Why I love FLATS & PREFOLDS more than Inserts
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Why do I love flats and prefolds so much?
Because they’re multipurpose! They do so much more than an insert can.
They’re affordable and can be used long after your cloth diapering journey is over
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Absorbencies I currently enjoy:
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❤️Smart bottoms hemp prefold: bit.ly/2GqsmkE
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❤️Thirsties Hemp Inserts: bit.ly/2SRJLIT
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❤️Diaper Rite Bamboo Prefolds: bit.ly/2UWcGsD
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I love how real you are !!!! I have seen so many cloth diaper UA-camrs and you are my FAV!!!
when i first went into cloth diapers i thought id never use flats or prefolds, loved the idea of inserts for pocket diapers but i decided to try them out whilst trying to find a way to keep my daughter from wetting through overnight and now theyre definitely my favourite!
So I just did the math with disposables compared to the my sweet pickles rental program and I am furious that I’ve never heard of this before! I’m due with baby #5 in July and I am definitely renting newborn diapers! Thank you so much you are a blessing to my life
Love love love my flower sacks 💜
The bulk is where it's at! More bulk more absorbent!
Loved this! I use my stash pretty much exactly this way! My inserts are essentially boosters for my flats and prefolds 😀
Now in my 6th month of diapering journey, ive started to use my flats a lot more than my inserts alone. I have some microfiber inserts but from geffen ( i think) i use them layered with a flat for night time ocassionally. I notice I switch back and forth, from just prefolds to just flats and adding a hemp to them for naps and night time. I tend to leave my all in ones for the diaper bag.
New subbie! I'm 22 weeks and CD is relatively small in Australia so listening to your advice is great. Also as a fellow Taurean I agree 100% on soft buttery everything!
How did you find using cloth?
Love the video. I’m with you on prefolds and flats. I think they are the best and most cost effective way to cloth diaper. I bought most of my prefolds and flats locally second hand so it’s possible to sell them that way and make a little without shipping costs.
I totally forgot about local! That’s probably the best way to sell (and buy) flats and prefolds.
So much info! Thank you!
I think your channel is my home. Thank you for keeping all the kid screaming, breaks, and realness in. Are you sure you’re not filming at my house? 😂😂👍🏻 you’re my kind of mom. I can’t get into the Pinterest worthy channels as much since I am probably watching while my monsters sleep or while chasing them naked through the house. Even my husband who was half listening said “oh my gosh typical kids.” 😂 You’ve earned two new fans and my husband doesn’t like ANYTHING I am into so it’s an honor coming from him. Edited to add: also cloth diapering mom that has a few flats, and prefolds, but never gave my flats the time they deserved in my stash! I am committed to change that with this kid and use my flats more. I too have been over the stupid microfiber. Started using hemp and bamboo such a game changer! Or prefolds in my pockets. I have a love/hate relationship with my pockets and will probably be reaching for my covers and flats or prefolds more with incoming January baby.
Honestly, I love that 😂😂
The early days of parenthood are straight survival mode lol. I’m always fascinated by those who can make parenting seem glamorous but that certainly ain’t my experience haha
Yes I love prefolds and flats! I prefer them over inserts.
Jayjabbers love it 😍
Yes, I love it I no longer buy paper towels either and use Gerber prefolds from Target. And I just learned how to make cloth wipes solution and cut up some soft old tee-shirts I bought at the consignment store for this purpose, and no more buying wipes either 😁 saving $. with all my older kid's I had no idea about the chemical' s in disposable's and wipes 😠 we just switched over to cloth when we found out and how to do it had no idea I had so much to learn and I thank you for that ❤ I always wondered what do u do with the poop I thought gross , but now that I learned it's not bad at all 😊
Gerber pf. How well are they with newborn?
Love your chanel hun I'm on my ivf train ride praying hard that I can use cloth soon x
Sending all the baby dust sweetie 😘💕💕
Just watched this video and saw your comment was first. Hope you're holding your rainbow baby right now! I'm currently 26w with mine. :)
I'm trying so hard to look into other ways of cloth diapering. Because honestly I'm bias. I want only pocket diapers. But this is my first baby so....I'm not even sure if I'll love pocket diapers.
I appreciate your channel so much Jay
I think most people start off thinking pockets or aios will be best because they are "easier" then figure out they don't hold up to leaks as well on older babies or get annoyed stuffing them and end up preferring cover systems. I was that way too now I can't imagine wasting money on a pocket or aio they are so annoying to only use once and not for more than an hour or so and take forever to get cleaned properly on top of it. And I had all aios to start on my oldest.
I started with prefolds so I always think it’s normal and not bulky 🤣🤣🤣 perceptions. I had a few people tell me last year they were bulky and I thought they were crazyyyyy
I have no idea how people are supposed to comment on videos but it’s hard to wait till the end if that’s what I’m supposed to do
As long as there are no leg gaps then I don’t mind bulkiness. Hazel used to have the most ridiculous fluff butt lol.
Hi there hun sadly no rainbow baby I’m praying very hard 4 round of ivf now but still have hope xx good luck hun
Hello Jay..your videos are really helpful..I am due this July and I would like to start my journey with cloth diapering from new born. So I would like to start with pre-folds with nappy cover for just born until few months and later planning for pocket diapers. So my doubt is for how many hours pre-folds stay dry for new born babies. I know it depends on the babies frequency but I would like to know approximately for how many hours do I need to change.
I’m probably the only person that likes gerber Prefolds
They work good enough for me in a pocket diaper or laying on top
FYI for a 6 month old baby
If I need a boost I just wrap one of the microfiber inserts it came with
But I hardly ever do that, I fold 2 prefolds
I use those same clotheez muslin flats and love them, especially when I'm in Cuba and we are washing with cold water and line drying. They still get clean! And I use them for so many other things too. (Yuck to microfiber.)
Handwashing microfiber **shivers** is horrible. I used to handwash my diapers and there's nothing worse than handwashing microfiber lol. It's where my hate of microfiber stems from actually. Flats are the best though!
@@JaysNest I have microfiber cleaning rags and I hate how I feel against my skin. It's like they suck the moisture right out of my skin. They give me the heebie jeebies. I got a ton of hand me down bum genius with so many microfiber inserts, most brand new. Well, they stayed brand new because I refused to use them. I gave them away to some other cloth diapering mom that wanted them. Good riddance.
Hahaha the buttery soft side rant !😆🤣🤣 and I So agree!!! I love pockets, dresses with POCKETS!!!😀😄💃RULE!!!📏
But hey, I don't know if I'm crazy or not but I swear you put up a video within the last month that said something like "Am I doing this right? Too big/bulky?" Did you by chance take it down or change the title? Like I said before though... I could just be crazy! 😁
Dresses with pockets are my life 😩😂❤️
I feel like I’ve had a DREAM where I made a video like that 🤔 no joke! Are you interacting with me in dream world? 😂 sometimes I have dreams about making videos and interacting with people who comment. It’s very strange. I haven’t made a video about that but I have dreamt about it lol.
Jay's Nest hahahaha!!!😂😂 So funny!!! I bet we are!😉 I'll see you in dream world!!😆😪😴🌌
My daughter has leaked through her pockets and prefolds in them are huge bc she’s only 2 months but we love prefolds so much I’m thinking of just only doing prefolds and covers and when I do the jelly roll it seems like they are more trim on her.
folding prefolds around baby are trimmer than stuffing it into a pocket, at least in my opinion it is. Plus the jelly roll is great for holding in poops!
You'll probably be able to stuff in the pockets when shes older and gotten those chunky baby thighs.
Carla D yes that’s what i have on her now but the bulk of it looks like it’s causing her to not be able to move as much. But yea like you said tho over time she could grow into it. She soaked through microfiber so fast. I have to try something bc our prefolds and covers works perfect.
My daughter totally outgrew the absorbancy to the two microfiber inserts at 2.5 months. She's four months now and I am.struggling a LOT with leaks. I'm just trying out flats with either a hemp or bamboo insert now and they are worse than microfiber and hemp or bamboo. I'm at a total loss. I don't know what to do!
@Angela Conn Oh yeah, they've been washed at least 100 times by now lol. Flats are useless to me. She soakes them in 30 mins. I have resorted to disposables and cloth at night time (I put a disposable on then a cloth over it. She leaks through the disposables by themselves too!) That works most nights, but it's hard to get the fit right when doing that, so it some times leaks due to improper fit. Why is this so difficult lolol???
Weird question. How do you sanitize prefolds and flats to be used for kitchen unpaper towels? I know that they get clean in the wash, but I don't know, some of mine have stains and to use as like a napkin, I don't know. I guess I know they were pooped on? We have separate flannel prints for unpaper towels for this reason, but when we're out of diapers I'd love to use them as an unpaper towel. I guess bleach them for the transition? The sanitize setting? Only use stained ones as a swiffer head?
You could use the sun to bleach them. The sun takes out stains.
I’ve read back in the day when flats were the common cloth diaper they used to iron them and that provides extra sanitization so you could do that :)
Looking beautiful Jay!! Did you heard that MoonGlade Stitchery closed? 😕 Do you think that these tiny newborn inserts from Geffen Baby are worth it? Or the regular size can fit on a newborn diaper?
Yes I saw that. I was there when it all went down, I’m sad about it. I loved her shop.
I LOVE my geffen inserts. I’ve been using my newborn ones since willow was born. She was a heavy wetter as a baby and they were a life saver. They have a great resale value too.
I use them as boosters now.
The regular size are huge. You could always fold it down though, if you’re trying to get it to work on a newborn. I have both the regular size and newborn size. I use and enjoy them both!
Holla. I toss all my inserts even the bamboo ones into a bin and forget them. I just use prefolds 🙈 I need to find a new budget prefold recommendation tho. It’s hard being Canadian.
You can get osocozy through walmarts website.
Yesenia Contreras and at LagoonBaby. I haven’t tried their prefold yet I’ve been anxious for some unknown 🤣🤣🤣
I used to recommend Bummis but they went out of business
Rearz has some great prices, and you can get them at well.ca
@@ClothDiaperPodcast osocozy are really good
Im a Taurus too
What do you recommenced for a pocket diaper on a toddler? I was looking at cotton prefolds and hemp inserts?
How big is your toddler?
There are a few brands out there that cater to the toddler frame 😊
@@JaysNest He's small. 2.5 and 25% He is about 34 in and 27 lbs. He isn't chunky anymore. Pretty skinny.
Alexis Arroyo hemp and bamboo are a lot more absorbent than cotton but absorb very slowly. I pair them with a microfiber insert that isn’t super absorbent but does soak up pee very quickly. Hope this helps! I’ve never used cotton but I would think they’d work similar to microfiber. Double inserts are key! Microfiber with a hemp or bamboo work perfect.
You stuff your pre fold and flats inside the pocket diaper or on top? If I get hemp pre fold I will need an absorber like microfiber on top right? How do I go about it if I’m using diaper covers? 😅
Stuff inside the pocket.
You *could* lay ontop of the pocket as long as it’s not a microfiber insert.
While hemp is a slower absorber, it’s not as slow as people think. Cloth diaper podcast filmed some videos on that. I want to do some absorbency videos like that too.
It *does matter if your child is a flooder though. If your child pees huge amounts all at once then you’ll need to put natural fibers against the skin. Pockets don’t work for flooders because it slows down the absorption. I made a video a few weeks ago called “here’s why your pocket diapers are leaking”. That has some great info on why pockets don’t work for flooders
@@JaysNest wow that makes sense haha so fold the microfiber or cotton insert inside the hemp pre fold. Thanks I’ll check those videos out !
Is there any chance you’d make a video of your “dream stash”?
Yes! one day Lol. It’s not something I’m really jumping out my boots to do right now because I have other projects I’m working on. Not sure I’ll be building a “dream stash” because I’d end up with 300 diapers and that amount of diapers is overwhelming. I regularly use 50 and it still feels a little much 😆I used to have 250+ in 2016. WAAAAAY too many diapers than I could handle lol
I just mean if you could completely start from scratch, what would you put in your stash? Obviously Mama Koala Pockets 😂
I have collected a lot of mama koala because of the prints lol. The elastics aren’t tight and I’m already having some relax after 6-8months of use. I have a few with really weak snaps. So while the prints are cute.. the quality is.... eh.
I hate saying that because I’ve been a brand rep and the owner is the sweetest person in the world. She’s genuinely so giving and nice. But I have a hard time recommending a product if it’s not good quality.
I’ll talk more about Mama Koala in a comparison video:
Mama Koala VS Alva. I’ll be working on the video edit this upcoming week.
Mama koala makes up most of my stash though lol. I’m not really in love with anything right now besides stretchy flats 😂
Stretchy flats are definitely life here. I like that I can padfold or origami fold and still get an awesome fit🤷🏻♀️
What is your advice for a daytime heavy wetters? I have been doing a microfiber insert with either a hemp or bamboo insert underneath with our pocket diapers. I have to use pocket diapers or else my baby girl gets a rash from the wetness. My daughter is 4 months old. And she is leaking out of all of her diapers and it pisses me off! Lol. I heard nothing but good about fst, so I tried those out and it is so much worse! I'm at a total loss. Idk what to do anymore. I don't want to spend anymore money on diaper bc nothing seems to be working. Our wash routine is a nightmare, which is why I really wanted fst to work out bc I HATE washing microfiber. But alas, they don't work for heavy wetters. Ughhh
For a heavy wetter I’d definitely ditch the microfiber and FSTs.
I mean you could always double up or triple up on FSTs but that’s bulky. I did it for the flats and hand washing challenge and the diapers were huge.
I definitely prefer things like hemp for heavy wetters. It’s my go to because it’s just something that has worked for me when trouble shooting. I love keeping hemp inserts around as boosters. I never use them by themselves though.
For me, flats with hemp inserts are my go-to day time choice. I like diaper rite bamboo flats & nickis bamboo flats. I’ve heard imagine bamboo flats are great too.
I’m a bargain shopper so I like stalking the swaps for good deals or putting out an ISO post. I really love stretchy flats. I actually just pad fold them lol. Sometimes you can find people selling them for cheap on the swap pages. There’s a flats,Fitteds, Woolies BST page on Facebook. I’ve gotten a few good deals there, but stretchy flats are a luxury item.
I like green mountain diapers muslin flats with a hemp insert.
I like smart bottoms hemp prefolds.
Geffen hemp inserts & thirsties hemp inserts are among my favorite hemp inserts to use as boosters. They have a great resale and are good quality.
I also like bamboo prefolds with hemp inserts. Right now I’ve been really liking the imagine bamboo prefold.
Heavy wetter is such a hard term to work around because depending on how many ounces your baby pees different things will work. Good quality absorbency is definitely worth the investment though. You can find them on them on the swaps for 50-70% of retail prices. Swaps are pretty slow so it’s a buyers market right now.
I hope you’re able to find something that works ❤️ The trial and error of cloth really sucks
@@JaysNest Thank you so much! I really hate washing microfiber. On top of absorbency issues is finding a good wash routine! I hate my he washer. In my old apartment, my other washer was so much better! It's so frustrating. Many times anything my daughter pooped on comes out heavily stained and I'll just was them again. Washing the diapers takes six hours for me and I can't stand it. I wash eod
Hi. I'm completely new to cloth nappies. For a newborn would 18 muslins, 12 Terry towels and 6 wraps be enough to start off with please?
Oh absolutely! You can always adjust your stash over time but that’s a good place to start.
@@JaysNest Thank you.
what are your favorite flat? more for heavy wetter. flour sac towles are defiantly not enough absorablncy lol
I agree, fst’s aren’t great for heavy wetters.i guess it depends on how many ounces of absorbency you need.
I find that muslin flats are very absorbent. They’re equivalent to a medium cotton prefold. Green mountain diapers has a great muslin flat! Nickis diapers also has a great affordable muslin flat.
Idk the science of oz they absorb but I’d say muslin flats absorb about the same amount as a bamboo/cotton flat. I have nickis bamboo flats and diaper rite bamboo flats. I have the size large and love them. They’re decently affordable. I’ve heard good things about imagine bamboo flats but they cost a few more dollars than nickis and diaper rite. I haven’t tried them. Lainas Life says the Imagine bamboo flats are much softer than nickis bamboo flats.
Stretchy flats and hemp flats are great for heavy wetters.
I personally love my stretchy flats the most. You can diy them or buy them from work at home moms. I have a diy video. That’s the cheapest way to have them in your stash OR go to the Woolies, flats, Fitteds BST on Facebook.
Stretchy flats are pricey but they’re luxurious and absorbent.There are tons of brands!
Fruit of the Womb, Flat Bottoms, Clarry Harry, Nickies Knickers, Wold Coconut Wear, and a few more that I can’t think of right now.
Geffen has hemp flats. They’re fleece flat (fladdle) is your best bet for Geffens hemp flats: the geffen jersey flat shrinks too much..
thank you !!!
What do you consider the trimmest insert?
definitely hemp. Geffen and thirsites are good!
I'm wanting to makey own doublers
is it fine to use bamboo wrapped in flats for overnight?
Yes, of course. Every baby needs different absorbency so it might be trial and error to see if that works for you. I use flats at night!
So do prefolds loose absorbency with dryer? I know some inserts do
Really the only insert that actually loses absorbency over time is microfiber. It sheds micro plastics in the wash.
Bamboo prefolds can shrink, but don’t lose absorbency. They just get smaller lol. I made a video a few years ago on the downside to bamboo cloth diapers (flats and prefolds). But they don’t lose absorbency, only microfiber does.
Flats and prefolds are great when your done with them you will love them for dusting and cleaning rags
@@josie9583 easy troll
Hi question. So if they pee once u have to immediately remove the flats right? No stay dry on top? Wanna CD my baby
Yes! If you’re using a cover and they pee on a flat then you put the flat in the dirty pail/wetbag. Flats are a natural fiber, so it’s not stay Dry.
If you’re using flats stuffed into pockets then the diaper will be stay dry since it’s inside of the pocket. However, pockets can only be used once then it needs to be put into the dirty pail!
Which size prefold from Green Mountain diapers would you recommend for use in a cover/pocket? Maybe I missed that part on your video if you covered it!!
I personally love size small prefolds. They make an awesome pad fold until you hit the largest rise. When my babes outgrew the absorbency I just added extra boosters.
I found anything bigger than a small prefold to be so huge and bulky. Medium would work on the largest rise setting it’s just huge lol.
Once my babes outgrew size small prefolds being pad folded I switched completely to flats.
I also a taurus and soft things are everything lmao
Yaaas girl 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️
Do you think using the newborn pre folds as inserts for a 6mo is enough absorbancy?
It definitely can be depending on your baby. For us, a newborn prefold isn’t absorbent enough by itself. I’d probably pair it with a hemp insert for my baby.
What size are your flats and where do buy yours from? 💙
I really like 28x28 but sizing is personal preference depending on how you’re using it and how old your baby is. I like 30x30 for my toddler!
Green mountain diapers muslin flats
Nickis diapers muslin flats
Nickis diapers bamboo flats (large)
Diaper rite bamboo flats (large)
I have some diy stretchy flats and work at home mom stretchy flats. Some of the work at home mom shops are out of business now 😰 I LOOVE stretchy flats. They’re more of a luxury flat though
@@JaysNest Thank you so much girl! 💙💙💙 love love love your videos!
Do you know why Geffen is so much more expensive than other prefolds that you can find on Nicki's (etc)? Is it just the materials?
It’s sourced and manufactured in the US which is why it costs what it does. Definitely the best quality hemp I’ve tried though.
All other companies use Pakistan and china as their main sources for fabric manufacturing, which is cheaper.
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I see that you did not have any cotton prefolds on the list. Is it because you do not like how they work?
There is always a prefold in my kitchen
Yesenia Contreras sand. But I would not recommend oil deep fry clan up 🙈 I still can’t get those clean. Eek. Silly mistake.
@@ClothDiaperPodcast lol thanks for the tip.