Cloth Diapers – Happy Heinys One Size

Have you ever seen a cow print diaper? Have you ever seen a cuter diaper? When this little piece of adorableness arrived from Simple Wonders Diapers, I nearly squealed with excitement.

But would the Happy Heinys usefulness hold up to the cute?  Would it contain the ever changing results of a new-to-solid-foods baby?  Would the “one size” actually be small enough for my tiny little peanut who weighs 13 lbs at 8 months and yet be large enough to fit a friend’s toddler?  And most importantly, would the DH say “enough is enough” with the cloth diapers and quit on me?

Stay tuned to find out!

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Cloth Diapers: introduction

For the first 6 months of my daughter’s life, we used disposable diapers 100%. Back when I was pregnant, I mentioned to a few people (including my husband) that I wanted to use cloth diapers. I could not articulate my reasoning, but I knew it was what I wanted for our baby.

Well, you know how it is when you are pregnant, everyone else’s opinion takes on a much greater weight because you (or at least I was) are full of self-doubt. So, I listened to mothers who hadn’t used a cloth diaper since the early 1980’s, and I listened to people who don’t have the same priorities as my husband and I, and I listened to my husband; who frankly was scared, and whose goal was to make things as easy as possible.

So, we went the Pampers and Huggies route. It was easy. It was convenient. It was cheap.

A few weeks ago though, I decided that it was time to make the switch. I ordered a few different types of diapers, and will be reviewing them over the next few weeks. We’ll see if my preconceptions were right. We’ll see if my husband can handle the change. We’ll learn things we probably aren’t even expecting to learn. Here’s the details:

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