Forgive the audio mis-sync that occurs early in the video. Suddenly my voice turns ogre-ish and my lips don’t match my words :) .
Simple, reliable answers to all your cloth diaper questions
Simple, reliable answers to all your cloth diaper questions
Forgive the audio mis-sync that occurs early in the video. Suddenly my voice turns ogre-ish and my lips don’t match my words :) .
Jessie says
Congrats! He is adorable.
Heidi says
Hey Autumn, I have loved reading your blog and it really helps me with preparing for my little one and standing up to all my cloth diaper hating friends and relatives. One thing though, I am very very brand new at this and this is my first baby, do you think you could go through some of your acronyms? I know CD is cloth diapering but I get confused at EFB and DD and all the other ones that I should probably know. Could you just explain the main ones that are used for those of us less “in the know”.
Autumn Beck says
I have a comprehensive list available in my book The Ultimate Guide to Cloth Diapers. :)
EFB= exclusively breastfed
DD= dear daughter
DS= dear son
DH= dear husband
WAHM= work at home mom
Nicole says
Be still my heart! Congrats on your newest blessing!
Autumn Beck says
<3 Thank you!
Arikan says
Karen S.
I know that ImseVimse also has covers for premies and are highly recommended. And Totsbots Teenyfits are just soooo adorable with their new prints.
I don’t know who carries them in th US, tough.
Kristen says
He is sooo beautiful! we just found out we are expecting our third this august so I am super excited for NB cloth diapers they are sooo cute! congrats!!
Jessica Welch says
What a precious gift to see that sweet little newborn smile. Congratulations and thanks for the post that tickled my heart this morning. Aw!
Diana says
Hey Autumn, what diaper did you say you recommend for newborns? Your little one is just too precious! I want another one!!!
Autumn Beck says
I have a couple that I recommend most but in the video I mentioned Goodmama newborns ;) Blog post coming soon …
Karen S says
Congrats Autumn! He’s beautiful! Do you have any suggestions for cloth diapering TINY newborns? I am due with twin girls and I expect them to be 5 lbs or less. Do you know of any preemie sizes either fitteds or prefolds and covers? Thanks for your time!
Autumn Beck says
Lil’ Joeys and Mutts (www.littlefluffmonster.com). For covers, Proraps comes in preemie size (2-6lbs). I always buy several brands of covers and always use my Proraps almost exclusively. They are simple.
Katey says
Congratulations Autumn!! What a little sweetie and how fun to see him in the video. Your blog is the best… it’s been SUCH a source of insight and comfort to me when I ventured into cloth diapering after the birth of my daughter five months ago. So far so good, your recommendations are spot on! Take care.
Shauna says
Congratulations! He is precious. Looking forward to the newborn reviews. Have #3 on the way in June and have been wanting to branch out from my Kissaluvs!
Vanessa Haulk says
Congratulations, he is really cute!
I have a question about Banana Peels- I saw your positive reviews and decided to give them a try. I placed an Order last Sunday and got back a confirmation email, my credit card was also charged. However, despite an email and phone call I have yet to hear back or receive a shipping notification. I just want to make sure they are still in business and see if I should give them more time or contact my credit card company. Also, I want to make sure others don’t lose any money if they have gone out of business. Thanks for all your help, i love your blog and have been using cloth for 6 months since I found it.
Autumn Beck says
Oh no, Vanessa! They are definitely still in business. Let direct her to your comment ;)
Ann Marie says
What a dolly! :D Congrats and best wishes to you and your family!
Debbie says
Congratulations from Canada! You and your baby look great! Makes me want to have another baby. I am glad you shared the diapers you are using but how many would you need to cloth diaper a newborn. With my last I was hesitant because I didn’t know what would work or how many I needed. Are the goodmamas AIOs?
Autumn Beck says
Goodmamas are fitteds. I recommend 2 dozen at least. If you have someone helping you with laundry you might get by with 18 but that’s tight. Even if you didn’t have enough to cloth diaper full time at least you’d be able to do it some of the time…which is good, right? ;)
Anna says
I do have a question. I cloth diapered pretty early on with this baby, and I did notice I was changing a LOT. Kind of difficult to be changing and washing so much when you are just numb from exhaustion. Do you have some extra help at home? But I’m even more curious about the meconium- how easily does that come out in the wash? Post meconium bowels are no big deal with breastfed babies, but that is sticky, sticky stuff. Thanks for your help and congratulations!
Autumn Beck says
I have never had a problem with meconium. I toss the diapers in the pail same as the yellow poo :) I don’t even have stains…but then again most of the first day diapers were dark colored inner fabric.
Yes, I do have a tremendous amount of help. My husband and 8yo daughter do all the laundry. This time I was blessed to have my mom here for a few days after Camden’s birth and she was a laundry fool! I could take a diaper off and it’d be washed before the end of the day lol. Was the baby you mention your first? I ask because there is a significant decrease in the number of days it takes to recover with subsequent children. Which is a blessing!
Anna says
Actually this is baby four, the first in cloth. We really started with the cloth at 2 weeks, when the meconium was gone and the umbilical cord healed. I just noticed (especially during the fussy 2-6 week period) that I was changing diapers all the time. And sleep was scarce, it was just hard. But it was also brief (relatively). And now that she’s older- she still hates to be wet, but changing her diaper always results in a happy smiley girl- SO worth it.
Katie M says
welcome to the world Camden! Congrats on a successful birth
Autmn- look forward to hearing your newborn reviews but take your
time and settle into life with a new baby!
Kim Rosas says
Congrats Autumn! He is a beautiful cloth diaper
model!
Sarah Doerneman says
Beautiful babe! I have only been reading your blog for the last week and a half when I started researching why my fuzzibunz are repelling and my daughter was not recovering from her awful diaper rash. Anyhoo, got the Bac-Out and am amazed!!! I stripped my diapers twice and then used the Bac-Out and what a difference. I also found out about buying special diapers/inserts for nighttime off your blog. For the past 8 1/2 months I have been using disposables at night because I just figured that cloth diapers don’t work for the heavy wetters, what did I know!? My question (when you have time) is I have the Fuzzibunz one size pocket diapers, would it work to do a hemp insert along with the microfiber insert for more absorbency overnight? If so, what hemp inserts would you suggest? I noticed Fuzzinbunz does make their own. Also, I have been reading a lot of the comments on the Sloomb diapers, but the wool covers are pretty pricey. What do you think? I don’t want to spend a lot, would like to use my fuzzibunz if I could through the night, but if I have to invest in a couple new diapers for overnight, I was thinking about the pooters. Thanks for taking the time to read my comment. Congrats, again!
Autumn Beck says
Yes, hemp is great for nighttime cloth diapering. Check out the SuperDo 2G insert by Knickernappies. It is a hemp/microfiber insert. Or Babykicks hemp inserts to lay under your FB microfiber inserts. Pooters are excellent nighttime diapers. Sterling is asleep in one right now :)
France says
Congratulations!! He is SOOO beautiful, and you look
great!
Arikan says
Congratulations! I can’t wait to read about CD-ing a
newborn!
Heidi Meier says
I will be glued to your site as my youngest DD just turned
1 on 1-3 and our #5 is due in August. We tried cding a newborn, but
didn’t know enough about all the products, so we really didn’t get
the hang of it until she was 8 mos. I’m so exciting to read your
reviews! Can’t believe you look so beautiful 3 days after.
Blessings to all of you!
Jennifer says
Such a cutie! And you look great! I’m very curious about newborn diapering. With my little guy (now 8 months and not so little) we started at about 3 weeks with gdiapers but weren’t 100% CD until about 4 months when I bought a variety of diapers and found some that worked better for us. Next time around I want to start right away. How do Lil Joeys compare to Goodmanas? They look similar in style from the pictures but are a lot cheaper and don’t need a cover. I’ve learned with my husband the simpler the diaper the more willing he is to change so I think needing a cover is too many steps for him. Enjoy your little one (who shares a birthday with me)!
Autumn Beck says
I’ll answer that question soon in a post :)
Sommer says
Oh my gosh, he is just a beautiful baby! Such a sweet
little face. Congratulations on your new addition, I’m sure he will
make a great model :) Good luck to you with your little
guy!
Jannea says
I am so happy for you! Can’t wait for your newborn reviews
because I have one coming this July. Yay!
rachel says
Beautiful, beautiful baby boy! And you look great, mama!
Yanira says
He is just tooo cute!! God bless all of you!
Kati says
Congratulations! What a darling baby boy. Such happy news!
Brandy says
Congratulations on s sweet new babe!
Tegan says
Congratulations! He is precious!
Kristi says
Congratulations!!!
I hope he nurses well, sleeps great and fits right in to your family dynamic without much sibling jealousy :)
My little girl showed up early and is one month old today! So far CDing is hit and miss. She has such super skinny legs that even the nb proraps are big! She’s gained 1 1/2lbs, tho (7 1/2lbs today!) so they do at least fit better than when we first brought her home. There’s no secret tricks I’m missing to get them to fit better, is there? She’s wearing preemie prefolds snappied underneath. I have “infant” prefolds, too, but those are still gigantic.
Congrats again! He’s super adorable!
Lisa says
Congratulations, Autumn and welcome, Camden!!!
Julia says
Congrats!! He is so adorable!! You are so
blessed!!
esley henkes says
Beautiful baby! Welcome Camden.
Desi says
Congratulations! He is adorable. I can’t wait for my little
one due next month. I have been collecting my diaper stash. I have
2 year old twins in cloth but I have never cloth diapered a newborn
before. Any tips?
Emi says
Congrats mama! My new little man was born just a week
before on Christmas Day. Sending fluffy love and Zzzzs your way
;-)
Cristy says
Oh Autumn! He is BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations! Enjoy him! God
Bless, Cristy
kimberly ross says
Congrats on the birth of your son! He is
beautiful!!!
Melvina aka MamaBearof5 says
Beautiful!! Love the part where the dog was trying to get
in on the action!! Congradulations Autumn!!
JulieK says
WOW – awesome – congrats!!! That is wonderful – he is
adorable! :)
Britt says
Congratulations! What a gorgeous little guy! Hope you can
get some shut-eye while he’s sleeping. Take care!
Sasha R says
Hi!! Thanks so much for sharing….only 3 days after birth
and already “back at work!” Wow. Well, I have a soon to be 1 yr.
old (on Jan. 22nd) and am due with our second sweetie on April
5th!! Because we didn’t start using cloth diapers until our first
one was 5 months old, I’m curious to know what the best, cheapest
route is for using cloth from day one! I’ve considered just using
prefolds with a cover from thirsties, but if you (or anyone else)
has any suggestions that would be great! Our 1 yr. old has been
using AIOs that I made from fabric a friend gave me (she gave up on
making them). However, not sure I have the time to make sized ones
for the new baby. Thanks and CONGRATULATIONS!!! Love reading your
blog and recommendations.
Adrian Post says
He’s adorable…Congratulations!
Brooke says
Congratulations!
carisa thomas says
congrats!
Ashley says
He is too cute!! Congratulations :)
Janet says
Congratulations! I’m so excited for you! He is so adorable.
I can;t wait to hear the new reviews.
LesLee says
He is beautiful! I will be cloth diapering a newborn for the first time with this one. I’m not sure if you had him circumcised but if so or if you know, how does that work with cloth? I have read that fleece liners work or that a lot of people just use sposies until it is all healed up, what do you suggest? I have a decent newborn stash and tend to have big babies so I am hoping to get to cd from birth. I will be following your blog for all my newborn diaper questions, thank you so much!!
Autumn Beck says
We don’t circumcise. I would use fleece liners before I’d use disposables. Since you tend to have big babies, you’ll probably be able to skip all my newborn recs! Sterling was 9lb at birth and some newborn diapers are barely fitting him.
AudnZaxMom says
I just wanted to write a quick note and tell you
congratulations on the birth of a BEAUTIFUL baby boy!! Love his
smile! Good luck and I hope you can get some rest. God
bless!
Melanie says
CONGRATULATIONS! He is perfect! Makes me want another baby!
Thanks for posting, Autumn. Your web-site has been such a wealth of
information for me. This is where I come for all of my cloth diaper
questions! Again, congratulations to you and your family on your
newest addition.
Beth @ Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique says
CONGRATULATIONS, Autumn!! He is absolutely gorgeous! Enjoy
every minute! :) ~Beth
April Roberts says
He’s beautiful! Congratulations! I have a Camden as
well!
Majaliwa Bass says
Hi Camden Elijah! I love sweet newborn babies!
Mmmwaah!
Angie says
Beautiful little man!! Take care Mamma and get yourself
some rest when and if you can :)
Elizabeth says
AWESOME! He is a handsome little guy! Congrats congrats
congrats!
Rasa says
Congratulations! You have wonderful baby , I wish you a
peaceful nights and rivers of milk and lots of love !
Jenny says
Congrats!! He is adorable!!
Jamie Lynn says
Congratulations, Autumn!!! He’s absolutely beautiful!
:)
Keller says
Congratulations Autumn! He’s precious. I waited until LO
was about 2 months to start cloth diapering as nothing I had
purchased seemed to fit – everything was way too big. Then one
month into it, he grew out of the prefolds and covers! We now have
a full stash of pockets and AI2s and everything fits great. I
really want to try to CD from the start with our next one, so
thanks for the tip on the Good Mamas!
Yesenia says
Congratulations! Camden is adorable. Looking forward to you
reviews. Your blog has been so helpful to this first time cloth
diapering mom.
lacey says
He is a doll! Congratulations! :)