[berlinsmommy]

I absolutely love the new thread, much more current info. I want to add a little to the cloth diaper section. We used cloth diapers until Berlin was about 9 months old. I bought Gerber prefold diapers (approx $1 each) and a cover called Dappi Covers. See them here:

They are very affordable, about $2-$3 each, however, at that price, they are not the best at not leaking and are certainly not an overnight diaper. What we did seemed to be the best combo for saving money and keeping Berlin from getting diaper rashes.

We used cloth diapers during the day while we were at home. Dry cloth diapers are great for baby's skin and lets it breath, so while she wore them we checked her often and changed her immediately if she was wet. She never sat or slept in a wet cloth diaper. Also, if she did start to get diaper rash, just a few hours in dry cloth diapers with some A&D or Desitin cleared up any signs of rash in a hurry.

We used disposible diapers while we were away from home and at night. These were the best choice for any time it was not feasible to wisk off the diaper as soon as she got wet. Disposibles are much better about wicking moisture away from baby's skin when wet. Also, I really didn't want to get up several times at night to check her diaper or to haul around dirty cloth diapers while we were away from home.

This combo worked great for us for about 9 months, but when she became mobile they were big, bulky, and made it difficult for her to crawl, plus she figured out how to get them off, so we just gave up and switched to all disposible, but I think if I had to do it again, using both cloth and disposible each for their strengths was definitely the way to go for us and saved us a lot of money.