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I am considering in using washable diaper covers, and flushable diaper inserts. Anyone has any experience with those. Good brands, good fits versus not so good. Do the Bummies accept flushable inserts the same way it holds washable inserts?

Probably not; you might want to try gdiapers. The flushable liners snap into place (I'm assuming-I've never tried them myself, but I've heard good things).

All companies claim to fit better than other brands, it just depends on the baby. My son did not fit into those well so I made my own. An added plus to that is I get to pick the fabric and am not constrained by what the store has to offer.

I liked the Bummis Super Wisper Wraps, but I haven't tried the new Brites yet. I like that print! My favorite covers were made by a work at home mom, Deb, on MadeByMama.com

I have to say that all the cloth diapers I tried still preformed better thant the disposable ones for newborns. I had leaks and blow outs all the time during that newborn stage whenever he had on Pampers or Huggies. I figured, I'm always washing clothes and blankets why not the diapers!

And yes, there are so many cute cloth diapers out that you can find yourself a bit addicted! :)

What about the price range? There was an article just about these in Time magazine this last week, and they say washables cost $300 versus $3000 of disposables in the period till potty training. I find it hard to believe and would say it will be more like $1000 vs $3000 - but still one would have to wash them.

The reason why I like the cover so much is that they don't leak and the design is super cute.

By the way you can buy liner to put on the cotton diaper. And it is totally biodegradable. And the best part is that we save so much money by using those insted of the trowable one.

What I red is for the first year of disposable diaper it's suppose to cost you 3000$ versus 675$ for washable including detergent and electricity. Still you save a lot when you think aboout it.

Thanks Emmanuelle. You are right - it is a good deal, plus not adding more to a landfill. Can you please share with me any brands that you prefer in particular?

I used gDiapers and also have FuzziBunz for nighttime. The gDiapers work wonderful but I find they were not enough for over night once my son hit about 4 months. FuzziBunz are great but I have had issues with leaks during my son's growth spurts. He isn't a chubby baby so he gets very lean during growth spurts. You can use the cloth liners from the FuzziBunz in the gDiapers. My sister recommended FuzziBunz because they last longer than other brands because they have no velcro.

I highly recommend gDiapers or FuzziBunz (all in one) diapers. I have been really happy with them.

we have used bummis super whisper wraps, and bumkins with prefold inserts. We have had few problems and I agree about disposables causing major blowouts! We have spent about $300 and shouldn't need to get much more but maybe a cover or two for the next size. I was able to find some on ebay; brand new though. The company is great too if you find the velcro has worn out, I called and they sent me 4 new sets so I can sew them in myself, which isn't too hard to do. It does require a bit of time to do the washing, but we all have to do our part to help out the enviroment right? We really love ordering through weebunzdiapers.com They have great prices and customer service.

We've been using cloth diapers since my son was born (he's 7 months old now) and it hasn't been that big of a deal. We initially started with Chinese prefolds and covers, but as soon as his umbilical cord nub dropped off, we switched to BumGenius diapers (we have 2.0s) and we've used them exclusively. I've got 24 and wash diapers every 2-3 days, and it maybe takes 10 minutes extra to prepare the load, depending on how many poopy diapers there are. We have a hand sprayer that hooks into the toilet's water line so I can spray the solids on the poopy diapers right into the toilet, and I use Allen's Naturally detergent to wash them (and I am not even halfway through the 5lb box after 7 months of washing diapers). Since my son has started on solids we've also started using Imse Vimse diaper liners at night which has greatly reduced the amount of solids I have to spray off the diapers before washing.
We spent $400 for our 24 diapers, and another $100 for our dry bags (2 large, 3 small) and the hand sprayer, and we should be set on diapers until my son is out of them. Our daycare center loves them, too, because they're so easy.
I bought all of our supplies at TreeCityDiapers.com (they have a brick-and-mortar store in Ann Arbor, MI if you happen to live in Michigan). While my motivation for going with cloth was the environmental benefits, I was able to convince my husband to go with it because of the economic benefits. A win-win for all!

I only use the one from bummis because I am from Montreal and they are the cheaper and the best made in town. There is a few other place where you can get some from but I didn't like they way they were made. With the other company you only have one size and that's it. You have two different size of snap on the cover and the insert is the same for the two size. I didn't like the idea.

Anyway the bummis have two different sizing; 8 lbs to 15lbs(small) and 15lbs to 30 lbs(large). You have a smaller size which is 4 lbs to 8 lbs(preemie or newborn). When Heidi was born she was 7lbs and 1once.We thought that was useless to change size after one month so we when wright away with the small one (8lbs to 15lbs).

The small one didn't leak at all even if they were not the perfect sizing accordind to the company. They were way better compare to disposable diaper. And trust me when it leak when you breastfeeding the baby in your bed at 3A.M. you just want to sue Pampers.

Also Bummis offer you a kit with green detergent, liner and diaper pail. Except I didn't wanted at the time to spend 30$ on the pail. So I went and bought a rubermaid container for 7$. And the green detergent we can buy it at any grocery store or the pharmacy.

In the pail you are going to put water and some kind of odor reducer. You can buy the green one(that they offer with the kit) or you can use baking soda or vinager.

They are many other compagny also that make green detergent that you can use. But since we use BioGreen(the detergent offered) for our clothes it didn't change much.

For the liner I would say it is personnal to to everyone. I would say it is useless. And some other would find it very practical. But if you go with the liner buy more then one roll because you are going to go through one roll really fast.

Alex Pa and Emmanuelle - Thank you so very much. I am on week 24 of my pregnancy and getting ready with the big issues... like diapers, cribs, strollers. I personally like washable diapers as that is how I myself was reared - and I bet it is more hygenic... Thanks so much for your input with sources and your entire experience with diapers.

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