value.  This is probably on the low side, but I wanted to be safe on my numbers.  Anything that would be used up (detergent, diaper rash cream, wipes solution, etc.) I left at a 0% resale value.  I also left anything that I thought would be of no value to sell afterwards at 0% (wipes, prefolds, etc.).  The last thing I took into consideration was the cost of washing and drying all of the diapers.  This number I took from Diaper Pin's Cloth Diaper Savings Calculator since I have not yet begun this part of my adventure so I have no numbers to look upon.

After much research this is the final result that I came up with for the cost of using cloth diapers in our household.  I've broken the chart down into four categories.  My Newborn Stash, My Starting Diaper Stash, My Sizing Up Diaper Stash, and My Accessories.  My Newborn Stash are the diapers I will use for the first three months (give or take a little).  My Starting Out Stash are the diapers that I will purchase before the baby arrives and use as the baby grows into them.  These are my test diapers to see which ones work out the best for us.  My Sizing Up Diaper Stash is hypothetical.  It assumes that I will like all the diapers that I had already purchased in the testing phase and just size up with those same brands if needed.  Anything else I would need was placed under the category, Accessories.  In the Starting Diaper Stash and Sizing Up Diaper Stash I have a column labeled "Sizing".  This category states if a diaper is a One Size (OS) diaper, or a sized diaper.  If I plan on using all sizes then I just entered in the full number of sizes.  If I didn't plan on using all size ranges then I put the number of sizes that I planned on using over the number of sizes available.  If the diaper size has a star next to it then that means that I used one of the diaper sizes in my Newborn Stash.  Please click on the spreadsheet below to see a clear view of my calculations.  Overall I would be spending $2,060.56 and recoup $597.01 after re-selling my items.  In the end I will have spent a total of $1,463.55.

With my cloth diaper costs calculated, it is now time to calculate what my disposable diaper costs would be  should I decide to go that way (I know I will not though).  For my study I entered in a time span of three years.  This is how long it took to potty train my first daughter Riley, but my second daughter took three and a half years, so the costs could be more or less depending on potty training.  I also broke up the years into five spans of time.  As baby grows they need less and less diapers a day.  On my chart you can see how many diapers on average I would expect to be used in each of those spans of time.  Next on my list of things to do was go price shopping.  I wanted to give two price ranges.  The first price range is the economy rout.  This would be how much it would cost to diaper my child if I shopped at a major discount warehouse (Costco in this case), and bought their least expensive brand (Kirkland).  I know I would never go this rout, but I thought I'd put it on there just to show how inexpensive you could go.  The second price range is the high end rout.  This would be how much it would cost to diaper my child if I bought all of their diapers at the grocery store (Vons in this case), and bought their most expensive brand (Pampers).  This is what I did a majority of the time for both my daughters.  In addition to the price of diapers I also priced out wipes at both Costco and Vons.  To get quantities of wipes I figured that the average diaper change would take two wipes (less for pee and more for poop).  You can't forget accessories though.  I also factored in the price of diaper disposal.  If I wanted to be really economical I could just throw them in a trash can in the garage and dump them out when it got full.  With both my girls I used the Diaper Genie though and so I factored in for a Genie and the refills for three years.  This gave me my low and high end cost ranges of using disposable diapers at a range of $2,246.80 - $3,009.84.  Click on the spreadsheet below to see how everything breaks down for disposable diapers.

So there you go.  That's a cost savings of $1,546.29 ! ! !  Mind you, there are a lot of factors that could alter this number for the better or the worse (mostly for the better).  I could sell my diapers for more than I've listed.  I could buy my diapers on sale for less than I've listed (I've already bought a lot of these diapers on sale, some as much as 40% off), I could hang dry a lot of my diapers saving on energy, or I could decide to have another child and be able to cloth diaper that child for FREE !!!  I could also become a cloth diaper addict and buy a lot more diapers than my baby needs.  Even so, I really doubt that I would ever get to the point that I would have spent less using disposable diapers.  This makes me feel great in my decision to use cloth and adds to the long list of reasons that drive me in this direction.

I hope this study has given you some real life insight into what cloth diapering might cost.  Of course you could go a lot less expensive and use prefolds with covers with less accessories.  You could also go more expensive and use the most expensive brands you can find and keep buying them with no end in sight.  This study isn't meant to show exactly how the costs will break down for you, as that will be different for everyone, but instead it's a little peak into another part of my Adventures In Fluff.

Here are a couple other sites that might help you when trying to figure out the costs of cloth vs disposables.

Cost of Cloth Diapers - Diaper Decisions

Getting Started with Cloth Diapers - The Stork Wearhouse

Cloth Diaper Savings Calculator - Diaper Pin

My First Cloth Diaper Purchase ! ! ! !

So excited today!  I found a great deal on Fluff Envy that I just couldn't pass up.  They were having a Memorial Day sale that gave 10% off, double rewards points, and free shipping.  You can collect rewards points to get discounts on future purchases, so it was really like 20% off my purchase today.  Just wanted to share with you all what my first purchases were.  I can't wait for them to come in the mail.  I feel like this is truly the beginning of my Adventures In Fluff.

Weehuggers Diaper Cover w/ Snaps / Size 1 (Owls)

Kissaluvs Marvels All-In-One Diaper / One Size (Chocolate)

Happy Heiny's All For One Pocket Diaper / Aplix (Glow in the Dark Skulls)

Sustainablebabyish Organic Bamboo Fleece Fitted Diaper / Natural Contrasts / Small (Teal)

Thirsties Duo Wrap Diaper Cover / Aplix / Size 2 (Cool Stripes)

  

Fluff You Can Touch.

Today I convinced my husband Brian to make a pit-stop at a natural baby store on our way home from Disneyland.  I was so excited!!!!  We don't have any stores near Fresno that carry cloth diapers and I couldn't wait to see some in person.

The store we went to was Rosie Posie Baby in Anaheim.  It's a cute little store that carries a lot of cloth diaper brands, as well as other natural mothering items such as slings, organic cotton dolls, handmade mobiles, etc.  Of course I was particularly interested in one area only... the diapers.

Weehuggers Cover (Owls)

Brian and the girls went in with me and I showed Brian a few of the diapers that I planned on trying.  I also wanted to show him the difference between the snaps and aplix diapers to see what he thought.  To my surprise he didn't think the snaps would be a problem at all.  I'm still going to get a mix of both though.  All was going well until another couple walked in and started asking how to remedy a problem they were having with their diapers leaking.  I didn't think anything of it since I knew that finding out best diaper solution would be a trial and error process, but Brian left the store and later told me in the car that he wasn't sure about cloth diapers anymore if other people were complaining about leaking.  Ugh!  Back to square one with him I guess.

RumpARooz  (Robotronic)

Anyways, Riley (my oldest daughter), and I stayed in the store and continued to browse.  I got to see some of the Kissaluvs fitted diapers that I will be using during the newborn stage and might be testing in the infant stage.  I also got to see the Thirsties Duo Wraps, BumGenius XS AIO's, and prefolds that I will also be using in the newborn stage.  During my time there I tried out a few to see how the snaps would feel.  I'll admit, it seems like it will take a little bit of practice to learn which snaps to snap where, but I'm sure after a couple days I'll be a pro at it.  Rose Homme who was running the store was very helpful and even showed me how to work a snappie.  She said my best option would be to try a little of everything and go from there, but to have a newborn stash in place for those first three itty bitty months.  Glad to know I'm on top of it already.

Blueberry Pocket (Stars)

Shown on this page are a few diapers that Riley and I picked out as our favorites at the store.  The first diaper was my favorite.  It is a Weehuggers Snap Cover in the pattern Owls.  I really loved the texture of the fabric on this one.  The second diaper Riley picked out as her favorite.  It's a Rump A Rooz pocket diaper in the pattern Robotronic.  The last one was my second favorite.  It's a Blueberry pocket diaper in the pattern Stars.  I really wanted to buy a few of these diapers on the spot, but held myself back so I could go home and finalize my list a little more.  Oh well.  I'll own some of these cute diapers soon enough further down the road on my Adventures in Fluff.