Fuzzibunz Diaper Review

We started Allstar on these cloth diapers at 2.5 months old, and we have been totally satisfied with them. We planned on moving him to cloth diapers around 1 month, but beacuse he was so small the first couple months we had to wait a bit longer. That meant that much longer with disposable diapers. We became very quick and got a good routine down with disposables...then we started cloth. It took us 2-3 weeks to get a good routine down, and start to fall in love with the cloth diapers. Allstar is still growing into them. He has some "junk in the trunk" for now, but he'll have the cutest bum on the block! They come in a variety of fun colors, and are darling on.
Why did we choose cloth diapers?
1. Healthy for the environment & baby
2. Cost savings [click here for estimates]
3. Comfort for baby
When I first brought up the idea w/Spencer he was totally against it. Then I sent him some info about cloth diapers and their perks, and he said we could look into them, but was not hopeful. That's what took us to the baby expo....
Why did we choose Fuzzibunz Cloth diapers?
We went to the baby expo before having the baby, specifically to check out diapers and see if we really wanted to go this direction. There was Fuzzibunz and Bummis there. I was originally swayed towards Bummis from the little research I had done, but whe we saw the Fuzzibunz, wow, there was no contest. With Bummis you are still using the pre-fold white diapers inside a cute waterproof casing w/velcro. But with Fuzzibunz, it's all in one. You just stuff an insert inside to absorb the pee, and put the whole diaper on just like normal, with snaps. At the expo we talked with the woman selling Fuzzibunz for 45 minutes, going over all aspects of cloth diapering. She really had to sell us, because we knew that cloth diapering would take some work. Well, she did great! We bought 18 diapers for $350. We have figured out that it will take us 6 months of use to recover the cost of cloth diapering, then after that, it is free diapers! There are many companies out there with different types and styles of cloth diapers now. They are macking a comeback for sure, especially with all the "go green" campaigns going on!
Other thoughts on our Cloth Diapers
1. We decided to purchase the One Size diapers, which means that they grow with the child, birth to potty training. They have adjustable elastic on the legs and waist to make the diaper smaller or bigger. We started with 18 diapers and now have a total of 22. This allows us to wash every other day or so, rather than every day. [This place is just down the road, if we ever want more]
2. Washing the diapers is really simple, it takes only a minute to toss [w/o touching them] into the dryer, thanks to our wet bag. It unzips at the bottom to invert the bag, pushing the diapers into the washer. It takes about 10 minutes to stuff the liner inside the pocket diapers afterwards, making it a 15 minute working process start to finish [minus the wash/dry obviously]. Spencer usually stuffs them while watching t.v.
3. We have made it very easy on us, getting & installing the right accessories. We have a Bidet Sprayer that Spencer installed for $35. This is for the poop, we spray it off rather than rinse directly into the toilet! We use wet bags that we put the used diapers into, while out and at work [diaper tote] and at home [diaper pail]. By using this diaper pail inside the closed lid wastebasket, it elimiates any smell in the bathroom & house.
4. So far, we have not experienced any "blowouts" or leakage. The elastic leg and waist casings have kept all the poop inside! One time, if it were a disposable, the poop would've been up his back, but the elastic was the saving factor in that case.
5. Most prople probably think it's disgusting that we have to deal with the poop, spraying it off, which means smelling it a little while we do that. Spencer deals with it, I don't mind it at all. I am actually really happy when I see the poop, knowing that he's getting it out and not keeping it in, causing his tummy to ache. And, the older he gets, the better his poop is spraying off the diaper anyway! We have started to use these flushable liners a couple times per day when I think the poop is coming. If I guess right, then the poop is mostly on the liner, which I can throw into the toilet, and not much poop is left on the diaper.
6. We will use disposable diapers while vacationing if more than 2 days, depending where we are going. Our last camping trip we used disposables. See, we still take advantage of the ease of disposables when needed.
7. CONS: there is a slight smell after baby urinates in the diaper. Most say it's like an ammonia smell. We are still trying to figure this out, by changing the settings on our washer and using different detergents. To us, we are used to it, to me it now smells a little like lemon. The other CON, is the microfleece "wicks" the wetness onto his clothes at his crotch if he has peed a couple times and I don't change him within 30 minutes of those. Really, if it's just pee, I could go 2-3 hours without changing him because of how the fabrics are made, because it draws the wetness away from the babys skin. But, because of the wicking, I change him every 1.5 hours usally. 30 min after feeding, then 30 min before next feeding. For now, those are the only CONS, and they really are not bad!

We hope you enjoyed this educational post, showing you that Cloth Diapers really have come a long way. We totally understand that this is OUR personal preference, and respect your decision of using disposable diapers, we really don't care either way what you choose. It does take us just a little bit more effort, we admit that, but to us, it is well worth it. Here are some of our pictures of this cloth diaper adventure!