Flat Diapers

My sister requested a series on the different kinds of cloth diapers. I like cloth diapers, so I am happy to oblige. I decided to start with my favorite newborn diaper, the flat diaper. A flat diaper is exactly what you are thinking. Or maybe not...I am not sure what you are thinking. It is a big square single layer of fabric. Plain Jane so to speak. You fold it to fit your baby in the way that provides the best fit and the most absorbency where your little one needs it. For instance, boys and belly sleepers need more layers on the front. Girls in the middle or back. When Selah was a newborn, I use the origami fold and rolled in the fabric around the legs to catch the poo. As of late, I have been using the kite fold with a doubler folded inside. They are super trim, which is nice for clothes that are not so forgiving of big cloth booty.



http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Cloth-Diaper This website has tons of folds to choose from to give you an idea of just how versatile these diapers are.


The thing I love most about flat diapers is how easy they are to clean and take care of. If you are seriously considering cloth diapers, people will warn that you cannot put your everyday run of the mill diaper cream on cloth diapers. That is not the case with my flats. (Now, I NEVER advise desitin with cloth because the cod liver oil will make your diapers stink). These are just a single layer of fabric and I have used Vaseline, bag balm, butt paste, aquaphor, or whatever else is handy. It always washes out, and I have never had stinky, repelling, leaking diapers.



I have two kinds of flat diapers. Imagine flat diapers from nickisdiapers.com and flour sack towels that I bought at Sam's Club. The fst's are actually bigger and I like them better now that she isn't so little, but I still use my imagine diapers just the same.



If I built my intire stash with flats, I could easily cloth diaper through potty training for Under 100 dollars. Lots of people also use receiving blankets from thrift stores and they are super cheap as well.


Cloth diapering doesn't have to be expensive or time consuming or hard. And best of all it is adorable!