Favorite Fluff: Gen-Y Diaper Covers

With all of the "I <3 wool" talk yesterday, I thought it might be nice to share a favorite, non-wool cover today.  It's amazing how Baby K's diaper stash has transformed since the beginning of our cloth diapering journey.  A couple of months ago, I came across Gen-Y diaper covers.  They are AMAZING.  Not only are they super cute, they are also 99% leak proof (sorry, no cover or disposable for that matter, can be 100% - blow outs are just inevitable!).  The covers are offered in two different styles:  Classic (XS, S, M, L, XL) or Universal (S, L).    Personally, I like the Classics.  They just seem to fit Baby K better.  The Universals are cool though because you can adjust the rise and they have gussets. 

Our current Gen-Y stash from top to bottom:  Serenity, Yippee!, Free Range, Dinomite, Oh! Gnome and Sushi Toss 

It's hard to pick out a favorite because they are all SO incredibly cute.  I love that the owner of this company (awesome customer service too!) uses fabric for the outer and PUL for the inner.  Since we started using these, we haven't had any daytime leaks.  I am sure they would make great nighttime covers as well, but we stick to wool at night.  No reason to mess up a good/leak proof thing.  I usually pair these covers with a flat during the day.  (Favorite flats post coming soon!)   

These covers are so cute that there is no way I can cover them up.  This has inspired me to make some tees for Baby K, which then led me to make a LOT more tees to sell in my Etsy shop.  Here is a peak, you can find more tees over at BeKnitPicky (there is a permanent link in the top right sidebar 'Buy Knits').

Over the next couple of weeks there will be shirts to match Free Range, Sushi Toss, Edgy Veggie and AniMayhem.  I do custom orders as well, so if you see a tee you like, but need it in a different size/color, send me an email beknitpicky@gmail.com. These shirts do not have to be paired with your favorite Gen-Y diaper cover.  They are for all babies/toddlers and would look just darling with some lounge pants too! 

Hoot Soaker

**If you would like to purchase the Hoot Soaker, please visit BeKnitPicky, the shop.** 

It's pretty cool that my two addictions/obsessions can easily compliment one another.  Cloth diapering and knitting go hand in hand, especially if you love wool as much as I do.  Throughout my figuring out which cloth diapering scene works best for my boy, I discovered that nothing, in my opinion, beats the fitted dipe and wool combo.  It's seriously leakproof and better yet, you are using all natural fibers.  My husband thinks it nuts that I am putting our son in a wool soaker in the middle of summer in redic hot Texas.  Wool is an amazing fiber though.  It actually removes excess moisture away from your skin allowing you to keep cool in the hot summer.  Bonus for cloth diapering!  In the winter, wool acts like an insulator, allowing you to stay warm.  Wool is sort of like a built in climate control system.  I read a post on Facebook from a Mama who did an experiment and found that her little one's bum was actually 5 degrees cooler in the fitted dipe/wool soaker combo versus a disposable.  Pretty neat!  Another bonus for cloth diapering! 

So, with all of this wool is a great fiber talk, I decided that Baby K needed some hand knit soakers.  Retail value of these soakers can cost anywhere from $30 to $60!  Yikes!  Especially when you can knit one for less than $10.  Over the next couple of months as Baby K grows, I hope to put out a bunch of soaker patterns.  The first one I made while I was still pregnant and sadly, baby brain got the better half of me while knitting the pattern.  I would love for someone to test knit before I put the pattern up (for free!).  Comment on this post if you would like to test knit. 

Introducing, the Hoot Soaker...

details....

pattern:  Hoot Soaker by BeKnitPicky

yarn:  Dream in Color, Happy Forest

my ravelry link: Hoot Soaker

Cloth Diapering, The Beginning

About a year ago now, a new Mom-to-be told me how she was going to use cloth diapers.  My immediate thought - Is she nuts?  When we found out we were expecting too, I didn't give diapering much thought.  We already had one child and used disposables when he was a baby.  Then, about 4 months into my pregnancy, a friend gave me some newborn prefolds and covers.  She went on and on about how easy using cloth was.  She made it sound so simple.  I discussed my interest in cloth with my husband and he of course, laughed and said I wouldn't last a month.  Well, our son is almost 3 months old and I am happy to say we are still using cloth.  In fact, it's become an obsession.  I haven't drooled over yarn in months.  It's that bad people.  

How can someone become obsessed with diapers??  It's easy.  Have you seen how cute they are?  Since the beginning, I have tried every style.  From pockets to flats and aplix to snaps, I have explored every option.  It's taken me about 3 months to figure out just what kind of cloth diaper wearer my boy likes best. In the end, I have found that fitteds are awesome for night (we have a heavy wetter here!) and flats with covers are nice and trim for the daytime.  

I acquired my original (its totally different now!) stash in various ways.  There is the friend who loaned us her prefolds and covers.  Also, another good (and generous!) friend passed on her diaper stash.  It consisted of about 30+ FuzziBunz in various sizes, 30+ flats in infant and toddler sizes, a bunch of random covers and also some hand knit wool covers in larger toddler sizes.  Prior to my friend saying she would give us her stash, I placed an order with Kelly's Closet for a pack of Bummis prefolds in the infant size and 3 covers.  I chose this store because of the free shipping AND they throw in a  free one size diaper if you order a certain dollar amount.  The free dipe ended up being a Rumparooz OS and I blame this on how my obsession came to be.  You see, the used stash from my friend was very well loved (diapered TWO children from birth to PT!!) and this RaR, well, it was SO nice and new.  I had no idea that diapers could be this nice.  I mean, after all, think about what diapers are used for!  How could it be so cute?  

So here we are today, at almost 3 months and I LOVE cloth diapering.  I post in forums, ask my own and answer other people's questions and even belong to certain groups on FaceBook.  The cloth diapering community is so much like the knitting/crocheting community - nice people who are passionate about what they like.  

(my new fav dipe, Sustainablebabyish snapless multi)