Cloth Diapering for the Fashion Concious

Written by Diaper Diva

Everyone….well, most everyone wants to dress their babies cute. Of course, cute is in the eye of the beholder; some like lace & poofy sleeved dresses on their little girls. I like brown pants with pink cammo shirts. When diaper boy was a baby I was a little more particular about his clothing. He almost never wore overalls & rarely if ever sweatpants in public. Not sure what happened, but I’m much less particular with diaper girl. She’s been known to leave the house in slippers & M.C. Hammer-esque pants on more than one occasion.

Cloth diapers can seem daunting for those who hover on the “obsessive” side of “cool” for their kids. What about the “big booty”? Can cool clothes fit over cloth? Will he/she ever wear jeans again??

Yes. Not only can you have your cute, but you can kiss it too.

For the trimmest fit under “regular” (as in cut crazy small for the disposable world) baby clothes you’ll probably want to go with AIO’s (All-In-Ones). Some brands are just about as trim as a disposable, though I can only assume you’re compromising absorbency.

Now for the fun stuff! If you love to shop & you’re not concerned about bare-bones spending (I have heard some women say they actually budget out how much they WOULD be spending on disposables monthly & spend it on “fun” cloth diapers & accessories). There are all KINDS of super cute diapers, in all kinds of styles. You can even dye & embroider prefolds (or buy them that way). The options are just about endless (assuming your wallet is endless). For the super-shopper cloth momma, WAHM (work-at-home-mom) goodies would be the fun way to go. Join a forum do a little chatting & surfing & you’ll be on your way to custom diapers & covers & wipes….oh my! I even saw one pic of a cute little girl crawling in a cammo AIO embriodered with, “My Daddy Protects my Bum“. Talk about cute.

A few of my “favorite things” (ok, so i own zero of these due to cost, but in my imaginary world….):

Cranky Pants: Seriously. The motto? “Because it’s easier to deal with the cranky when the pants are cute” Marketing at it’s best (not to mention the knitting is supposed to be really top-notch)…& yes, the pants ARE the cover!

Just about any Pocket Diaper or AIO that’s a solid color.

Woolly Bottoms: what can i say? i’ve been on a wool kick.

That’s a VERY short list of what could be an all day extravaganza. If you like options, the internet is your oyster. You can just find a good trim AIO you like so you can keep baby in cute snug jeans, or you can buy super cute dipes that you wouldn’t dare cover with clothing (again, another reason babylegs aren’t as dumb an idea as you may think)….or fall into the wonderful world of wool & take up knitting as a hobby (or sell off your gold teeth to fund pants). Or any combination therein!

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