Our Cloth Diapering System

I've had a few people inquire as to what we are doing for our cloth diapering system so I thought I would just post it (links and all in one post) here that way I don't have to type it 30 times LOL... 

From Kellys Closet we will order - 

8 Wahmie One Size diapers - I like these the best and they would be harder for toddler to figure out how to take off, but the hooks do take some getting used to. 
4 Baby Kanga One Size diapers - Paul likes these the best because of the lack of hooks, but I wonder how long it will take Cooper to figure out how to take it off. I also really love that the pocket is zippered!! 
The Bum Genius Diaper Sprayer - This will make clean up easy. It hooks onto your toilet and you can just spray the poop right into the toilet, then toss the wet diaper in the diaper pail until wash day. 

From Emi Beans we will order - 

5 packs of 8 inche wipes - Yep, we are switching to cloth wipes as well. This is the best deal I have been able to find online, and the reviews are great. 
1 Regular Size Wahmie Wet Bag - This fits right into our diaper pail. You put your wet, dirty diapers into the diaper pail and on wash day dump the diapers into the laundry and toss the bag in with it!!!
1 Mini Size Wahmie Wet Bag - Same concept as the regular size bag, but for your dipaer bag!!! 
1 Swim Diaper - This is obviously for when we take him in the pool lol. 

Ready for a total price?

We are ordering from two different companies because one company doesn't have everything we need/want. And on Kellys Closet orders over $99 ship free, at Emi Beans orders of $75 ship free...

Here's the break down -

12 cloth diapers at $17.95/dipe = $215.40
One Diaper Sprayer = $39.99
5 pack of 6 wipes at $8/pack = $40
Regular Size Wet Bag = $15.50
Mini Size Wet Bag = $8.75
Swim Diaper = $12.75

TOTAL = $332.39 

Free shipping on all orders (see above as why).

Inserts/Doublers = 

We will also need to order inserts/doublers, I have not decided on where and what brand of inserts/doublers to get. Some diapers come with the inserts (Baby Kangas do, Wahmies don't) which means that we only need to buy inserts for the Wahmies. YOU DO NEED INSERTS FOR POCKET DIAPERS. We are also thinking we may be able to use our Gerber Prefold Bidseye Cloth Diapers (that we are currently using as burp cloths) for inserts, thus eliminating this cost. I will bump/update this post when I figure out what we are going to do in this area. If we do order inserts/doublers I am planning to spend at least $40 on these. And will most likely get 8 of the Bum Genius One Size Inserts. Or 8 of the Wahmies One Size Inserts.

Break down of those -

8 BG OS Inserts = $27.92
8 Wahmies OS Inserts = $38

Add that too our previous total of $332.29 and you have a new total of

total = $360.21 or $370.29

How our system will work (of course this is just a guess) -

For wet diapers - Take the wet diaper to the diaper pail in the bathroom, shake the insert in to the pail, drop the diaper in the pail along with the wipes that were used. Close pail lid.

For poopy diapers - Take the poopy diaper into the bathroom, spray out into the toilet, shake insert into the pail, drop diaper in the pail along with the wipes there were used. Closed pail lid.

I plan on washing diapers at least every other day (most likely everyday). However you can leave diapers in a pail for up to 3-5 days. When I do wash I will just take the whole wet bag out of the pail (full of dipes, inserts and wipes), dump the dipes into the washer and toss the wet bag in with the wash. We are using Charlies Soap for our cloth diapers.

Here is a wonderful site that has really helped me:

Diaper Pin - They have wonderful info, tons of real ppl reviews on diapers and diaper stores, how to guides, etc... It's a great site.

This system may not work for eveyrone. Hopefully it works for us though. Like I said, I am guessing at how our system will work as we don't have our diapers yet.

Hope this helps!!!

xoxoxo

Amanda and a fuzzy-butted Cooper!!!