This is a post about putting on cloth diapers. I call this fold the…
Gutter Fold
The diaper on the left is in the angle fold, on the right is what I am calling the gutter fold. (I did just find this here called the jellyroll.) I started doing the gutter fold after dealing with too many leaks using the angel fold. It is not perfect, but it is better.
Go to my flickr page to see the fold more in depth. Anyone else have suggestions?
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March 7, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Sarah Mosley
I’ve used the gutter fold for a long time, it’s good at containing exclusively breastmilk poop. I still use it on Michael and Jonas, but have started using the bikini fold on Evelyn. It’s quick, and simple, and because of where the layering ends up, works perfect for girls. (It isn’t so hot for boys.)
http://www.dy-dee.com/html/bikini_twist.html
If you roll the sides (‘jellyrole’) for your gutter fold tightly it should create a pretty good pocketlike space for containing Jane.
March 7, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Sarah Mosley
P.S. This is my favourite fitted. They are trim, and so absorbent. They also hold up really well in the wash (I wash like 4 times a week!) and are organic. They have like three huge layers in the wet zone, so it would make a fantastic night time fitted, if you’re in need of some nighttime diapers.
http://www.mtdiaperstore.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22_32&products_id=217
March 7, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Lauren
Those look nice. I do like it when the soaker is sewn in one end. It does clean and dry better.
It has fleece on the outside right? Is it an all-in-one? or do you use a cover on it?
March 7, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Lauren
http://www.mtdiaperstore.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22_34&products_id=267 These All-in-ones look nice too.
I am kind of confused about fleece. Sometimes it is used in covers is it not?
March 7, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Sarah Mosley
They make AIOs, but the link I gave you is to a fitted. I think Montana Diaper Store sells the AIOs, as well.
It isn’t fleece on the outside of the fitted, it’s cotton. They do have some nice natural (cotton, I guess) soft fabric on the internal soakers, tho. I really can’t say enough good things for these fitteds — it’s really nice that they don’t cost an arm and a leg and that they are always instock (unlike some other fitteds that are expensive and high in demand.
One inexpensive thing you can do to fitteds that you are using for nighttime to make them feel more not-wet to the child is to go to the store and buy a yard of fleece and make little diapersized strips to put on the inside of the diaper. I used to do that for Evelyn back when we used fitteds w/ wool soakers for nighttime.
Is it nap time at your house, too? Jonas is up, but he’s happy, at least.
March 7, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Lauren
Yep, naptime. I hear Jane calling. So I better go.
March 7, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Sarah Mosley
Yeah, I’ve seen some PUL (polyurethane) covers with fleece inners. Not sure what the point of that is AT ALL.
You can buy some covers that are ALL fleece. I have some. They are nice, and breathable, and generally stink after one use, and are hard to pull clovers over. Bulky.
I’m really all about PUL covers now (the Super Brite you have is a PUL cover). Motherease Airflows are fantastic and breathable. I really like the mod circles PUL covers from Blueberry Diapers, too.
March 7, 2008 at 4:35 pm
becca
super info. thanks!
March 7, 2008 at 5:57 pm
marian
It would be interesting to whip up a chart that shows the cost savings of cloth diapers + extra washing machine loads + dryer loads vs. disposables. I understand cloth is healthier (based on your blog post) but I wonder what the difference is in environmental impact (ie, energy used, fresh water used, adding to sewage, chlorine pollution, etc…)
btw, based on one of your blogs (the one on Lunapads, I believe), I started using the Diva Cup No leaks! No garbage! No TSS! woot!
March 7, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Sarah Mosley
there is a calculator like that i once saw somewhere online, marian, regarding cost savings. at the diaperpin.com maybe?
when looking at the environmental impact of cloth v. sposies you have to look at all the trees cut down to produce the paper, the carbon emissions from all the machines used to cut down the trees, all the oil used in transporting the trees to the mill, the water and energy that is used in producing disposables, all the dioxin being put into the water supply as a byproduct of bleaching the diapers white, all the oil that is used and all the carbon emissions produced from transporting disposables around the country, and then the impact of filling our landfills with disposables (no one knows how long it takes a disposie to decompose — they haven’t been around long enough, i’ve heard estimates of up to 250 years) and human waste (not sure why this matters because landfills are toxic by nature and because of the lack of oxygen NOTHING decomposes, but it is illegal to put feces in the garbage, you’re supposed to flush it down the toilet).
anyway, cloth diapers are produced once, no bleach is used, they consume less oil and produce less carbon emissions in their travel to the consumer, and use about ‘5 toilet flushes worth’ of water in their washing, and can be line dried w/o much worry. they also are decomposable.
but yes, a study with numbers would be interesting.
p.s. diva cups are where it’s at.