| So you're ready to take the plunge and explore the | | | | the fleece does a good job keeping moisture away |
| world of prefold cloth diapers for the good of Mother | | | | from infant skin, pocket diapers aren't the easiest |
| Nature and your budget. If you're just entering into this | | | | diapers to use. |
| fascinating world for the first time, whether because | | | | Moving on to the more popular options, prefolds and |
| you're used to plastic disposables or because you've | | | | fitteds are all the rage with diapers nowadays. Fitted |
| never used diapers before, a little preparation in order. | | | | diapers incorporate elastic, and look very similar to |
| The cloth diaper industry has more depth to it than you | | | | disposables with the obvious caveat that they're not |
| might think, and it's easy to get confused about what | | | | meant to be disposed of. Prefolded diapers more |
| you might need if you don't know the differences | | | | closely resemble flats, but with extra padding in the |
| between diaper styles. Different types of cloth diapers | | | | right places to help the diaper fit better and prevent |
| will have different ups and downs, and you need to | | | | leakage. There are also Chinese prefolded diapers |
| know enough to go with the ones that work optimally | | | | which are notably more absorbent than the regular |
| for your situation. | | | | sorts you could find at the store. |
| We should start with an explanation of flats, the | | | | Prefolds, besides being probably the most popular |
| traditional, classic cloth diaper option. They're a single | | | | diaper type in the current environment, also have some |
| layer of cotton gauze. As you can imagine, they're not | | | | additional variety worth noting. They can come in |
| exactly sophisticated, and their current availability is | | | | bleached or unbleached forms, for instance. There are |
| really mostly due to inertia from its past legacy as a | | | | claims that unbleached are softer, but you'll have to be |
| predominant diaper type. Nowadays you can probably | | | | the judge of that for yourself. While most prefolded |
| do better. Of course, if you're willing to do the extra | | | | diapers are made of cotton, there are some made of |
| work folding and pinning them, then you can buy these | | | | hemp that are pricier in return for more absorbency. |
| types of diapers very cheaply. They also dry quite | | | | Almost all brands of prefolds are fairly simple to store |
| fast. | | | | and dry, and are flexible enough to adapt to various |
| Another kind of diaper that requires similar particularly | | | | body types, which is why prefolds are the diaper of |
| focused care to use properly is the pocket diaper. | | | | choice today. |
| They're defined primarily by consisting of two basic | | | | Now you know what's out there, and you know the |
| layers, an inner fleece layer and an outer layer, with an | | | | benefits and downsides to each diaper type. You still |
| opening in the back. The back opening is intended to | | | | have to be the one to decide what's best for your |
| be stuffed with anything from diaper liners to hand | | | | baby, though. No one can do that for you! |
| towels, whatever you need to absorb the output. While | | | | |