Cloth Diaper Kids Official Blog

How To Try On Cloth Diapers For Fit In Case You Have To Return Them
How do you try cloth diapers on your baby for fit without compromising their cleanliness in case you have to return them? Here are some tips:

#1) Check the weight range before you buy - All of our products have a manufacturer suggested weight range in the product description. Make sure that your baby fits within that range for the cloth diaper you're considering purchasing. If baby is within the weight range, then fit won't be an issue most of the time.

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5 Tips For Travelling With Babies in Cloth Diapers
Sometimes travelling with babies, toddlers or bigger kids seems like a ton of effort and if you have a baby or two in cloth it's one more thing to pack.

Here's some quick tips that helped me to make taking your diapers along the simplest part of your packing.

#1) PACK NATURAL FABRICS
Pack your bamboo, cotton, and hemp, and leave the microfibre at home (or take it only or layering with natural fabrics). Microfibre can be prone to compression leaking in carseats and baby carriers especially if you go a little longer than usual between changes and the inserts are very saturated.
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Top Tips For Dealing With Diaper Blowouts 💩
Let's be honest, blowouts are a lot less common when babies wear cloth diapers compared to when they wear disposables. But 💩 happens and sometimes it happens in a BIG way. This is a new parent's worst nightmare and no one wants to be stuck dealing with a smelly, uncomfortable mess, especially in public. If this is you, you're not alone and there are lots of ways to at least make a 'poo-splosion' less catastrophic. So what can you do to keep it contained in even the most extreme circumstances?

First, know your enemy. What causes a diaper blowout in the first place?
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How To Fold Flat Cloth Diapers

Personally, I like doing just a quick pad fold into a rectangle shape and then you can use them in a pocket diaper, or pop them in any cover. But if you want something more advanced and origami style...here you go, a tutorial just for you.

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Is Your Cloth Diaper Delaminated?
How do you know if your cloth diaper is delaminated? Is there a way to tell if the PUL or the TPU has been compromised or if that's the cause of your diaper leaks? Yes, it's easy to tell the...
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The Best Lactation Cookies For Breastfeeding (Or Anytime)
I struggled to breastfeed my babies and I tried everything to boost my milk supply: domperidone medication, blessed thistle and fenugreek, moringa, all the oatmeal and more. Tinctures and pills and teas and whatever else I could find, I tried it. I...
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The Ammonia Fix Trick
Do your cloth diapers have ammonia smell? Have you washed them and stripped them and used bleach and RLR and GroVia Mighty Bubbles and OxiClean and extra rinses and washes to no avail? Do they still have a tiny hint...
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Can I Use A Diaper Cover As A Swim Diaper?
NO! Don't do it! Diaper covers are laminated to be water resistant which means they work great at keeping wetness in when used over a fitted or prefold cloth diaper. If you use this same material in the swimming pool,...
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Don't Use Dryer Sheets With Your Cloth Diapers
So, if you’ve been using cloth diapers, you likely already know that you shouldn’t use commercial dryer sheets in the dryer. But why? Quite simply it’s because the chemical filled substance that makes the dryer sheet feel waxy is designed...
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